Science writers write serious nonfiction about science aimed at a general audience. Some of them write science fiction as well. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

General Science

• Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
• Carl Sagan, (1934-1996)

Biology and Ecology Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ... A respected astronomer and dogged critic of pseudoscience, Carl Sagan is best known for his enthusiastic efforts at popularizing science. ...

• Rachel Carson, (1907-1964)
• Richard Dawkins, (born 1941)
• Paul de Kruif, (1890-1971)
• Stephen Jay Gould, (1941-2002)
• Edmund O. Wilson

Chemistry Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. ... Dawkins is the holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. ... Paul de Kruif, or Paul Henry De Kruif ( 1890 - 1971 ) was an American microbiologist and author. ... Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was a New York-born American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ...

• Philip Ball, (born 1962)

Cognitive Science and Linguistics Philip Ball (born 1962) is an English science writer. ...

• Antonio Damasio
• Noam Chomsky, (born 1928)
• Daniel Dennett, (born 1942)
• George Lakoff
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
• Roger Penrose, (born 1931)
• Stephen Pinker, (born 1954)
• David Crystal

Physics António R. Damásio (b. ... Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Daniel Dennett Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is a prominent American philosopher. ... George P. Lakoff (born 1941 /ˈleɪˌkof/) is a professor of linguistics (in particular, cognitive linguistics) at the University of California, Berkeley where he has taught since 1972. ... Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow, (September 11, 1836 – September 12, 1870) was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857). ... Sir Roger Penrose, is a member of the faculty of Oxford University Sir Roger Penrose OM, FRS (born August 8, 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. ... Steven Pinker (born September 18, 1954, in Montreal, Canada) is a psychologist at Harvard University and a writer of popular science books. ... Professor David Crystal, OBE (born 1941 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK) is a linguist, academic and author. ...

• Hans Christian von Baeyer
• Timothy Ferris
• Richard Feynman, (1918-1988)
• Stephen Hawking, (born 1942)

Psychology Hans Christian von Baeyer is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary. ... Dr. Timothy Ferris (born August 29, 1944) is the best-selling author of twelve books, including Coming of Age in the Milky Way, for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize, and a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize. ... Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) (surname pronounced FINE-man; in IPA) was one of the most influential American physicists of the 20th century, expanding greatly the theory of quantum electrodynamics. ... Hawking as himself on Star Trek TNG Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS (born January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England) is one of the worlds leading theoretical physicists. ...

• Mark Epstein

Religious Mark Epstein, M.D., is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School. ...

• Natan Slifkin
• Dr. Gerald Schroeder

Space and Astronomy Natan Slifkin (listed as Nosson in his published works) is an Orthodox rabbi best known for his interest in biology, zoology, and natural history, and for his books on these topics. ... Dr. Gerald Schroeder is a former professor of nuclear physics at MIT and member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. ...

• Willy Ley, (1906-1969)
• Marshall Savage

Health and Diet Willy Ley (October 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a science writer and space advocate who helped popularise rocketry and spaceflight in Germany and the United States in the early-mid twentieth century. ... Marshall T. Savage is an advocate of space travel who wrote The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps and founded the Millennial Project, which was designed to make plans for stellar exploration over the next 1,000 years. ...

• Henry Valentine Knaggs, (1859-1954)