Richard Panek

Richard Panek
Richard Panek
Occupation	Author, Science Communicator
Nationality	American
Education	B.S., Journalism, Northwestern University; M.F.A., fiction, University of Iowa
Period	1995–present
Genre	non-fiction, popular science
Subject	Space, the universe, gravity, autism
Years active	1995–present
Notable works	The Trouble With Gravity; The Autistic Brain; The 4 Percent Universe; The Invisible Century;
Notable awards	New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Antarctic Artists and Writers Program Grant American Institute of Physics 2012 Science Communication Award for Journalism
Spouse	Meg Wolitzer
Website
	richardpanek.net

Richard Panek is an American popular science writer, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of space, the universe, and gravity. He has published several books and has written articles for a number of news outlets and scientific organizations, including Scientific American, WIRED, New Scientist, and Discover.