List of science communicators

This is a list of notable science communicators or popularizers of science, in alphabetical order by last name.

A

• John Acorn, naturalist and broadcaster known as the "Nature Nut"
• Amir Aczel, Jewish author and mathematician
• Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and broadcaster
• Hashem Al-Ghaili, molecular biotechnologist and video producer
• Jim Al-Khalili, theoretical physicist, author, and science communicator
• Alan Alda, actor, who inspired The Center for Communicating Science
• Michael Allaby, writes on science, ecology, and weather
• Elise Andrew, British blogger, founder and maintainer of the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science"
• Natalie Angier, science journalist and writer
• Isaac Asimov, biochemist, science fiction writer, and author
• Peter Atkins, a physical chemist and author
• Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster

B

• Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, & author
• J. Michael Bailey, a psychologist is best known for his research on the etiology of sexual orientation
• Johnny Ball, broadcaster and math popularizer
• John D. Barrow, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and cosmologist; author of numerous journal articles, and books for general readers
• Marcia Bartusiak, science journalist and author
• David Bellamy, broadcaster, author, and botanist
• Bob Berman, astronomer
• Adrian Berry, science author and columnist
• Tim Blais, physicist and YouTuber
• Howard Bloom, author
• David Bodanis, author
• Liz Bonnin, biochemist and TV presenter
• Daniel J. Boorstin, author and Librarian of Congress
• Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist
• John Brockman, specializing authorship in the scientific literature
• Jacob Bronowski, mathematician, biologist, historian of science, author, and pioneering science broadcaster
• Michael Brooks, noted for explaining complex scientific research
• Bill Bryson, author
• Rob Buckman, doctor of medicine, broadcaster, columnist, author
• James Burke, broadcaster, television producer, and author; best known for the science historian BBC TV series Connections

C

• Nigel Calder, broadcaster and journalist
• Dallas Campbell, Presented Bang Goes the Theory
• Fritjof Capra, physicist and author
• Eugene Thacker, philosopher and author
• Sean Carroll, cosmologist, blogger, and author
• Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist, author
• Manuel Castells, sociologist and writer
• Juliana Chan, Singaporean biologist and science communicator
• Marcus Chown, author and science journalist
• Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author, inventor, and futurist
• Brian Clegg, author
• Jack Cohen, reproductive biologist
• Heather Couper, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
• Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Oceanographer, underwater explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, and broadcaster
• Brian Cox, broadcaster, musician, and physicist
• Michael Crichton, medical doctor, author, filmmaker
• Francis Crick, molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist; joint discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
• Jon Culshaw, impressionist, also occasionally appears as a presenter on The Sky at Night

D

• Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and writer
• Tobias Dantzig, mathematician and author
• Paul Davies, physicist, author, and broadcaster
• Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author
• Michael DeBakey, world-renowned cardiac surgeon, innovator, and author
• Daniel Dennett, philosopher, cognitive scientist and author
• Keith Devlin, mathematician and author
• Alexander Dewdney, mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher
• Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist, physiologist and geographer
• Ann Druyan, science writer, co-author with (and widow of) Carl Sagan
• Robin Dunbar, anthropology; evolutionary psychology, culture and language; and specialist in primate behavior
• Marcus Du Sautoy, author, broadcaster, Professor of Mathematics

E

• David Eagleman, neuroscientist and author
• Sir Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist
• Gerald Edelman, from the immune system, analogously, to brain & mind
• Loren Eiseley, Professor of Anthropology and History of Science
• Jordan Ellenberg, mathematician and author

F

• Peter Fairley, journalist and broadcaster
• Michael Faraday, scientist and lecturer
• Kenneth Feder, archaeologist, skeptic, lecturer, and author
• Timothy Ferris, science writer and best-selling author of twelve books
• Richard Feynman, physicist and author
• Brian J. Ford, biologist, lecturer, and author
• Anna Frebel, astrophysicist and author
• Morgan Freeman, actor and host for TV's Through the Wormhole

G

• George Gamow, physicist, cosmologist, and author
• Martin Gardner, mathematician, author, skeptic & polymath
• Atul Gawande, surgeon and author
• Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and author
• James Gleick, author and journalist
• Marcelo Gleiser, physicist and astronomer
• Ben Goldacre, medical doctor, psychiatrist, and author
• Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science historian; author of numerous essays, articles, and books
• Steve Grand, computer scientist and roboticist
• Hank Green, entrepreneur, musician, and vlogger
• Brian Greene, physicist
• Susan Greenfield, brain physiologist, writer and broadcaster
• Richard Gregory, neuropsychologist, author and editor of several books
• John Gribbin, astronomer and author

H

• Heinz Haber, physicist and author
• Gunther von Hagens, german anatomist and pathologist, inventor of plastination and creator of Body Worlds
• Thomas Hager, author and science journalist
• J. B. S. Haldane, biologist and author
• Jack Hanna, zoologist, broadcaster, author
• Brady Haran, filmmaker
• Yuval Noah Harari, historian, professor, and writer
• Bas Haring, philosopher and author
• Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author
• Lucy Hawking, journalist and daughter of Stephen Hawking
• Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author
• Ed Hawkins, British climatologist who developed warming stripes and other graphics
• Katharine Hayhoe Canadian climate scientist and author
• Don Herbert, a.k.a. Mr. Wizard, broadcaster
• Roald Hoffmann, chemist
• Douglas Hofstadter, computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and author
• Lancelot Hogben, experimental zoologist and medical statistician, with many popularising books on science, mathematics, and language
• Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist who researches quantum gravity
• Fred Hoyle, British astronomer
• Julian Huxley, eminent scientist, author, and first Director of UNESCO
• Jamie Hyneman, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)

I

• Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author (Daily Planet)
• Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and conservationist; TV personality of the worldwide-fame wildlife documentary TV series (The Crocodile Hunter)

J

• Hope Jahren, geochemist and author
• Ray Jayawardhana, astrophysicist and author
• Donald Carl Johanson, paleoanthropologist and author
• Steven Johnson, author
• Steve Jones, evolutionary biologist and author
• Horace Freeland Judson, historian of molecular biology and author
• Olivia Judson, evolutionary biologist, broadcaster and author

K

• Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and author
• Sam Kean, author
• Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Lawrence Krauss, physicist and author
• Robert Krulwich, broadcaster
• Karl Kruszelnicki, a.k.a. Dr Karl, broadcaster

L

• Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist
• John Lennox, mathematician and author
• Edward M. Lerner, computer engineer and author
• Daniel Levitin, a cognitive neuroscientist and author
• Roger Lewin, British anthropologist
• Richard Lewontin, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and author
• Willy Ley, space travel enthusiast and science writer (“Prophet of the Space Age”)
• Don Lincoln, particle physicist and author
• Chris Lintott, astrophysicist
• Avi Loeb, astronomer and author

M

• Bob McDonald, CBC journalist and host of Quirks and Quarks
• Alister McGrath, molecular biologist and author
• Katie Mack, astrophysics professor who focuses on studying dark matter
• Lynn Margulis, evolutionary biologist and author
• Robert Matthews, physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and distinguished science journalist
• Danica McKellar, actress, author, mathematician
• Terrence McKenna, ethnobotanist, lecturer, and author
• Peter Medawar, biologist, called by Richard Dawkins "the wittiest of all scientific writers" and by New Scientist "perhaps the best science writer of his generation".
• Fulvio Melia, physicist, astrophysicist, and author
• Ben Miller, English comedian and hosted shows such as It's Not Rocket Science (TV series)
• Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and broadcaster
• Mark Miodownik, materials scientist, engineer, broadcaster, and writer
• Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and humanist, authored by over 60 books
• Sir Patrick Moore, amateur astronomer and broadcaster
• Desmond Morris, zoologist, ethologist and author
• Hamilton Morris, pharmacologist, broadcaster, and author
• Philip Morrison, physicist, known for his numerous books & TV programs
• Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, biologist, author
• Derek Muller, science-based youtube content creator
• Randall Munroe, writer of What if blog
• PZ Myers, professor and author of the science blog Pharyngula

N

• Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
• Jayant Narlikar, cosmologist and author
• Steven Novella, skeptic and advocate of science-based medicine
• Eugene P. Northrop, research mathematician and math popularizer
• Bill Nye, actor, mechanical engineer, branded as "The Science Guy"
• Tor Nørretranders, author

O

• Sten Odenwald, astronomer, author, lecturer
• Robert Olby, author and historian of science
• Chad Orzel, physicist and author

P

• Kasha Patel, comedian and science writer
• Linus Pauling, biochemist, author, and educator
• John Allen Paulos, mathematician and author
• Fred Pearce, journalist at New Scientist
• Yakov I. Perelman, author
• Wendell Phillips, archaeologist
• Steven Pinker, experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist, and author
• Phil Plait, astronomer and skeptic who runs the Bad Astronomy website
• Martyn Poliakoff, British chemist, featured in the YouTube The Periodic Table of Videos series
• John Polkinghorne, physicist and author
• Robert Pollack, biologist and author
• Michael Pollan, journalist and author, professor
• Carolyn Porco, leader of Cassini Imaging Team
• Roy Porter, prolific work on the history of medicine
• Christopher Potter, publisher, philosopher and author
• Eduard Punset, politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer
• Magnus Pyke, food scientist, broadcaster, and author

R

• V. S. Ramachandran, neuroscientist, cognitive scientist, and author
• James Randi, stage magician, skeptic, and author
• Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist and author
• Mark Ridley, zoologist, evolutionary scientist and author
• Matt Ridley, zoologist, journalist and author
• Alice Roberts, anatomist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
• Steven Rose, biologist, neurobiologist, broadcaster and author
• Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist and author

S

• Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author
• Carl Sagan, astrobiologist, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
• Kirsten Sanford, neurophysiologist and broadcaster
• Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist, professor of psychology, and host of The Happiness Lab
• Adam Savage, special effects artist and TV personality (MythBusters)
• Walter Warwick Sawyer (or W. W. Sawyer), mathematician, mathematics educator, and author
• Eric Scerri, chemist, historian and philosopher of science, and author
• Joseph A. Schwarcz, chemist, author, TV and radio host
• Garrett P. Serviss, American astronomer and science fiction writer
• Tali Sharot, cognitive neuroscientist and writer
• Seth Shostak, astronomer, broadcaster, and author
• Neil Shubin, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist
• George Gaylord Simpson, paleontologist, zoologist and author
• Simon Singh, physicist, mathematician, and author
• Edwin Emery Slosson, chemist, journalist, and editor
• Laura J. Snyder, historian, philosopher, and author
• Mary Somerville, polymath, mathematician, and author
• Paul Stamets, mycologist and author
• Michael Stevens, science-based YouTube content creator
• Iain Stewart, geologist and broadcaster
• Ian Stewart, mathematician and author
• David Suzuki, broadcaster, geneticist, and environmental activist

T

• Lewis Thomas, physician, poet, etymologist, and essayist
• Chriet Titulaer, Dutch astronomer, author, and broadcaster
• Colin Tudge, biologist and author
• Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author

W

• Kenneth Walker (author), surgeon and author
• Alie Ward, television and podcast host
• Fred Watson, astrophysicist, musician, and author
• James D. Watson, molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist
• Kevin Warwick, biomedical scientist, roboticist, and author
• Victor Weisskopf, physicist, science administrator and author
• Michael White, musician and science writer
• Norbert Wiener, mathematician, author; the father of cybernetics
• Simon Winchester, geologist and author
• Robert Winston, medical doctor, scientist, TV presenter, and author
• Richard Wiseman, psychologist and author
• Stephen Wolfram, mathematics, theoretical physics, scientific computing
• Lewis Wolpert, developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster
• Peter Wothers, chemist and author
• Andrea Wulf, author

Z

• Paul Zaloom, the actor who portrayed an eccentric scientist on the children's TV show Beakman's World 1992–1998
• Carl Zimmer, science writer and author of the science blog The Loom
• Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist

See also

References

1. Science communication
2. Popular science
3. Lists of scientists
4. Juliana Chan (science communicator)
5. Outline of computer science
6. Chris Smith (science communicator)
7. Science
8. List of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman episodes
9. Outline of social science
10. Agricultural communication
11. Multi-communicating
12. Raven Baxter
13. Isaac Arthur
14. Computer science
15. Science fiction films in India
16. List of time travel works of fiction
17. List of abstractions (computer science)
18. List of Thunderstone episodes
19. Kellie Gerardi
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