Richard Panek

Author of The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

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About the Author

Richard Panek, a Guggenheim fellow in science writing, is the author of The 4 Percent Universe, which received the Science Communication Award from the American Institute of Physics. He is also the coauthor, with Temple Grandin, of the New York Times bestseller The Autistic Brain. He lives in New show more York City. show less

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Works by Richard Panek

Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens (1998) 225 copies, 4 reviews

The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes (2004) 155 copies, 2 reviews

The Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet (2019) 65 copies, 2 reviews

Waterloo Diamonds (1995) 19 copies, 1 review

De Que e Feito O Universo? (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2014) 4 copies

Pillars of Creation: How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos (2024) 2 copies

The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality 1 copy

HL' Iuniverso oscuro 1 copy

The 4 Percent Universe (Unabridged) Part 1 1 copy

The 4 Percent Universe (Unabridged) Part 2 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum (2013) 794 copies, 16 reviews

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Canonical name: Panek, Richard
Birthdate: 1957
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Education: Northwestern University (BS|1979)
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA|1984)
Occupations: science writer
Relationships: Wolitzer, Meg (spouse)
Awards and honors: PEN Syndicated Fiction Award (1989)
American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award for Journalism (2012)

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The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy,… by Richard Panek

Really enjoy this book. Kept the science understandable for us non-scientist and add enough of the personality of the researchers to keep from being too dry.

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shanep | 26 other reviews | Aug 23, 2024 |

The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy,… by Richard Panek

It was almost impossible to keep track of all the people and politics in this book, and the author went back in forth in time so often it was hard to tell what was going on at times. Add to that the author not explaining acronyms for various projects and telescopes. Otherwise the science was interesting.

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lemontwist | 26 other reviews | Sep 4, 2023 |