John Gribbin

John Gribbin is a British physicist, astrophysicist, astronomer, and writer born in Maidstone in 1946. He holds a doctorate and has been educated at the University of Sussex, the University of Cambridge, and Balliol College. His academic advisors included Fred Hoyle and Douglas Gough. Gribbin has served as an employee at the University of Sussex and Duke University. He is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and speaks English.

As an author, Gribbin has written six works. His notable publications include *Stardust*, *White Knight*, *Red Heat*, *On the Origin of Evolution*, *Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits*, and *This Shaking Earth*.