Kitty Ferguson
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Kitty Gail Ferguson (born December 16, 1941) is a science writer and former professional musician
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She is the author of Black Holes in Spacetime (1991), The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion & the Search for God (1995), Prisons of Light: Black Holes (1996), Measuring the Universe: the Historical Quest to Quantify Space (1999), Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything (1991 and 2001), The Nobleman and His Housedog: Tycho and Kepler - The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens (2002) and The Music of Pythagoras (2008).
Ferguson, the daughter of Herman and Prestyne Vetter, was born and spent her childhood in San Antonio, Texas
, where she developed an interest in astronomy
and physics
.http://www.thegreatlecturelibrary.com/index.php?select=speaker&data=389 She studied music at the Juilliard School
and had a twenty-year career as a professional musician. While spending a year in England
while her husband, Dr. Yale H. Ferguson, was a Visiting Fellow
at Cambridge University, Ferguson rekindled her early passion for science. After her return to the United States
she began writing her highly successful books on science and currently lives in Bluffton, SC, and Cambridge, England.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
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She is the author of Black Holes in Spacetime (1991), The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion & the Search for God (1995), Prisons of Light: Black Holes (1996), Measuring the Universe: the Historical Quest to Quantify Space (1999), Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything (1991 and 2001), The Nobleman and His Housedog: Tycho and Kepler - The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens (2002) and The Music of Pythagoras (2008).
Ferguson, the daughter of Herman and Prestyne Vetter, was born and spent her childhood in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, where she developed an interest in astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
and physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
.http://www.thegreatlecturelibrary.com/index.php?select=speaker&data=389 She studied music at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and had a twenty-year career as a professional musician. While spending a year in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
while her husband, Dr. Yale H. Ferguson, was a Visiting Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
at Cambridge University, Ferguson rekindled her early passion for science. After her return to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
she began writing her highly successful books on science and currently lives in Bluffton, SC, and Cambridge, England.