John Horgan
American science journalist, author of The End of Science; writes Cross-Check.
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- John Horgan is an American science journalist best known for his 1996 book The End of Science, which argued that the great discoveries of pure science may be behind us.
- He was a staff writer at Scientific American from 1986 to 1997 and wrote its Cross-Check blog from 2010 to 2020.
- From 2005 he directed the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology.
- In 2023 he started his own Cross-Check, a free journal on his site.
Key facts
- Known for
- The End of Science (1996)1
- Earlier
- Staff writer, Scientific American, from 1986 to 1997; its Cross-Check blog from 2010 to 20201
- Teaching
- Director of the Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology (from 2005)1
- Books
- The Undiscovered Mind (1999); Rational Mysticism (2003); Mind-Body Problems (2018); Pay Attention (2020)1
- Writes
- Cross-Check, at johnhorgan.org (from 2023)1
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