Chris Impey
Christopher David Impey (born 25 January 1956) is a British
astronomer, educator, and author. He has been a faculty member at the
University of Arizona since 1986. Impey has done research on
observational cosmology, in particular
low surface brightness galaxies, the
intergalactic medium, and surveys of
active galaxies and
quasars. As an educator, he has pioneered the use of
instructional technology for teaching science to undergraduate
non-science majors. He has written many technical articles and a series of popular science books including ''
The Living Cosmos'', ''
How It Began'', ''How It Ends: From You to the Universe'', ''Dreams of Other Worlds'', and ''Humble Before the Void''. He served as Vice-President of the
American Astronomical Society, he is a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. He serves on the Advisory Council of
METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
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