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Brian Fagan

Frank Fahy

Ben Falk

Seb Falk

Mark Fellowes (Ed.)

Shelly Fan

Patricia Fara

Graham Farmelo

Steven Farmer

Erol Faruk

Kitty Ferguson

Oscar Fernandez

Pedro Ferreira

Georgina Ferry

Richard Feynman

Michelle Feynman (ed.)

Cordelia Fine

Ann Finkbeiner

Ed Finn

Clive Finlayson

Stuart Firestein

Baruch Fischhoff (with John Kadvany)

Len Fisher

Tim Flannery

Simon Flynn

Joshua Foer

Peter Forbes

Peter Forbes (with Tom Grimsey)

Brian Ford

Martin Ford

  • The Rise of the Robots: technology and the threat of mass unemployment *****

    • Judy Foreman

    Jeff Forshaw (with Brian Cox)

    Richard Fortey

    Lance Fortnow

    Adam Frank

    Lone Frank

    Daniel Franklin

    Mark Frary

    Giovanni Frazzetto

    Matthew Frederick (with John Kuprenas)

    John Freely

    Art Friedman (with Leonard Susskind)

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