author
David E. Fisher
b. 1932
A science writer with a novelist’s sense of story, he explored everything from geology and cosmochemistry to war, peace, and the history of invention. His books often turn big ideas into clear, human-scale narratives.
3 Audiobooks
The Birds and the Bees
by David E. Fisher
You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did
by David E. Fisher
East in the Morning
by David E. Fisher
About the author
David E. Fisher was an American author, born in 1932, whose work ranged widely across science, history, and fiction. Publisher and reference biographies describe him as the author of more than twenty books, including A Race on the Edge of Time and Fire and Ice, and note that he also collaborated with his son, Marshall John Fisher, on several titles.
Alongside his writing, Fisher taught at the University of Miami. Sources describe him as a professor of cosmochemistry and environmental sciences there, and also as a teacher of graduate courses on war and peace and on the sociology of science.
His career seems to have been shaped by a rare mix of scientific training and literary curiosity, which helps explain the unusual breadth of his subjects. An obituary published in 2023 reports that he died on June 28, 2023, at his home in East Orleans, shortly after his ninety-first birthday.