Pat Murphy, director of publications at the Exploratorium, has written extensively about scientific phenomena, translating complex ideas into accessible language. Paul Doherty is senior scientist at the Exploratorium Center for Teaching and Learning. William Neill is a renowned landscape photographer and winner of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for nature photography. Diane Ackerman, a poet, essayist, and naturalist, is the author of the best-selling A Natural History of the Senses.