보통은 SF 작가로 명성이 제일 높고 과학 분야를 중심으로 다방면에 걸친 저술 활동으로 유명하지요.
"...best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. . . .His books have been published in nine out of ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification."(Wiki)