Michael Talbot

About

An American author of books about mysticism and quantum mechanics, he is best known for his 1991 nonfiction work, The Holographic Universe. His novels include The Delicate Dependency (1982) and Night Things (1988).

Before Fame

He contributed articles to The Village Voice and other magazines. He published his first nonfiction work, Mysticism And The New Physics, in 1980.

Trivia

He died of leukemia at the young age of thirty-eight.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was openly gay and lived with his long-term partner.

Associated With

Paul Dirac studied quantum mechanics, a field that Talbot discussed extensively in his literary works.