Stefan Klein

Stefan Klein (born October 5, 1965, Munich) is a physicist, author, essayist and visiting professor at Berlin University of the Arts.

He is best known for his books The Science of Happiness and Time: A User's Guide. His works have been translated into 25 languages and became bestsellers in many countries.

Life and work Klein was born in Munich, Germany. Both his parents were chemists and had emigrated from Austria; their ancestors had been scientists for three generations. He was awarded the Georg von Holtzbrinck Preis, a prestigious German prize for science writing in 1998.

After a stint at Geo, a popular scientific magazine, he has worked as a freelance author since 2000.

Alison Abbott from Nature Magazine called The Science of Happiness "an extremely well-written, easy-to-read and expertly researched book on a theme which has long been begging for pop-science treatment". Library Journal elected its English translation as one of the best science books in 2007 .

Klein has advocated for novel ways to communicate science. In his view, science should rather be told as stories rather than by teaching facts.

He also opposed the unique use of English as a language of science and argued that it would be better to teach science in national languages, at least at an undergraduate level.

His essays were published by leading German newspapers and by various English-language media such as the New York Times and Nature.

Klein lives in Berlin. He is married and has two daughters and one son.