About the author

Bian Yulin is an author known mainly for writing on science popularization. Public personal information about him is limited: his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not recorded in the available data. Judging from the existing works, he has written consistently on astronomy and science topics. His representative work How Far Are the Stars from Us explains subjects such as celestial distances in an accessible style, guiding readers to understand the scale of the universe. The other series, Scientists Talk About Science, gathers scientific content in separate volumes and presents it to young people and general readers. Six of his works are included in the collection, commonly classified under science popularization and parenting, which suggests that his writing serves both the transmission of knowledge and parent-child reading. Overall, his writing emphasizes readability and the stimulation of interest, and he is good at turning abstract concepts into everyday language, giving him a recognizable presence in popular science reading.

Written (6)

How Far Are the Stars from Us cover
Rating 4.5
How Far Are the Stars from Us 卞毓麟 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2025 How far are the stars from us? From the Earth-Moon distance to the Earth-Sun distance, and then to "surveying a billion islands across the sky," gener…
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Rating 3.5
Scientists Talk About Science 5 王绶琯 / 陈运泰 / 范春萍 / 卞毓麟 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 When a scientist, especially a battle-hardened one, sorts through and sets down cases from ancient and modern research—including his own experience in…
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Rating 3.5
Scientists Talk About Science 4 王绶琯 / 陈运泰 / 范春萍 / 卞毓麟 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 A scientist—especially one who has been through the wars—who sorts through and gives expression to scientific cases old and new, including his or her …
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Rating 3.5
Scientists Talk About Science 3 王绶琯 / 陈运泰 / 范春萍 / 卞毓麟 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 A scientist—especially one who has been through the wars—can offer an excellent introduction to scientific thought and method by reviewing and articul…
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Rating 3.5
Scientists Talk About Science 2 王绶琯 / 陈运泰 / 范春萍 / 卞毓麟 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 A scientist—especially one who has been "through the wars"—who sorts through and articulates examples of scientific research ancient and modern, inclu…
Scientists Talk About Science 1 cover
Rating 3.5
Scientists Talk About Science 1 王绶琯 / 陈运泰 / 范春萍 / 卞毓麟 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 A scientist—especially one who has been "through the wars"—can do a great service to the popularization of scientific thinking and method by sorting t…

Publishers

Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing HouseShaanxi Normal University Press