Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, writer, host and executive producer of Closer To Truth, the PBS/public television series on cosmos, consciousness and meaning that presents leading scientists, philosophers and creative thinkers discussing fundamental questions.

Kuhn has published over 30 books, including The Mystery of Existence: Why is there Anything At All?; Closer To Truth: Challenging; Current Belief; Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning and the Future; How China’s Leaders Think; and The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin (the first biography of a living Chinese leader published in China and China’s best-selling book in 2005). His articles include "Why This Universe" and “Levels of Nothing” (Skeptic magazine).

He is a commentator for the BBC, CCTV, CNN, Bloomberg, etc. and a featured columnist in China Daily and the South China Morning Post. He is an international corporate strategist and investment banker.

Kuhn has a BA in Human Biology (Johns Hopkins), SM in Management (MIT), and PhD in Anatomy/Brain Research (UCLA).