Ulrich Schnabel, born in 1962, studied physics and journalism and is a science editor at Die Zeit. He has written highly acclaimed articles on religion and the research into awareness in Die Zeit and GEO. He was awarded the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Scientific Journalism in 2006. Two years later his Measuring Faith was published which was named the "Science Book of the year 2010" by Bild der Wissenschaft. Ulrich Schnabel was also awarded the Werner and Inge Grüter Prize for Knowledge Transfer 2010.