Norman Sperling (born March 19, 1947)[1] is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California.
Sperling received a BA from Michigan State University[2] after graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He followed that with an MA in History of Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught astronomy and related courses at Sonoma State University, California State University, Hayward, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.