These pages will contain background information on the authors who contributed to Cosmos.

For now, here are links to their wikipedia (or best available alternative) pages:

Ralph Milne Farley
David H. Keller, M.D.
Arthur J. Burks
Bob Olsen
Francis Flagg
John W. Campbell
Rae Winters (Raymond A. Palmer)
Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffman Price
Abner J. Gelula
Raymond A. Palmer
A. Merritt
J. Harvey Haggard
Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
P. Schuyler Miller
L. A. Eshbach
Eando Binder
Edmond Hamilton