June Goodfield is a British scientist and writer of fiction and non-fiction.
She was born at Stratford on Avon in 1927. She read zoology at Nottingham and undertook research at Oxford. She married Stephen Toulmin and collaborated with him on a series of books on the history of science. She was awarded a PhD by Leeds, and became Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Wellesley College.
In September 2008 June Goodfield participated in the launch of a new personal and social history recording website called the Times of My Life. Goodfield gave a short speech on the importance of leaving a written legacy behind and was joined at the event by World War II singer Dame Vera Lynn and actor and explorer Brian Blessed.
The fabric of the heavens : the development of astronomy and dynamics (with Stephen Toulmin). Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press 1999. ISBN 9780226808482, found in 976 libraries according to WorldCat.