Martin Nowak is the author of Supercooperators: Evolution, Altruism and Human Behaviour or Why We Need Each Other to Succeed. Martin is Professor of Biology and Mathematics at Harvard University and the recipient of a raft of international prizes. He has held major research posts at the University of Vienna, Oxford University, Princeton and now Harvard and […]
April 22, 2011
Masha Gessen is author of Perfect Rigour: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century. She is a journalist who has written for Slate, Seed, the New Republic, the New York Times, and other publications. Her previous books include Blood Matters: A Journey Along the Genetic Frontier.
April 15, 2011
John Lanchester is the author of: Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay. As a journalist and novelist, he was winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award for his debut The Debt to Pleasure. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New Yorker, and a restaurant critic for the […]
April 8, 2011
David Eagleman is is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. He is best known for his work on time perception, synesthesia and neurolaw. His book on neuroscience include Wednesday is Indigo Blue, and the recently published Incognito. He writes regularly for […]
April 1, 2011
Prof Tim Wu is an author, policy advocate and author of The Master Switch. Tim is a professor at Columbia Law School, the chairman of media reform organization Free Press. Wu was recognized in 2006 as one of 50 leaders in science and technology by Scientific American magazine, and in 2007 was listed as one of Harvard’s […]
March 25, 2011
Richard Wiseman is Britain’s only professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology and has an international reputation for his research into unusual areas including deception, luck, humour and the paranormal. He is the psychologist most frequently quoted by the British Media and his research has been featured on over 150 programmes. He is regularly heard […]
March 18, 2011
Mark Stevenson formerly worked as an expert in both prime number cryptography and computer aided systems engineering. Today he combines two other careers – one as a successful writer/ comedian (writing for TV, radio and print) and another as a speaker and consultant on future narratives, institutional innovation, engineered serendipity and learning. He is co-founder […]
March 11, 2011
Alok Jha is science and environment correspondent at the Guardian. In addition to writing news and comment, he presents the Science Weekly podcast and runs the Guardian’s science website. Alok’s first book is How to Live Forever and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alokjha
March 4, 2011
Manjit Kumar was the founding editor of Prometheus, an interdisciplinary journal that covered the arts and sciences, described by one reviewer as ‘perhaps the finest magazine that I’ve ever read’. He has written and reviewed for various publications including the Guardian, The Times, The Independent and New Scientist. Manjit’s book Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great […]
February 25, 2011
Henry Nicholls is a freelance science journalist writing regularly for Nature, New Scientist and BBC Focus as well as the broadsheets. His first book Lonesome George told the story of the last giant tortoise of Pinta in the Galapagos and was shortlisted for the 2007 Royal Society General Book Prize. Henry’s latest book is The Way of The […]
April 29, 2011
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