Author Archives: Jim Al-Khalili

About Jim Al-Khalili

Professor of theoretical physics at the University of Surrey, author and broadcaster.

Some nice reviews of my new book, PARADOX

Since my book, Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science, came out a couple of weeks ago, there have been a number of reviews, which have been overwhelmingly positive about it. Here is a selection of quotes: ‘The wizardry of … Continue reading

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New edition of “Nucleus” published

Dundee University Press have just published the new (2nd) edition of Nucleus: A Trip Into the Heart of Matter. This is the only glossy, coffee table book on nuclear physics in existence and well worth a read.

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New paperback out

The paperback edition of Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science is now out.

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Faster than the speed of light?

Click to read my latest blog on faster than light neutrinos and boxer shorts.

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Faster than the speed of light?

I have been prompted to write this blog, instead of chilling with a glass of wine after a busy week and watching a movie on TV, because of the flurry of comments via email and Twitter that I have received … Continue reading

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What’s in a Title? Everything.

New blog post in which I call for suggestions for a title for my new Radio 4 science series (Read blog here)

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What’s in a Name? Everything.

I thought about tweeting this but realised I couldn’t explain it in 140 characters and I hate multiple run-on tweets. So here it is in a blog: In October of this year I start presenting a new science programme on … Continue reading

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What I’ll be up to in 2011

Some of the projects in broadcasting I have coming up this year. (Click here to read it).

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