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Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS is a quantum physicist, author and broadcaster and one of the best-known science communicators in Britain. He holds a Distinguished Chair in Physics at the University of Surrey where he teaches and conducts his research. He received a PhD in nuclear theory in 1989 and has since published over 100 research papers. He has written twelve books on popular science, between them translated into over twenty-six languages, as well as his first novel, Sunfall. He is a regular presenter of TV science documentaries and the long-running Radio 4 programme, The Life Scientific. He is a recipient of the Royal Society Faraday medal, the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and the Stephen Hawking Medal. His latest book, The World According to Physics, was published in 2020 by Princeton University Press. His new book, The Joy of Science, in out in Spring 2022.
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The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

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    • A Guide for the Perplexed
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    • How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
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