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Spring 2019

Writing two new books.

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January 2019

A video about my book Outside the Research Lab Volume 2 in which I discuss some of the locomotives, cars and buses featured in the book was published online. 

Still from interview about Outside the Research Lab volume 2
Still from Outside the Research Lab volume 2 video 2018
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December 2018

A video about my book Outside the Research Lab Volume 1 in which I discuss some of the sculpture, fashion, music and architecture featured in the book was published online. 

Still from Outside the Research Lab volume 1 video
Still from Outside the Research Lab volume 1 video 2018
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October 2018

Models of reward: and the rewards of collaboration published as part of the Royal Society’s Research Culture Collaboration Collections essays about scientific collaborations. 

Latest Science Careers article
Advice from researchers-turned-career-counselors for their younger selves – and today’s trainees
published on October 15, 2018.

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September 2018

My latest book Outside the Research Lab – Volume 2: Physics in Vintage and Modern Transport was published as an e-book, and in paperback and hardback by IOP Publishing in conjunction with Morgan & Claypool Publishers. 

Front cover of Outside the Research Lab volume 2
Courtesy of Morgan & Claypool. Reproduced with permission.
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April 2018

Feature Big Physics about the materials used in some of the newest international experimental physics facilities, published in the April 2018 issue of Materials World.

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March 2018

I was one of the contributors to the popular science book 30-Second Energy (edited by Brian Clegg), which was published by Ivy Press in March 2018. I wrote the entries on electromagnetism, superconductors, and thermal conduction.

Front cover of 30-Second Energy
Book cover image © Ivy Press Limited. Reproduced with permission.
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November 2017

New version of supplementary material for my undergraduate textbook Understanding Solid State Physics published online on the CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) webpage. This includes links and further reading related to each of the chapters.

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Summer and Autumn 2017

Writing new book.

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July 2017

Feature Driving Materials Forward about the materials and processes used by bespoke supercar and sports car manufacturers, published in the July 2017 issue of Materials World.