Theoretical physicist, broadcaster, and author of a number of books, including Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science.
Iraqi/English theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili OBE holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey and is president of the British Humanist Association. His latest book is Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science (Black Swan, ISBN: 978-0-552-77806-0).
He is a guest of the Auckland Writers Festival, speaking at The University of Auckland Festival Debate: Privacy is an Outdated Concept (14 May, with Frank Dikotter, Bob Stevens, and Sandi Toksvig), and at A Question of Civilisations (16 May, with Yasmine El Rashidi and Reza Aslan), and Science and the Big Questions (17 May, with Shaun Hendy).
