Jim Al-Khalili è un fisico teorico, autore e conduttore televisivo iracheno-britannico, noto per i suoi contributi alla divulgazione scientifica. Detiene una Cattedra Distinta in Fisica presso l'Università del Surrey, dove svolge attività di ricerca e insegnamento. Al-Khalili ha scritto dodici libri di divulgazione scientifica, tra cui "The World According to Physics" e "The Joy of Science", tradotti in oltre ventisei lingue. Il suo romanzo d'esordio, "Sunfall", dimostra ulteriormente la sua capacità di unire scienza e narrativa.
Comunicatore scientifico prolifico, Al-Khalili presenta regolarmente documentari per la BBC e conduce il programma di Radio 4 "The Life Scientific". Il suo lavoro esplora temi che spaziano dalla fisica quantistica all'intersezione tra scienza e società. Ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui la Medaglia Faraday della Royal Society e la Stephen Hawking Medal, che attestano il suo impatto nell'ambito dell'engagement pubblico con la scienza. Oltre alla scrittura e alla trasmissione televisiva, Al-Khalili è stato Presidente di Humanists UK ed è stato nominato leader RISE dall'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council del Regno Unito. Le sue opere più recenti continuano a ispirare i lettori con intuizioni accessibili ma profonde sulle meraviglie della fisica.
Libri di non-fiction
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines
1999
2
Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed
2003
3
The Euroschool Lectures On Physics With Exotic Beams Vol. 1 (With: Ernst Roeckl)
2004
4
The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. II (With: Ernst Roeckl)
2006
5
The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. III (With: Ernst Roeckl, E. Roeckl)
2008
6
The House of Wisdom
2010
7
Paradox
2012
8
Aliens
2016
9
What the Future Looks Like
2018
10
Sunfall
2019
11
The World According to Physics
2020
12
The Joy of Science
2022
Ladybird Expert Books
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Battle of Britain (By: James Holland)
2010
2
Quantum Mechanics
2017
3
Evolution (By: Steve Jones)
2017
4
Climate Change (By: Tony Juniper)
2017
5
Shackleton (By: Ben Saunders)
2017
6
The Battle of the Atlantic (By: James Holland)
2018
7
Artificial Intelligence (By: Michael Wooldridge)
2018
8
Big Bang (By: Marcus Chown)
2018
9
Blitzkrieg (By: James Holland)
2018
10
Plate Tectonics (By: Iain Stewart)
2018
11
Timbuktu (By: Gus Casely-Hayford)
2018
12
Consciousness (By: Hannah Critchlow)
2018
13
Genetics (By: Adam Rutherford)
2018
14
The Spanish Armada (By: Sam Willis)
2018
15
The Desert War (By: James Holland)
2018
16
Twentieth-Century Classical Music (By: Fiona Maddocks)
2018
17
Nuclear Deterrence (By: Lawrence Freedman)
2018
18
Witchcraft (By: Suzannah Lipscomb)
2018
19
Bubbles (By: Helen Czerski)
2018
20
The Eastern Front 1941-43 (By: James Holland)
2018
21
Human Origins (By: Alice Roberts)
2018
22
Æthelflæd (By: Tom Holland)
2019
23
Gravity
2019
24
Plato's Republic (By: Angie Hobbs)
2019
25
The Battle of The Nile (By: Sam Willis)
2019
26
D-Day (By: James Holland)
2019
27
Octopuses (By: Helen Scales)
2019
28
Battle of Trafalgar (By: Sam Willis)
2019
29
Exoplanets (By: Maggie Aderin-Pocock)
2019
30
Beowulf (By: Janina Ramírez)
2019
31
Homer (By: Daisy Dunn)
2019
32
The Pacific War 1941-1943 (By: James Holland)
2019
33
Armageddon (By: Joann Fletcher)
2019
34
The Bomber War (By: James Holland)
2020
35
Pain (By: Irene Tracey)
2020
36
The War in Italy (By: James Holland)
2021
37
Burma 1943-1944 (By: James Holland)
2022
38
Victory Against Japan 1944-1945 (By: James Holland)
2023
39
Victory in Europe 1944-1945 (By: James Holland)
2023
Big Ideas Simply Explained Books
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The History Book (By: R.G. Grant)
2010
2
The Psychology Book (By: Marcus Weeks, Catherine Collin, Joannah Ginsburg, Nigel C. Benson, Voula Grand, Merrin Lazyan)
2011
3
The Astronomy Book (By: DK Publishing)
2012
4
The Economics Book (By: Niall Kishtainy)
2012
5
The Religions Book (By: Neil Philip, Michael D. Coogan, Paul Freedman, Shulamit Ambalu, Eve Levavi Feinstein, Andrew Stob)
2013
6
The Science Book (By: Dan Green, David John, Rob Scott Colson, Camilla Hallinan)
2014
7
The Business Book (By: Sam Atkinson)
2014
8
The Shakespeare Book (By: Stanley Wells)
2015
9
The Politics Book (By: Kate Johnsen, Sam Atkinson)
2015
10
The Philosophy Book (By: Will Buckingham)
2015
11
The Sociology Book (By: Marcus Weeks, Megan Todd, Mitchell Hobbs, Sam Atkinson, Sarah Tomley, Christopher Thorpe, Chris Yuill)
2015
12
The Literature Book (By: Sam Atkinson)
2016
13
The Art Book (By: Caroline Bugler)
2017
14
The Crime Book (By: Peter James, Michael Kerrigan, Lee Mellor, Shanna Hogan, Cathy Scott, Helen Fewster, Rebecca T. Morris)
2017
15
The Bible Book (By: DK Publishing)
2018
16
The Mythology Book (By: Shulamit Ambalu)
2018
17
The Classical Music Book (By: Katie Derham)
2018
18
The Ecology Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
19
The Maths Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
20
The Sherlock Holmes Book (By: David Stuart Davies, Barry Forshaw)
2019
21
The Marvel Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
22
The Crime Book (By: Shanna Hogan)
2019
23
The Movie Book (By: Danny Leigh)
2020
24
The Physics Book
2020
25
The Islam Book (By: DK Publishing)
2020
26
The Law Book (By: DK Publishing)
2020
27
The Star Wars Book (By: Pablo Hidalgo, Cole Horton, Dan Zehr)
2020
28
The Medicine Book (By: DK Publishing)
2021
29
The Biology Book (By: DK Publishing)
2021
30
The DC Book (By: Grant Morrison, Stephen Wiacek)
2021
31
The World War II Book (By: DK Publishing)
2022
32
The Chemistry Book (By: DK Publishing)
2022
33
The LGBTQ+ History Book (By: DK Publishing)
2023
34
El libro de la historia LGBTQ+ (By: DK Publishing)