2013

  • The Science Museum Souvenir Guide

    The Science Museum Souvenir Guide

    It was a great privilege to be asked to write the visitor guide for London’s amazing Science Museum. It’s a very special place to me. I worked there for a few years before becoming a writer, and I still do some work for them now. From the Museum: “This beautifully illustrated book is the perfect…

  • Real Lives: John Snow

    Real Lives: John Snow

    John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera outbreak to one pump and was able to have it closed, ending the outbreak, despite deep resistance from the local authorities, who did…