Manjit Kumar (born 1963) wrote the popular science book '' Quantum'' which was shortlisted for the

BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award. With its m ...

, 2009. and was also co-author of the book ''Science and the Retreat from Reason''. He has degrees in physics and philosophy. He is the former Consulting Science Editor of

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. He lives in

north London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire. The term ''nor ...

and is married with two sons.

Journalism

He has written for many newspapers, websites and magazines.
Daily Telegraph
5)
Financial Times
(4)
The Guardian
(4)
The Independent
(9)
Literary Review
(3)
Nature.com
(2)
New Humanist
(2)
New Scientist
(8)
Sunday Telegraph
(1)
Tehelka
(2)
The Times
(2)
Wall Street Journal
(1)

Prometheus

Prometheus was a short lived journal that covered the arts and sciences, that was edited by Manjit Kumar along with fellow associate Pandora Kay-Kreizman. Its first two issues had appeared by late 1999. Issue 3 was published in March 2000. and Issue 4—the final issue—around March 2001.
Prometheus 1Prometheus 2Prometheus 3Prometheus 4

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