The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe

About Ian StewartJack CohenTerry Pratchett

Ian Stewart (Author) Professor Ian Stewart is the author of many popular science books. He is the mathematics consultant for New Scientist and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize for furthering the public understanding of science and in 2001 became a Fellow of the Royal Society.Terry Pratchett (Author) Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series the first of which The Colour of Magic was published in 1983. In all he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen and he was the winner of multiple prizes including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009 although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.comJack Cohen (Author) Dr Jack Cohen is an internationally-known reproductive biologist and lives in Newent Gloucestershire. Jack has a laboratory in his kitchen helps couples get pregnant by referring them to colleagues invents biologically realistic aliens for science fiction writers and in his spare time throws boomerangs. Jack who has more letters to his name than can be repeated here writes lectures talks and campaigns to promote public awareness of science particularly biology. He is mostly retired.