Jim Al-Khalili

Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabies: جيم الخليلي) (gebore op 20 September 1962) is 'n Britse teoretiese fisikus, skrywer en uitsaaier. Hy is professor van teoretiese fisika aan die Universiteit van Surrey. Hy is 'n gereelde uitsaaier en aanbieder van wetenskaplike programme op BBC radio en televisie en lewer dikwels kommentaar oor wetenskaplike aangeleenthede in ander Britse media.

In 2014 is Al-Khalili benoem as 'n RISE ("Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers") leier deur die VK se "Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council". Hy was tussen Januarie 2013 en Januarie 2016 president van die British Humanist Association.

Publikasies
Sy gepubliseerde boeke sluit in:

 Nucleus: A Trip into the Heart of Matter (2001) (mede-outeur)
 
 The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (2010)
 a.k.a. The House of Wisdom: The Flourishing of a Glorious Civilisation and the Golden Age of Arabic Science 
 a.k.a. Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
 Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science (2012)
 Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology (2014) (mede-outeur)

As redakteur
 The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. I (Lecture Notes in Physics) (2004)
 The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. II (Lecture Notes in Physics) (2006)
 The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. III (Lecture Notes in Physics) (2008)
As konsultant-redakteur
 Invisible Worlds: Exploring the Unseen (2004)

Sy essays en ander bydrae sluit in:
 The Collins Encyclopedia of the Universe (2001)
 Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science (2001)
 Quantum Aspects of Life (2008)
 30-second Theories: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Theories in Science (2009)

Fiksie
Jim Al-Khalili het tot op datum een wetenskapfiksie roman geskryf:

Verwysings

Geboortes in 1962
Lewende mense
Engelse fisici