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Alison Adam Professor of Information Systems at Salford University Artificial Intelligence
Peter Adamson Reader in Philosophy at King's College London Averroes
Jon Agar Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Artificial Intelligence
Jim Al Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Surrey Rutherford
Jim Al-Khalili Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Surrey Graviton,Higgs Boson
Fay Bound Alberti Research Fellow at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester Heart
Igor Aleksander Professor of Neural Systems Engineering at Imperial College, University of London Artificial Intelligence
Sally Alexander Professor of History, Goldsmiths College, University of London Psychoanalysis
Dennis Almeida Lecturer in Mathematics Education at Exeter University and the Open University Indian Maths
Michael Alpert Emeritus Professor in Modern and Contemporary History of Spain at the University of Westminster Spanish Inquisition
Richard Alston Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Rosemary Ashton Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London Faust
Nigel Aston Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester Jesuits
Peter Atkins Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University Second Law of Thermodynamics
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David Bagchi Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought at the University of Hull Diet of Worms
Julian Baggini Editor, The Philosopher’s Magazine and co-editor of New British Philosophy: The Interviews Pragmatism,Beauty,Mind/Body Problem,Examined Life
Sarah Barber Senior Lecturer in History at Lancaster University Toleration
Emma Barker Lecturer in Art History at The Open University Artist
Tim Barrett Professor of East Asian History at SOAS Needham Question
Caroline Barron Professorial Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London Peasants' Revolt
John Barrow Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Gresham Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University Speed of Light
John D. Barrow Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge Theories of Everything
June Barrow-Green Lecturer in the History of Mathematics at the Open University Poincare Conjecture
Jonathan Bate Professor of English Literature at the University of Warwick Christopher Marlowe,Later Romantics,Nature
Mary Beard Reader in Classics, Cambridge University and author of The Parthenon. Oath,Roman Britain,Cultural Imperialism
Lucy Beckett Author of Richard Wagner: Parsifal Richard Wagner
Catherine Belsey Chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University Originality
Marina Benjamin journalist and author of Living at the End of the World (Picador, 1999) Apocalypse
Jim Bennett Director of the Museum of Science and Fellow of Linacre College at the University of Oxford History of Optics,Renaissance Maths
Amira Bennison Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge Averroes,Abbasid Caliphs
Mike Benton Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol KT Boundary
Carol Berkin Professor of History at The City University of New York George Washington and the American Revolution
Celeste-Marie Bernier Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Nottingham Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sanjoy Bhattacharya Lecturer in the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL Search for Immunisation
Dinah Birch Fellow and tutor in English at Trinity College, Oxford. John Ruskin,Sensation,Victorian Realism
Jeremy Black Professor of History, University of Exeter and author of The British Abroad: The Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century Great Exhibition,Peterloo Massacre,Art of War,Grand Tour
Tim Blanning Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge Goethe,Terror,Artist
Peter de Bolla Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge Sublime
Colin Bonwick Professor Emeritus in American History at Keele University George Washington and the American Revolution
Huw Bowen Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester Tea,East India Co
Malcolm Bowie Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford Proust,Psychoanalysis
Rachel Bowlby Professor of English at the University of York Hysteria
Nicola Bown Lecturer in Victorian Studies at Birkbeck, University of London Faeries
David Bradley Professor of Tropical Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Disease
Annabel Brett Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge, editor with Quentin Skinner of Liberty, Right and Nature (Cambridge University Press). Thomas Hobbes and the political philosophy of 'Leviathan' ,Duty,Freedom
Alexander Broadie Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at the University of Glasgow Scottish Enlightenment
Mike Broers Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall Terror
John Brooke Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. Chance and Design in Evolution
Michelle Brown Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library Venerable Bede,Lindisfarne Gospels
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University Speed of Light
Ardis Butterfield Reader in English at University College London Geoffrey Chaucer
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Jenni Calder Author of There Must Be a Lone Ranger: The myth and reality of the American Wild West American West
Gemma Calvert Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bath Perception and the Senses
David Cannadine Director of the University of London’s Institute of Historical Research Aristocracy
John Carey Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Oxford University Heaven,Modernist Utopias,The Fall,Epic,John Milton
Paul Cartledge Professor of Greek History at the University of Cambridge Greek Comedy,Oath,Heroism
Nancy Cartwright Professor of Philosophy at the LSE and the University of California Karl Popper
Roger Cashmore former Research Director at CERN and now Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford Graviton,Higgs Boson
Justin Champion Reader in the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway College, University of London Toleration,Apocalypse
Tim Champion Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton Archaeology and Imperialism
Edward Chaney Professor of Fine and Decorative Arts, Southampton Institute and author of A Traveller’s Companion to Florence Grand Tour
Allan Chapman Historian of Science at the History Faculty at Oxford University Astronomy and Empire
Chloe Chard Literary historian and author of Pleasure and Guilt on the Grand Tour Grand Tour
Phil Charles Professor of Astronomy at Southampton University Supernovas
Michael Clanchy Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research Abelard and Heloise
Margaret Clegg Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Biological Anthropology at University College London Human Evolution
Linda Colley School Professor of History, London School of Economics East India Co,Slavery and empire,Cultural Imperialism
Stefan Collini Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge John Ruskin
Sarah Colvin Professor of German at the University of Edinburgh Goethe
Steve Connor Professor of Modern Literature at Birkbeck, University of London Modernist Utopias
Martin Conway Professor of Psychology at Durham University Dreams,Memory
Helen Cooper Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge Pastoral Literature,Geoffrey Chaucer
Richard Corfield Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University Rise of the Mammals,Cambrian Explosion,Origins of Life,Ageing the Earth
Heather Couper Space expert, co-author of Is Anybody Out There? ET
Carolin Crawford Royal Society Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge Galaxies,Asteroids,Dark Energy,Planets
Roger Crisp Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford. Virtue
Kate Crosby Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, SOAS Budhhism
Roger Crowley author and historian Siege of Constantinople
Chris Cullen Director of the Needham Research Institute at Cambridge University Needham Question,China: The Warring States Period
Christopher Cullen Director of the Needham Research Institute Han Synthesis
Barry Cunliffe Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University and author of Facing The Ocean Celts
Andrew Cunningham Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in the History of Medicine, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University Anatomy
Serafina Cuomo Reader in the History of Science at Imperial College London Archimedes
Anne Curry Professor of Medieval History at Southampton University Agincourt
Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis Curator of Ancient Iranian Coins in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum Zoroastrianism
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Gillian Darley Architectural historian and biographer of John Soane Architecture and power
Richard Davenport-Hines Historian and author of The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics, Phoenix Press History of drugs
Laurence Davies Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English at Glasgow University and Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Heart of Darkness
Norman Davies Professor Emeritus, University of London, author of Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City Bohemia
Philip Davis is Reader in English Literature at the University of Liverpool Victorian Realism
Richard Dawkins Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University Altruism,Origins of Life
Mahinda Deagallee Lecturer in the Study of Religions, Bath Spa University College and a Buddhist Monk from the Theravada tradition in Sri Lanka. Budhhism
John Deathridge King Edward the Seventh Professor of Music, Kings College London Originality,Richard Wagner
Tom Devine Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen Scottish Enlightenment
Simon Ditchfield Reader in History at the University of York Jesuits
Simon Dixon Professor of Modern History at the University of Leeds Catherine the Great
Phillip Dodd Director, Institute of Contemporary Arts Cultural Imperialism
Fay Dowker Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, Queen Mary, University of London Schrödinger's Cat
Hilary Downes Professor of Geochemistry at Birkbeck, University of London Vulcanology
Katherine Duncan-Jones Senior Research Fellow in the English Faculty of Oxford University Christopher Marlowe
Alastair Dunn author of The Peasants’ Revolt - England’s Failed Revolution of 1381 Peasants' Revolt
John Dupr Professor of Philosophy of Science at Exeter University and director of Egenis, the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society Microbiology,Altruism
Nadja Durbach Associate Professor of History at the University of Utah Search for Immunisation
Osman Durrani Professor of German at the University of Kent at Canterbury Faust
Chris Dye epidemiologist with the World Health Organisation Search for Immunisation,Disease
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Catharine Edwards Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck College, London University Aeneid,Roman Britain
John Edwards Research Fellow in Spanish at the University of Oxford Spanish Inquisition
Karen Edwards Lecturer in English at Exeter University Nature,Epic
Harold Ellis Clinical Anatomist, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London Anatomy
Clive Emsley Professor of History at the Open University Great Exhibition,Peterloo Massacre
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Patricia Fara Lecturer on the History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University Alexander von Humboldt,Electrickery,Rutherford,scientist in history
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Professorial Research Fellow, Queen Mary College London Aristocracy,Slavery and empire
Orlando Figes Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
Irving Finkel Curator in the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British Museum Babylon
Evelyn Fishburn Professor Emeritus at London Metropolitan University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London Jorge Luis Borges
Raymond Flood Lecturer in Computing Studies and Mathematics at Kellogg College, Oxford Negative numbers
Sarah Foot Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Sheffield Alfred and the Battle of Edington,Venerable Bede
Peter Forshaw Lecturer in Renaissance Philosophies at Birkbeck, University of London Merlin,Alchemy,Renaissance Magic
Jane Francis Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds Rise of the Mammals,KT Boundary,Cambrian Explosion
Robert Fraser Senior Research Fellow in the Literature Department at the Open University Proust
Christopher Frayling Rector of the Royal College of Art, author of Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone American West
Miranda Fricker Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Altruism,Pragmatism,Virtue
Karin Friedrich Lecturer in History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London Bohemia
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Richard Gameson Reader in Medieval History at Kent University Alfred and the Battle of Edington,Venerable Bede,Lindisfarne Gospels
Mary Garrison Lecturer in History at the University of York Carolingian Renaissance
Malcolm Gaskill Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Churchill College, Cambridge Witchcraft
Henry Gee Senior Editor at Nature Ageing the Earth
Andrew George Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies Babylon
Val Gibson particle physicist from the Cavendish Laboratory and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Theories of Everything
Sheridan Gilley Emeritus Reader in Theology at the University of Durham Oxford Movement
Anne Glover Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Aberdeen University Microbiology
Simon Goldhill Professor in Greek Literature and Culture at King’s College, Cambridge Aeschylus' Oresteia,Odyssey,Battle of Thermopylae
Simon Goodwin Researcher in Astronomy, Cardiff University ET
Monica Grady Head of Petrology and Meteoritics at the Natural History Museum Mars,Carbon,Asteroids,Second Law of Thermodynamics
Elizabeth Graham Senior Lecturer in Mesoamerican Archaeology at University College London Aztecs
Helen Graham Professor of Spanish History at Royal Holloway, University of London Spanish Civil War
Kim Graham Senior Scientist at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Memory
John Gray Professor of European Thought, London School of Economics Human Nature
Anthony Grayling Reader in Philosophy, Birkbeck, University of London John Stuart Mill,Pragmatism,Karl Marx,Abelard and Heloise,Mind/Body Problem,Heroism,Duty,Examined Life
Miranda Aldhouse Green Professor of Archaeology at the University of Wales and authorof Dying for the Gods. Celts
Brian Greene Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University Theories of Everything
Susan Greenfield Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford University Chaos Theory
Mark Greengrass Professor of History at the University of Sheffield St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Richard Gregory Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Bristol University Perception and the Senses
John Gribbin Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sussex, author of Science: A History 1543-2001 Galaxies,Second Law of Thermodynamics,scientist in history
Miriam Griffin Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford Cynicism
Steven Gunn Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University Field of the Cloth of Gold
John Guy Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Thomas Hahn Professor of English Literature at the University of Rochester, New York Robin Hood
Joanna Haigh Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London James Clerk Maxwell
John Haldane Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews Angels
Catherine Hall Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History, University College London, Slavery and empire
Edith Hall Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham Greek Comedy,Aeschylus' Oresteia,Aeneid,Odyssey,Battle of Thermopylae
Richard Hamblyn writer and author of The Invention of Clouds (Picador, 2002) Meteorology
Robert Hampson Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Heart of Darkness
Keith Hanley Professor of English Literature and Director of the Ruskin Programme at Lancaster University John Ruskin
Philip Hardie Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford Aeneid
Anne Hardy Reader in the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre at University College London Blood,Disease
Christina Hardyment Social historian and journalist Marriage
Peter Harman Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University and editor of The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell
Richard Harries Bishop of Oxford Redemption
Janet Hartley Professor of International History at the London School of Economics Catherine the Great
Peter Harvey Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland Budhhism
Judith Hawley Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London Encyclopedie,Samuel Johnson and His Circle,Scriblerus Club,Empiricism
Ronald Hayman writer and biographer of Jung Carl Gustav Jung
Thomas Healy Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck University of London Rhetoric,Youth,Artist
Tom Healy Professor of Renaissance Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London Aeschylus' Oresteia,Paganism in the Renaissance
John Heilbron Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley Magnetism
Judith Herrin Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's College London Siege of Constantinople
John Hines Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University Alfred and the Battle of Edington,Norse Gods
Angie Hobbs Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick Friendship,Cynicism,Beauty,Stoicism,Rhetoric,Heroism,Duty,Art of War
Hermione Hobhouse Architectural Historian and Writer Great Exhibition
Tom Holland historian Roman Republic,Battle of Thermopylae
Charles Hope Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition at the University of London Paganism in the Renaissance
Norman Housley Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leicester Schism
Sir Michael Howard Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford Art of War
Christina Howells Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College Jean-Paul Sartre
Sarah Hudspith Lecturer in Russian, University of Leeds Tolstoy
Dame Olwen Hufton Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford Jesuits
Ann Hughes Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Keele Seventeenth Century Print Culture
Michael Hunter Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London Royal Society
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Barry Ife Cervantes Professor Emeritus at King's College London Don Quixote
Colin Imber formerly Reader in Turkish at Manchester University Siege of Constantinople
Matthew Innes Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London Carolingian Renaissance
Robert Graham Irwin Senior Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Abbasid Caliphs
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Peter Jackson Professor of Medieval History at Keele University Genghis Khan
Sue James Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Mind/Body Problem
Susan James Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Beauty
Vladimir Jankovic Wellcome Research Lecturer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Manchester University Meteorology
Annie Janowitz Professor of Romantic Poetry at Queen Mary, University of London Sublime
Lisa Jardine Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of King's College Cambridge. Royal Society,Magnetism,Machiavelli and the Italian City States,Zero,Cryptography,John Milton
Mike Jay Historian and author of Emperors of Dreams, Drugs in the Nineteenth Century, Dedalus Ltd History of drugs
Neil Johnson University Lecturer in Physics at Oxford University Chaos Theory
Gareth Stedman Jones Professor of Political Science at Cambridge University Karl Marx
Hugh Jones planet hunter and Reader in Astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores University Planets
Michael Jones medieval historian and writer Agincourt
Peter Jones Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham Lunar Society
Steve Jones Professor of Genetics in the Galton Laboratory at University College London Human Evolution,Rise of the Mammals,Lamarck and Natural Selection
Susan Jones Fellow and Tutor in English at St Hilda's College, Oxford Heart of Darkness
George Gheverghese Joseph Honorary Reader in Mathematics Education at Manchester University Indian Maths
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Brett Kahr Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London Carl Gustav Jung,Hysteria
Robert Kaplan co-founder of The Math Circle at Harvard University Renaissance Maths,Pi,Zero,Infinity
Lauren Kassell Lecturer in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge Alchemy
Chandrika Kaul Lecturer in Imperial History at the University of St Andrews Mughal Empire
Margaret Kean Tutor in English and Dame Helen Gardner Fellow at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University History of Hell
John Keane Professor of Politics, University of Westminster, author of a forthcoming history of democracy Anarchism,Freedom
Simon Kelley Head of Department in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Open University KT Boundary
Catriona Kelly Reader in Russian, Oxford University Assassination of Tsar Alexander II,Tolstoy
Hugh N. Kennedy Professor of History at the University of St Andrews Abbasid Caliphs
Robert Kennicutt Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge Galaxies
Anthony Kenny philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford Greyfriars and Blackfriars
Sir Anthony Kenny philosopher and former Master of Balliol College, Oxford Averroes
Ruth Kinna Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University Anarchism
Sandy Knapp botanist at the Natural History Museum Lamarck and Natural Selection,Chance and Design in Evolution
Alan Knight Professor of the History of Latin America at Oxford University Aztecs
Frances Knight Senior Lecturer in Church History at the University of Wales, Lampeter Oxford Movement
Stephen Knight Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University Merlin,Robin Hood
Mike Kopelman Professor of Neuropsychiatry at King's College London and St Thomas’ Hospital Memory
Efraín Kristal Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Los Angeles Jorge Luis Borges
Harry Kroto Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University Carbon
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George Lane Lecturer in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies Genghis Khan
Carolyne Larrington Tutor in Medieval English at St John’s College, Oxford Geoffrey Chaucer,Norse Gods,Holy Grail
Hermione Lee Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford Bohemianism
Clare Lees Professor of Medieval Literature at King's College London Lindisfarne Gospels
Kathleen Lennon Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull Relativism
Tony Lentin Professor of History at the Open University Catherine the Great
Laurence Lerner former Professor of English at the University of Sussex Pastoral Literature
Janna Levin Advanced Fellow in Theoretical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge Supernovas
Henrietta Leyser medieval historian and Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford Greyfriars and Blackfriars,Abelard and Heloise,Schism
Dominic Lieven Professor of Russian Government at the London School of Economics Assassination of Tsar Alexander II
Kristen Lippincott Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Astronomy and Empire,Calendar
Vivienne Lo Lecturer at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine China: The Warring States Period
Adrian Locke co-curator of the Aztecs exhibition currently at the Royal Academy of Arts Aztecs
Nick Lowe Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London Greek Comedy
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Diarmaid MacCulloch Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University Diet of Worms,St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Neil MacGregor Director of the British Museum History of Hell
Allan Macinnes Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History at Aberdeen University Jacobite Rebellion
Laura Marcus Professor of English at the University of Sussex Modernist Utopias
Peter Marshall philosopher and historian Anarchism
Marie McGinn Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York Wittgenstein
Bill McGuire Benfield Professor of Geophysical Hazards at University College London Vulcanology
Jim McLaverty Professor of English at Keele University Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope,Samuel Johnson and His Circle
Frank Mclynn Visiting Professor in the Department of Literature, University of Strathclyde, author of a new book Wagon’s West - The Epic Story of America’s Overland Trails American West
Sarah Meer Lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge Uncle Tom's Cabin
Andrew Mendelsohn Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Imperial College, University of London Microbiology
Charlotte Methuen Lecturer in Reformation History at the University of Oxford Diet of Worms
Carol Michaelson Assistant Keeper of Chinese Art in the Department of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum Han Synthesis,China: The Warring States Period
Simon Middleton Lecturer in American History at the University of East Anglia George Washington and the American Revolution
Alan Millard Rankin Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages at the University of Liverpool Alphabet
Maria Misra Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Keble College, Oxford East India Co
Juliet Mitchell Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge Hysteria
Steven Mithen Professor of Early Prehistory at the University of Reading. Imagination
Alistair Moffat Writer and Historian and author of The Sea Kingdoms - The Story of Celtic Britain and Ireland Celts
John Moles Professor of Latin at the University of Newcastle Cynicism
Ray Monk Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton Wittgenstein
David Moore Director of the Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research at the University of Nottingham Perception and the Senses
Simon Conway Morris Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at Cambridge University Cambrian Explosion,Lamarck and Natural Selection,Chance and Design in Evolution
Iwan Morus Lecturer in the History of Science at Queen's University Belfast Speed of Light,Electrickery
Stephen Mulhall Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Oxford University Redemption
John Mullan Senior Lecturer in English at University College London Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope,Friendship,Samuel Johnson and His Circle,Scriblerus Club,Politeness,Sensation
Paul Murdin Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Planets,Supernovas
Alexander Murray medieval historian and Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford Spanish Inquisition,Greyfriars and Blackfriars
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Stana Nenadic Senior Lecturer in Social History at Edinburgh University Jacobite Rebellion
Virginia Nicholson author Bohemianism
Mehri Niknam Executive Director of the Maimonides Foundation, a joint Jewish-Muslim Interfaith Foundation in London. Cordoba and Muslim Spain
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Anthony O Weston Professor of Philosophy at Buckingham University Karl Popper
Benedict O Principal Lecturer in French at the University of the West of England and Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies Jean-Paul Sartre
Heather O Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature in the Department of English at Oxford University Norse Gods
Karen O Reader in English and American Literature at the University of Warwick Scottish Enlightenment
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Ruth Padel poet and author of In and Out of the Mind: Tragic Images of Self and Body The Soul
Martin Palmer Theologian and Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture. History of Hell,Heaven,Angels,The Fall,Devil,Apocalypse,Cordoba and Muslim Spain,The Soul
David Papineau Professor of the Philosophy of Science, Kings College, London Chaos Theory
Richard Parkinson Assistant Keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum Archaeology and Imperialism
Linda Partridge Biology and Biotechnology Research Council Professor at University College London Origins of Life
Frederik Pedersen Lecturer in History, Aberdeen University Marriage
Hugh Pennington Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen. scientist in history
Roger Penrose Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University Schrödinger's Cat
Sir Roger Penrose Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Maths at Oxford University Dark Energy
Adam Phillips Author of Equals and general editor of the new Penguin translations of Freud Psychoanalysis
George Phillips Honorary Reader in Mathematics at St Andrews Archimedes
Colin Pillinger Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and leader of the Beagle 2 expedition to Mars Mars
Steven Pinker Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, MIT Human Nature
Fred Piper Director of the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London Cryptography
Murray Pittock Professor of English Literature at the University of Strathclyde Empiricism,Jacobite Rebellion
Sadie Plant Author of Writing on Drugs, Faber and Faber History of drugs
Griselda Pollock Professor of Art History at the University of Leeds The Fall
Robert Poole Reader in History at St Martin’s College Lancaster Calendar
Paul Preston Principe de Asturias Professor of Contemporary Spanish History at the London School of Economics Spanish Civil War
Stephen Pumfrey Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Lancaster Royal Society,Magnetism,Alchemy
Diane Purkiss Fellow and Tutor of English at Keble College, Oxford Faeries
Lyn Pykett Professor of English and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Sensation
Robert Pynsent Professor of Czech and Slovak Literature, University College London Bohemia
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Jonathan R philosopher Relativism,Stoicism,Jean-Paul Sartre,Empiricism,Originality
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego Dreams
Joad Raymond Professor of English Literature at the University of East Anglia Seventeenth Century Print Culture
Sarah Rees Reader in Pure Mathematics at the University of Newcastle Infinity
Sir Martin Rees Astronomer Royal and Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at Cambridge University Dark Energy
Valery Rees Renaissance historian and a translator of Ficino’s letters Heaven,Angels,Renaissance Magic
Janet Radcliffe Richards Philosopher of Science and Reader in Bioethics, University College, London John Stuart Mill,Human Nature,Examined Life
Ruth Richardson Historian, and author of Death, Dissection and the Destitute, Phoenix Press Anatomy
Sarah Richardson Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick Peterloo Massacre
Jonathan Riley-Smith Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University Holy Grail
Graham Robb writer and biographer of Balzac, Victor Hugo and Rimbaud Bohemianism
Penny Roberts Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick Field of the Cloth of Gold,St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Eleanor Robson historian of Ancient Iraq and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford Archaeology and Imperialism,Pi,Babylon,Alphabet
Colva Roney-Dougal Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews Indian Maths,Negative numbers
Lyndal Roper Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College, University of Oxford and Witchcraft
Jacqueline Rose Professor of English Literature at Queen Mary, University of London Proust
Charlotte Rouech historian of late antiquity at Kings College London Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Sheila Rowan Reader in Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow Graviton
Alison Rowlands Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Essex Witchcraft,Devil
Miri Rubin Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London Peasants' Revolt,Blood
Valerie Rumbold Reader in English Literature at Birmingham University Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope
Alan Ryan Professor of Politics at Oxford University John Stuart Mill
Hazel Rymer Senior Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at the Open University Ageing the Earth
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Andrew Samuels Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex and a Jungian analyst in clinical practice Carl Gustav Jung
Julie Sanders Professor of English Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham Pastoral Literature
Marcus du Sautoy Professor of Mathematics and Fellow of Wadham College at the University of Oxford Poincare Conjecture,Mathematics and Music,Prime Numbers
Jonathan Sawday Professor of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde Heart,Renaissance Magic,Blood
Simon Schaffer Reader in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge History of Optics,Astronomy and Empire,Electrickery,Rutherford,James Clerk Maxwell,Lunar Society
Roger Scruton Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham Nature
Jim Secord Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project Alexander von Humboldt
David Sedley Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge Stoicism
Steve Self Professor of Vulcanology at the Open University Vulcanology
Kevin Sharpe Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London Seventeenth Century Print Culture
Jonathan Shepard co-editor of Byzantine Diplomacy Schism
Simon Singh science writer Cryptography
Quentin Skinner Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge Thomas Hobbes and the political philosophy of 'Leviathan' ,Machiavelli and the Italian City States
Simon Skinner Fellow and Tutor in History at Balliol College, Oxford Oxford Movement
Barry Smith Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Relativism,Wittgenstein
Emma J. Smith Lecturer in English at Oxford University Christopher Marlowe
Julia Smith Edwards Professor of Medieval History at Glasgow University Carolingian Renaissance
Mark Solms Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town Dreams
Alan Sommerstein Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham Oath
Richard Sorabji Gresham Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College The Soul
Janet Soskice Reader in Modern Theology and Philosophical Theology, Cambridge University Redemption,Marriage
Rebecca Spang Lecturer in Modern History at University College London Terror
Fred Spoor Professor of Evolutionary Anatomy at University College London Human Evolution
Gavin Stamp Senior Lecturer, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art Architecture and power
Naomi Standen Lecturer in Chinese History at Newcastle University Genghis Khan
Jackie Stedall Research Fellow in the History of Mathematics at The Queen's College, Oxford Archimedes,Prime Numbers,Renaissance Maths
Catherine Steel Lecturer in Classics at the University of Glasgow. Roman Republic
Roel Sterckx Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge Han Synthesis
Ian Stewart Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University Poincare Conjecture,Negative numbers,Pi,Zero,Infinity,ET
Galen Strawson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading Virtue
Susan Stronge Curator in the Asian Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Mughal Empire
Susan Stuart Lecturer in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Glasgow. Imagination
Sanjay Subrahmanyam Professor of Indian History and Culture at the University of Oxford Mughal Empire
Tony Sudbery Professor of Mathematics, University of York Schrödinger's Cat
Ceri Sullivan Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Bangor Rhetoric
Rosemary Sweet Lecturer in History at the University of Leicester Aristocracy
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Michael Tanner Philosopher and author of Wagner and Nietzsche Richard Wagner
Oliver Taplin Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford Odyssey,Epic
Ruth Tatlow Lecturer in Music Theory at the University of Stockholm Mathematics and Music
Liba Taub Director of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at Cambridge University Meteorology
Ken Teo Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Cambridge University Carbon
Deborah Thom Lecturer in History at Robinson College, Cambridge Youth
Rosalind Thomas Professor of Greek History at Royal Holloway, University of London Alphabet
Adrian Tinniswood Architectural historian Architecture and power
Janet Todd Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow Sublime
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Jenny Uglow Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick Lunar Society
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Farrokh Vajifdar Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a life-long student of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism
Mark Vernon Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at Syracuse University and London Metropolitan University Friendship
Amanda Vickery Reader in History at Royal Holloway, University of London Politeness,Tea
Mary Vincent Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Sheffield University Spanish Civil War
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Jennifer Wallace Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse, Cambridge Later Romantics
Marcus Walsh Kenneth Allott Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool Scriblerus Club
James Walvin Professor of History at the University of York Tea
David Wark Professor of Experimental Physics at Imperial College London and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Higgs Boson
Caroline Warman Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College, Oxford Encyclopedie
Peter Watson Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University Calendar
John Watts Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford Agincourt
Clive Webb Reader in American History at the University of Sussex Uncle Tom's Cabin
Evelyn Welch Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London Paganism in the Renaissance,Machiavelli and the Italian City States
Francis Wheen journalist and author of a biography of Karl Marx Karl Marx
Jane Whetnall Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Queen Mary, University of London Don Quixote
Tim Whitmarsh Lecturer in Hellenistic Literature at Exeter University Youth
Alan Williams Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester Zoroastrianism
Bernard Williams Professor of Philosophy, University of California, author of the forthcoming Truth and Truthfulness (Princeton Press, October 2002) Freedom
Edwin Williamson Professor of Spanish Studies at the University of Oxford Jorge Luis Borges,Don Quixote
A.N. Wilson is a novelist, biographer and author of The Victorians Victorian Realism
Andrew Norman Wilson Novelist, journalist and biographer of Tolstoy Tolstoy
Jason Wilson Professor of Latin American Literature at University College London Alexander von Humboldt
Robin Wilson Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University and Gresham Professor of Geometry Mathematics and Music,Prime Numbers
W. Daniel Wilson Professor of German at Royal Holloway, University of London Goethe
Tim Winter a convert to Islam and lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University. Cordoba and Muslim Spain
Emily Winterburn Curator of Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum History of Optics
David Womersley Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford and editor of Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin, 2000) Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Frances Wood Head of Chinese Collections at the British Library Needham Question
Juliette Wood Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh at the University College of Wales in Cardiff Faeries,Merlin,Faust,Robin Hood,Holy Grail
Robert Woof Director of the Wordsworth Trust Later Romantics
Greg Woolf Professor of Ancient History at St Andrews University Roman Republic,Roman Britain
David Wootton Professor of Intellectual History at Queen Mary, University of London Encyclopedie,Heart,Thomas Hobbes and the political philosophy of 'Leviathan' ,Politeness,Toleration,Devil
Blair Worden Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sussex John Milton
John Worrall Professor of Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics Karl Popper
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John Zarnecki Professor of Space Science at the Open University Mars,Asteroids
Semir Zeki Professor of Neurobiology at the University of London Imagination

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Dennis Almeida Lecturer in Mathematics Education at Exeter University and the Open University Indian Mathematics
Nigel Aston Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester Jesuits
Tim Barrett Professor of East Asian History at SOAS Needham Question
Caroline Barron Professorial Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London Peasants' Revolt
John Barrow Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Gresham Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University Speed of Light
June Barrow-Green Lecturer in the History of Mathematics at the Open University Poincare Conjecture
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University Speed of Light
Melyvn Bragg Writer and Broadcaster. Presenter of In Our Time All
Nancy Cartwright Professor of Philosophy at the LSE and the University of California Karl Popper
Roger Crowley author and historian Siege of Constantinople
Chris Cullen Director of the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge Needham Question
Serafina Cuomo Reader in the History of Science at Imperial College London Archimedes
Laurence Davies Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English at Glasgow University and Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire Heart of Darkness
Richard Dawkins evolutionary biologist and the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University Altruism
Simon Ditchfield Reader in History at the University of York Jesuits
Alastair Dunn author of The Peasants’ Revolt - England’s Failed Revolution of 1381 Peasants' Revolt
John Dupré Professor of Philosophy of Science at Exeter University and director of Egenis, the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society Altruism
Evelyn Fishburn Professor Emeritus at London Metropolitan University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London Bourges
Niall FitzGerald KBE Director of the British Museum Hell
Miranda Fricker Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London Altruism
George Gheverghese Joseph Honorary Reader in Mathematics Education at Manchester University Indian Mathematics
Monica Grady Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University Mars
Robert Hampson Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London Heart of Darkness
Judith Hawley Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London Encyclopedie
Judith Herrin Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's College London Siege of Constantinople
Dame Olwen Hufton Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford Jesuits
Colin Imber formerly Reader in Turkish at Manchester University Siege of Constantinople
Peter Jackson Professor of Medieval History at Keele University Ghengis Khan
Susan Jones Fellow and Tutor in English at St Hilda's College, Oxford Heart of Darkness
Margaret Kean Tutor in English and Dame Helen Gardner Fellow at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University Hell
John Keane Professor of Politics at Westminster University Anarchism
Ruth Kinna Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University Anarchism
Efraín Kristal Professor of Comparative Literature at University of California, Los Angeles Bourges
George Lane Lecturer in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies Ghengis Khan
Peter Marshall philosopher and historian Anarchism
Jim McLaverty Professor of English at Keele University Alexander Pope
Iwan Morus Senior Lecturer in the History of Science at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth Speed of Light
John Mullan Professor of English at University College London Alexander Pope
Anthony O'Hear Weston Professor of Philosophy at Buckingham University Karl Popper
Martin Palmer director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture Hell
George Phillips Honorary Reader in Mathematics at St Andrews Archimedes
Colin Pillinger Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University and leader of the Beagle 2 expedition to Mars Mars
Colva Roney-Dougal Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews Indian Mathematics
Miri Rubin Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London Peasants' Revolt
Valerie Rumbold Reader in English Literature at Birmingham University Alexander Pope
Marcus du Sautoy Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford Poincare Conjecture
Naomi Standen Lecturer in Chinese History at Newcastle University Ghengis Khan
Jackie Stedall Junior Research Fellow in the History of Mathematics at Queen's College, Oxford Archimedes
Ian Stewart Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Poincare Conjecture
Caroline Warman Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College, Oxford Encyclopedie
Edwin Williamson Professor of Spanish Studies at Oxford University Bourges
Frances Wood Head of Chinese Collections at the British Library Needham Question
David Wootton Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York Encyclopedie
John Worrall Professor of Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics Karl Popper
John Zarnecki Professor of Space Science at the Open University and a team leader on the ExoMars mission Mars


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Archimedes - the Greek mathematician and his Eureka moments (Latest edition)

Jackie Stedall, Serafina Cuomo, George Phillips

The Jesuits - The Schoolmasters of Europe(Religion)

Nigel Aston, Simon Ditchfield, Dame Olwen Hufton
Name Credentials Contributions
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Nigel Aston Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester Jesuits
Serafina Cuomo Reader in the History of Science at Imperial College London Archimedes
Simon Ditchfield Reader in History at the University of York Jesuits
Dame Olwen Hufton Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford Jesuits
George Phillips Honorary Reader in Mathematics at St Andrews Archimedes
Jackie Stedall Junior Research Fellow in the History of Mathematics at Queen's College, Oxford Archimedes