Nicholas Russell has degrees in Botany and the History of Technology and has published papers on the history of agriculture, technology and science. He has taught Applied Biology and History of Science and Technology for many years and has worked extensively as a freelance science and education journalist for the Independent, New Scientist, Times Educational Supplement, THES and History Today, among others. Most recently he worked at Imperial College London, teaching postgraduate programmes. He remains Emeritus Reader in Science Communication and published a textbook, Science Communication, Professional, Popular, Literary (Cambridge University Press, 2010). Nicholas lives in Bath.
