Andrew Robinson is the author of twenty-five books in the arts and sciences, including biographies of Albert Einstein, Thomas Young, Michael Ventris and Jean-Francois Champollion. He holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, has been a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and is currently a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
'Excellent ... of broad interest to scientists and non-scientists alike' - The Lancet 'A sampler of the driven, complex, fascinating characters who fomented scientific revolutions' - Nature