Manjit Kumar
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Manjit Kumar (born 1963) wrote the popular science book Quantum which was shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2009.{{cite web
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| date = May 22, 2009
| title = Science and exploration dominate BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2009 shortlist
| publisher = Samuel Johnson Prize
| accessdate = May 13, 2013
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| archive-date = February 15, 2011
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}} He was also co-author of the book Science and the Retreat from Reason. He has degrees in physics and philosophy. He is the former Consulting Science Editor of Wired UK.{{cite web
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| title = Author Info: Manjit Kumar
| publisher = Janklow & Nesbit
| accessdate = May 13, 2013
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He lives in north London and is married with two sons.
Journalism
He has written for many newspapers, websites and magazines.
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Daily%20Telegraph Daily Telegraph](5)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Financial%20Times Financial Times] (4)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Guardian The Guardian] (4)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Independent The Independent] (9)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Literary%20Review Literary Review] (3)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Nature.com Nature.com] (2)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/New%20Humanist New Humanist] (2)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/New%20Scientist New Scientist] (8)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Sunday%20Telegraph Sunday Telegraph] (1)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Tehelka Tehelka] (2)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Times The Times] (2)
- [http://manjitkumar-reviewsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Wall%20Street%20Journal Wall Street Journal] (1)
Prometheus
Prometheus was a short lived journal that covered the arts and sciences, that was edited by Manjit Kumar along with fellow associate Pandora Kay-Kreizman. Its first two issues had appeared by late 1999. Issue 3 was published in March 2000. and Issue 4—the final issue—around March 2001.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102085612/http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/ Prometheus 1]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102085612/http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/ Prometheus 2]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102085612/http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/ Prometheus 3]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102085612/http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/ Prometheus 4]
References
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External links
- [http://manjitkumar.blogspot.co.uk/ His blog]
- [https://twitter.com/imanjitkumar His twitter]
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