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Collins is to publish the tie-in to prime-time Channel 4 series “The Genius of Britain”, due to air this October.
The title, of the same name, by Robert Uhlig, has a foreword by author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins, with contributions from Dawkins, inventor James Dyson and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who all jointly present the TV series of five 60-minute programmes. Both look at the impact of British science on the modern world.
Denise Bates, the book’s editor, said: “The history of British science is an extremely appealing proposition and I expect this book to do for science what Andrew Marr’s A History of Modern Britain did for British history.”
Bates bought rights to the book from Mark Lesbirel at RDF. It will be published as a £20 hardback this autumn.