About Jack Challoner

Jack Challoner, founder of Explaining Science Publishing, is an award-winning science writer and the author of more than fifty books on science and technology for all ages. He grew up in Hartcliffe, Bristol, gained a degree in physics at Imperial College, London, then trained as a science and maths teacher before working in the Education Unit at the Science Museum.

Jack has a proven track record of translating complex scientific principles into accessible, highly visual formats. His extensive bibliography includes …

• The Atom: A Visual Tour (MIT Press)

• The Cell (Chicago University Press)

• the hugely successful Maker Lab series (DK and Smithsonian)

• Seeing Science: Making the Invisible Visible (MIT Press)

Acclaim
Jack won the 2017 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, and has been shortlisted for several other prizes, including the Royal Society of Biology’s Book Prize and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s ‘Excellence in Science Books Prize’.

On the road …
Throughout his career, Jack has regularly written and performed demonstrations, science shows and lectures in schools, libraries, book shops and museums explaining key scientific ideas and inspiring generations of young minds to stay curious. You’ll find a few letters from school children and other memorabilia below.

Find out more about Jack and his books at jackchalloner.me, and find him on Instagram and YouTube @jackchallonerexplainingscience.