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Jim Al-Khalili

Born

in Baghdad, Iraq

September 20, 1962

Website

http://www.jimal-khalili.com/

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Jim Al-Khalili(born Jameel Sadik Al-Khalili) is an Iraqi-born British theoretical physicist, author and science communicator. He is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey. He has hosted several BBC productions about science and is a frequent commentator about science in other British media venues.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 7,704 ratings · 899 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed 4.13 avg rating — 1,368 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics 3.94 avg rating — 1,592 ratings — published 2012 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance 3.89 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines 4.29 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life 3.77 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili 4.09 avg rating — 1,873 ratings — published 2014 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Future Looks Like: Leading Science Experts Reveal the Surprising Discoveries and Ingenious Solutions That Are Shaping Our World 3.68 avg rating — 157 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunfall 3.70 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Mechanics 3.83 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's Next?: Even Scientists Can’t Predict the Future – or Can They? by Jim Al-Khalili (Editor), Philip Ball (Contributor) , Gaia Vince (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Jim Al-Khalili

“... classical Arabic, being the language of the Qur'an, has not changed at all in fourteen centuries, making the writings of the early Islamic scholars as accessible today as they were then.”
― Jim Al-Khalili

tags: arabic, classical-arabic, koran, qur-an, quran

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“For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works.”
― Jim Al-Khalili

tags: critical-thinking, science

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“The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of new evidence, but someone of a religious faith will just stick their fingers in the ears and say: 'I'm not listening, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind.”
― Jim Al-Khalili

tags: beliefs, difference, evidence, faith, open-mind, religion, religious-faith, views

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Il mondo incantato: uso, importanza e significati psicoanalitici delle fiabe di Bruno Bettelheim

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Il passaggio di Venere: La nascita della comunità scientifica internazionale attraverso una straordinaria avventura astronomica di Andrea Wulf

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La nuova fabbrica dei sogni. Miti e riti delle serie tv americane di Aldo Grasso

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Barbari. Immigrati, profughi, deportati nell'impero romano di Alessandro Barbero

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La fisica del diavolo di Jim Al-Khalili

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Alce Nero parla: vita di uno stregone dei sioux Oglala di John G. Neihardt

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Buono, pulito e giusto di Carlo Petrini

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Il libro delle rupi di C.W. Ceram

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