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Jason James Gleeson is a South African/British/Swedish author and science-writer. Born and raised in Cape Town, he has divided his life equally between Europe and Southern Africa.

His first book, “Where the foam of the breakers is starlight...”: The Story of Art, Science, and Philosophy' was published in 2018.

He has an engineering degree from the Open University in London, UK, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, with his wife and their daughter. ...more

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Where the Foam of the Breakers is Starlight... The Story of Art, Science, and Philosophy

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