Mark Brake is an award-winning writer of popular science books that look at the links between science, history, and culture.
Science Communicator, Author, Consultant.
Mark has worked as a science communicator and consultant for films, television, print, and radio on five continents. His clients have included NASA, Seattle’s Science Fiction Museum, the BBC & the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Mark is best known for his work in popularising the relationship between space, science and culture.
He was Professor of Science Communication until he retired to focus on writing. His books look at the links between science, history, and culture. He is a leading author and communicator of science-through-pop-culture.
Mark’s franchise-like output (over twenty books in the last decade, as you can witness in the slideshow below) of ‘Science of’ books is unparalleled in volume, thematic diversity, and cultural reach, solidifying his position as the foremost communicator in this sub-genre. His is a franchise of franchises, with titles which include the Force physics of Star Wars, the spy-fi of James Bond, the extinction science of Jurassic World, the futurism of Star Trek and, most recently, the recording laboratory brilliance of The Beatles.
Mark’s books have been translated into over a dozen languages, including Dutch, German, Chinese, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Mexico), Turkish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, and Polish.
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