Jim Al-Khalili
Department: Acting
Biography
Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born September 20, 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He is a regular broadcaster and presenter of science programmes on BBC radio and television, and a frequent commentator about science in other British media.
Known For
Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed
2023
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
The Science of Doctor Who
2013
Everything and Nothing
2011
Science and Islam
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The Beginning and End of the Universe
2016
The Secret Life of Chaos
2010
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
2017
The Amazing World of Gravity
2017
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
2015
A Night with the Stars
2011
The Joy of AI
2018
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
2008
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?
2011
Cunk on Life
2024
Science And Islam
2009
Jim Al-Khalili's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything
2021
Atom
2007
Order and Disorder
2012
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
2011
The Beginning and End of the Universe
2016
Everything and Nothing
2011
The Secrets of Quantum Physics
2014
Cunk on...
2018
Amazing Gravity
2017
Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies
2022
Light and Dark
2016
Pointless Celebrities
2011
Genius of Britain
2010
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
2019
A Night with the Stars
2011
Secrets of the Solar System
2020
Chemistry: A Volatile History
2010
Secrets of the Brain
2025