David Lindley

Education

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sussex and has worked at Cambridge University and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Career

He was an editor at Nature, Science, and Science News. Lindley is known for writing entertaining scientific texts that show not only great knowledge of physics, but also a wit and understanding of what the layman can grasp. Most of his books explain the scientific theories through the use of a scientist"s biography or an historical account of disagreement amongst scientists.

He contended that particle physics was in danger of becoming a branch of aesthetics, since these theories could be validated only by subjective criteria, such as elegance and beauty, rather than through experimentation.

Achievements

• In The End of Physics, Lindley challenged the assumption that string theorists might achieve a unified theory.