Nancy Forbes is an experienced science writer with over twenty-five publications in the area of science and technology including
Imitation of Life: How Biology Is Inspiring Computing. She has also served as a contributing editor for
The Industrial Physicist of the American Institute of Physics, and IEEE's
Computing in Science and Engineering. Currently, she works for the US Department of Defense.
Basil Mahon is the author of
The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell and
Oliver Heaviside: Maverick Mastermind of Electricity, among other publications. With degrees in engineering and statistics, Mahon was formerly an officer in the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and until his retirement worked for the British Government Statistical Service.