Robert Matthews (scientist)

Robert A.J. Matthews, born 23 September 1959, is a British physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and journalist.

Robert Matthews read Physics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he graduated in 1981. He is currently Visiting Reader in Science at the Department of Information Engineering, Aston University.

Matthews is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Physicist, a Member of the Institute of Physics, and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In December 2005, Matthews had 43 refereed academic publications and four contributed chapters in research areas including mathematics, statistics, encryption algorithms, neural networks, geophysics and astronomy. [ [http://www.robertmatthews.org/AcadCV.html Robert Matthews' academic CV] ]

Matthews is a distinguished science journalist. He is currently anchorman for the science magazine BBC Focus, and a freelance columnist for the Financial Times. In the past, he has been science correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph, technology correspondent for The Times, and a freelance contributor to The Economist. Amongst other professional awards, in 2000, he was awarded Feature Writer of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers. [ [http://www.robertmatthews.org/mediaCV.html Robert Matthews' media CV] ]

Matthews is also the author of two successful popular science books. [Robert Matthews, "25 Big Ideas in Science", Oneworld Publications, 2005 (ISBN 978-1-851-68391-8)] [Robert Matthews, "Q&A: Cosmic Conundrums and Everyday Mysteries of Science (Sunday Telegraph)", Oneworld Publications, 2005 (ISBN 978-1-851-68399-4)]

He was the recipient of an Ig Nobel Prize for experiments designed to test Murphy's Law.

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