Niccolò Guicciardini teaches history of science at the University of Bergamo, Italy. He is the author of Reading the Principia: The Debate on Newton’s Mathematical Methods for Natural Philosophy from 1687 to 1736 (1999) and Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method (2009).
Paul R. Laird is Professor of Musicology at the University of Kansas School of Music, where he has taught since 1994. His previous books include The Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein (2010) and with co-editor William A. Everett The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (3rd edn, 2017).
Alastair Hannay is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Kierkegaard: A Biography (2001), Mental Images (2002) and On the Public (2005).
Matthew Gandy is Professor of Geography at Cambridge University. His previous books include Concrete and Clay: Reworking Nature in New York City (2002) and The Fabric of Space: Water, Modernity, and the Urban Imagination (2014). You can find out more about Matthew via his website and blog.
Priscilla Mary Işın is a food historian based in Istanbul, Turkey. Her publications include A King’s Confectioner in the Orient (2003) and Sherbet and Spice (2013), which traces the history of Turkish confectionery and desserts.
Philip Matyszak teaches ancient history for Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education. He has written extensively on the ancient world, including Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day (2008), Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories (2010) and most recently Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation (2017).
Christopher Pinney is Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at University College London. His publications include Camera Indica (1997), Photos of the Gods (2004) and Photography and Anthropology (2011), all published by Reaktion.
Markman Ellis is Professor of Eighteenth-century Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
Richard Coulton is a lecturer in the Department of English, Queen Mary, University of London.
Matthew Mauger is a lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London.