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Chapters: Brian J. Ford, Richard Blackmore, Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, Felix Aylmer, Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet, David Wood, Jennifer Biddall, Jim Smith, Harold Brakspear, Martin Scott. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Brian J. Ford (born 1939 in Corsham, Wiltshire ) is an independent research biologist, author, and lecturer, who publishes on scientific issues for the general public. He has also been a television personality for more than 40 years. Ford attended Cardiff University between 1959 and 1961, and left before graduating to set up his own multi-disciplinary laboratory. Ford has campaigned on the mis-use of forensic data in courts and the misuse of dangerous germs, which have resulted in new laws being passed. Ford's current research interests include e-learning , for which he is based at the University of Leicester. Ford's other publications range from microbial research and elucidating newly threatening infections to examining scientists' dissatisfaction with their lot . Other areas of his interests are the invention of a space microscope commissioned by Brunel University, to be used by European Space Agency, safety of the water supply and the rising incidence ofhead lice and bed bugs , his discovery of new phenomena in blood coagulation , the of plants excretory mechanisms of plants and investigations of the 'ingenuity' of living cells that alter our understanding of the living cell. Ford's proposal for biohazard legislation led to supportive articles in 'Nature' and 'The Times' and has led to the introduction of worldwide biohazard controls . He has written papers on the development of science, such as an essay on scientific illustration and an 18,000-word essay on scientific publishing in the eighteenth century . One of his...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7003520 ... Read more