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Michael Banks

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Michael Banks was born in Oldham, Lancashire, UK. After an undergraduate degree in physics from Loughborough University, UK, Michael did a PhD in condensed-matter physics at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany, studying magnetism. For over a decade, Michael has been news editor of the international monthly magazine Physics World, where he covers the latest developments in physics.

Michael has given talks worldwide about science and science journalism including in China, Japan and the US. In addition to Physics World, Michael has written for Nature, BBC Focus and Science Uncovered as well as appeared on BBC Radio 4. Michael is based in Bristol, UK, where he lives with his wife and two boys. He tweets at @Mik ...more

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The surprising physics of babies

Just a quick post to say that you can read a feature I wrote for Physics World about The Secret Science of Baby here.

It picks out three topics covered in the book — the physics of swimming sperm, the fascinating mechanics of the placenta as well as the surprising link between learning language and the physics of phase transitions.

Also see the nice little video we put together about the feature (

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