Quentin Cooper
Science journalist and critic
Judge , 2009

Quentin is a science journalist and presents Radio 4's 'The Material World'.
The show reports new developments in science around the world. He is a film, television and radio critic and hosts the annual X-Change debates for the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He recently presented a discussion of science in crime fiction at the BA Festival of Science 2008.
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