Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature , where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He is a regular commentator in the scientific and popular media on science and its interactions with art, history and culture. His ten books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature , H2O: A Biography of Water , The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science , and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another , which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He was awarded the 2006 James T. Grady - James H. Stack award by the American Chemical Society for interpreting chemistry for… the public. Philip studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol. His latest book The Music Instinct published in February 2010.
Dr. Keith Allman is Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Dr. Andrew McIndoe is Consultant Anaesthetist and Senior Clinical Lecturer at United Bristol Healthcare Trust, UK. Dr. Iain Wilson is Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Devon and Exeter NHSFoundation Trust, UK.