This book is written for students and other interested readers as a look inside the diverse range of applications for physics outside of the scientific research environment. This first volume covers several different areas of the arts and design ranging from stage lighting to sculpting. The author has interviewed experts in each area to explain how physics and technology impact their work. These are all useful examples of how physics encountered in taught courses relates to the real world.

The author is a freelance science writer and broadcaster with credits including presenting on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4, presenting video podcasts for a medical research charity, and appearing on a “Boffins Special” of the Weakest Link. Her articles have appeared in Science, Science Careers, New Scientist, The Times Higher Education Supplement, E&T, Flipside, Focus, Physics World, Interactions, Materials World, Modern Astronomer, and AstronomyNow, while her first book The Way Science Works (a children’s popular science book co-authored with Robin Kerrod) was shortlisted for the Royal Society Junior Books Prize.