Kit Chapman is an award-winning science journalist and adventurer who has travelled to more than 100 countries in his quest to explore ancient innovations and discoveries. His first book, Superheavy, was a finalist for the AAAS SB&F prize, his second, Racing Green, was named the RAC Motorsport Book of the Year 2023, and his latest, The Age of Alchemy, has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. Kit holds a masters degree in pharmacy from the University of Bradford, and a PhD in the history of science from the University of Sunderland. A former editor at Chemistry World, Kit is currently an honorary researcher at Falmouth University, UK.
