Mary Gribbin works in education in East Sussex and writes books about science for children. She won the TES Junior Information Book Award for her book Time and the Universe, and has written series of books for Ladybird. She has also worked with John Gribbin on Being Human, Ice Age, and major biographies of Richard Feynman and Robert FitzRoy, as well as the "in 90 minutes" series of mini-biographies of Galileo, Newton, Halley, Faraday, Darwin, Mendel, Curie and Einstein.

She has written for a wide range of newspapers and magazines including She, Cosmopolitan, and The Guardian, has a degree in psychology and has worked for twenty years with children of all ages from 4 to 16. In an earlier incarnation, she was at one time the youngest County Councillor in England. Her other interests include floristry, antiques and interior design.

Covering an epic sweep of science, from the Greek philosophers right through to Einstein and his groundbreaking work, Mary and John Gribbin have written a compelling account of the personalities and events that lie behind the scientific milestones of history.

Find out how a young Isaac Newton caused the first ever UFO scare while flying a home-made paper lantern and how Archimedes was so wrapped up in his work, he didn't notice that his city had been invaded by Romans.

Unlike other books, INVENTING THE FUTURE shows us how scientists over the centuries have used and built on each other's knowledge in order to make their world changing discoveries. It also puts into perspective the incredible amount we have learnt about our universe in 2000 years.