Nicholas Mee achieved a top distinction in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos of the University of Cambridge and gained his PhD there in theoretical particle physics, with the thesis Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Geometry. He is Director of software company Virtual Image and author of over 50 multimedia titles. He has played key roles in numerous science and art projects including the Symbolic Sculpture project with John Robinson, the European SCIENAR project, and the 2012 Henry Moore and Stringed Surfaces exhibition at the Royal Society. He is the award-winning author of several popular science books, including Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered (Quantum Wave Publishing Limited 2012), The Physical World: An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics (OUP 2017), The Cosmic Mystery Tour (OUP 2019), and Celestial Tapestry (OUP 2020).