Anil Ananthaswamy

Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and a former staff writer and deputy news editor for New Scientist . He is the author of several popular science books, including The Man Who Wasn't There , which was longlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He was a 2019-20 MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the recipient of the Distinguished Alum Award, the highest award given by IIT Madras to its graduates, for his contributions to science writing.

Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and a former staff writer and deputy news editor for New Scientist . He is the author of several popular science books, including The Man Who Wasn't There , which was longlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He was a 2019-20 MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the recipient of the Distinguished Alum Award, the highest award given by IIT Madras to its graduates, for his contributions to science writing. See less