Dr Martin B Reed has spent his working life teaching mathematics at universities in some of the remotest corners of the world: Lesotho, Swaziland, Papua New Guinea, Uxbridge. He recently retired from the University of Bath, to spend more time with Hugh Hammond.

He was a student during the Summer of Love, and travelled extensively in Eastern Europe during the 1970’s.

In his spare time he enjoys skydiving, ski-jumping, Sumo wrestling and using his free bus pass.

More books by MB Reed: Core Maths for the Biosciences (Oxford University Press 2011).