Would you give an X for science? (Image: Logan Mock-Bunting/Stringer/Getty)
THIS month I had a new experience: I was front-page news. When I announced my intention to stand in the UK general election, reporters got in touch immediately. The idea that someone with a PhD in quantum physics would be interested in politics seemed so far-fetched that it made the .
OK, so it is hardly The New York Times. Hinckley is a small town in the English midlands, part of the Bosworth constituency where I am a candidate. But the question remains:…
