Tom Whipple
British science journalist
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Tom Whipple is a British journalist. From 2012-2024 he was the science editor at The Times and is now a science correspondent and columnist. He joined the paper in 2006 and has specialized in science since 2012.[1][2]
After attending Reading School in 1993–2000,[3] Whipple studied maths and then computing until 2004 at Churchill College, Cambridge while writing features for the student paper.[4] He was twice named student feature writer of the year by The Guardian[5] and was a member of the Night Climbers.[6][7]
In 2019, Whipple won the silver AAAS Science Journalism Award for his April 2019 story "Caucher Birkar — from asylum seeker to Fields Medal winner at Cambridge" for The Times Magazine.[8] In 2024, he won the opinion or editorial award from the ABSW for his article "lessons from lockdown", published three years on from the first covid-19 pandemic restrictions.[9] And in 2020, he was recognised as science journalist of the year at the Press Awards for his work reporting on the pandemic.[10]
Whipple is a member of the advisory group of the Science Media Centre in London[11] and has supported their view of the role of industry in science.[12]
Books
- The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War (Bantam, 2023)[13]
- X and Why: The rules of attraction: why gender still matters (Short Books, 2018)[14]
- How to Win Games and Beat People: Demolish Your Family and Friends at over 30 Classic Games with Advice from an International Array of Experts (2015)[15]