Michael D HallidayMichael Douglas Halliday (born 1945) is a British non-fiction writer with broadly scientific and philosophical interests applied to improving the modern world. Educated in the Yorkshire West and North Ridings, and graduating from Keble College, Oxfor University, he trained at Nottingham University to teach secondary school science, prior to a career in public administration, rising to varied senior positions in authorities in local government. He holds an MBA in management from Leicester University and a Diploma in Education from London University. He lives on the Wirral peninsula in the North-West with his partner, Joyce, and has two talented daughters, one grandson, and two granddaughters. Read More Read Less