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Geeks Will Inherit the Earth!

"Geeks Will inherit the Earth"- this is what London based journalist Angela Saini expresses in her book on the geeks, the Indians are, in the most positive way. How the world is getting affected by the Indian talent.  The title " Geek Nation: How Indian Science taking over the world". The book expresses her views on the Rise of India as the Scientific Superpower, an idea slightly forgotten under the most talked about India becoming a superpower.


"Saini has a genuine talent for describing science" - The Sunday Times


Angela is a science journalist and author based in  London married to a journalist. Her work focuses on science, technology and their impact on society. Angela's writing has been published in New Scientist, Science, Wired and The Economist, and she's a regular reporter on BBC radio science shows, including Digital Planet.


Angela was shortlisted for the best feature award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2010 and named European Junior Science Writer of the Year by the Euroscience Foundation in 2009. Before going freelance, she was a reporter for BBC News in London, where her investigation into bogus universities won the Prix Circom Award for European television journalism.

She started out as a newspaper journalist in New Delhi before joining ITN in London on its prestigious News Trainee scheme. Her undergraduate degree was a Masters in Engineering from Oxford University and she has a second Masters in Science and Security from the Department of War Studies at King's College London.

She also publishes on her blog: "Nothing shocks me I'm a scientist" and
her webpage - http://www.angelasaini.co.uk/

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