Alom Shaha Explained

Birth Place:Bangladesh
Workplaces:Camden School for Girls
Humanists UK
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Alom Shaha (born 1973)[1] is a British-Bangladeshi science teacher, writer, and filmmaker.[2] [3] [4] His books include The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God,[5] Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder: adventures in science round the kitchen table,[6] and Mr Shaha's Marvellous Machines: adventures in making round the kitchen table.[7] He has also written for The Guardian,[8] The Big Issue,[1] BBC Science Focus,[9] New Humanist[10] and New Scientist[11] and spoken at events such as the Richmond Literature Festival[12] and Cheltenham Science Festival.[13]

Education and early life

Shaha was born in Bangladesh and grew up in a Muslim family in the Elephant and Castle area of London where he developed an interest in atheism.[5] [4] He was educated at University College London[14] where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in physics, followed by Imperial College London (Master of Science degree in science communication), Goldsmiths, University of London (Master of Arts degree in creative writing and life writing and King's College London (Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Physics).

Career

Shaha is a teacher of physics.[15] He taught at Camden School for Girls from 2008 to 2020[16] and The Watford UTC.

Shaha was elected a councillor in the 1998 Southwark London Borough Council election for the London Borough of Southwark for the Liberal Democrats.[17]

Shaha is a patron of Humanists UK,[18] who have sent his books to secondary schools in the UK.[19] His work has been recognised by fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the Nuffield Foundation. He has worked on content creation for the BBC and the Royal Institution.

Popular science

Shaha has published books on popular science aimed at children, teenagers and their families including:

Textbooks

Shaha has co-authored textbooks on GCSE Science and A-Level Physics for the AQA examination board published by Oxford University Press:

Media

Alongside appearances on YouTube,[25] Shaha's appearances on mainstream media have included:

Personal life

Shaha speaks Sylheti fluently[4] having been born in a small village in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20220729043715/https://www.bigissue.com/life/alom-shaha-on-the-joy-of-making/. 2022-07-29. Alom Shaha on the joy of making. bigissue.com. The Big Issue. Alom. Shaha. 2022.
  2. Web site: How to be your child's first science teacher. imperial.ac.uk. Alom. Shaha. 2018. Imperial College London.
  3. Many co-conspirators contributed to this set of ideas, among them in no particular order Alom Shaha, Michael Depodesta, Carole Kenrick, Steve Price, Dewi Lewis, Emre Sener, Anna Roffey, Patrick Thompson, Mark Miodownik, Stefan Gates, Bob Worley, Chris Howard, Stephen Potts, Tom Miller, Helen Czerski, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Paul McMillan, Martin Whitworth and many others.
  4. Web site: Alom. Shaha . 2022. About Alom . 2022-10-28 . alomshaha.com. en-GB. https://web.archive.org/web/20150804081118/https://alomshaha.com/about-alom/. 2015-08-04.
  5. Book: Shaha, Alom. The Young Atheist's Handbook: lessons for living a good life without God . 880401007 . 2014 . 9781849547222. foreword by Jim Al-Khalili.
  6. Book: Shaha, Alom. 2018 . Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder: Adventures in Science Round the Kitchen Table . Scribe Publications . 978-1-925321-89-0 . 1041678420.
  7. Book: Shaha, Alom. Mr Shaha's Marvellous Machines . 1255831219. 2021. 978-1913348120.
  8. Web site: Alom Shaha's profile at The Guardian . 2022-10-28 . The Guardian. en.
  9. Web site: Alom Shaha: Science teacher, filmmaker and author . 2022-10-28 . sciencefocus.com/author/alomshaha.
  10. Web site: Alom Shaha. newhumanist.org.uk.
  11. Web site: Alom Shaha . . 2022-10-28 . newscientist.com/author/alom-shaha . en-US.
  12. Web site: Alom Shaha at Richmond Literature Festival. Scribe UK . 2022-10-28 . scribepublications.co.uk . en-GB.
  13. Web site: 2022-03-31 . Cheltenham Science Festival announces line-up for its 20th anniversary year . 2022-10-28 . soglos.com . Chloe . Gorman . en.
  14. News: My worst exam result – and how it affected me. Fay. Schopen. Alom. Shaha. Maurice. Mcleod. Joel . Golby. 2015. The Guardian.
  15. Index on Censorship. 47. 3. 10.1177/0306422018800255. Alom. Shaha. 2018. How to find answers to life's questions: A physics teacher on why a career-focused science approach isn't good for students thinking outside the box. 36–38. 126067374. free.
  16. Web site: Alom Shaha . 2022-10-28 . felicitybryan.com. Felicity Bryan Associates . en-GB.
  17. Web site: Lambeth/Southwark Election Winners. 1998. Anon . 2022-10-28 . newsshopper.co.uk . en.
  18. Web site: New patron for Humanists UK: Alom Shaha, scientist and educator . 2022-10-28 . humanists.uk . en.
  19. Web site: 2014-05-01 . Young Atheist's Handbooks sent to secondary schools . 2022-10-31 . theguardian.com . en. Alison . Flood.
  20. Book: Shaha, Alom. 978-1529348163. 2023. Why Don't Things Fall Up?: and Six Other Things You Missed at School.
  21. Book: Shaha, Alom . How to Find a Rainbow . 2024-02-08 . Scribble UK . Sarthak Sinha . 978-1-915590-39-8 . English.
  22. Book: Helen. Reynolds . Alom . Shaha . 2020 . Oxford Revise: AQA GCSE Physics Revision and Exam Practice . . 978-1-382-01797-8 .
  23. Book: Oxford Revise: AQA A-Level Physics. 2020. Oxford University Press. 1334125199. Helen . Reynolds. Alom. Shaha . Catherine. Jones . Carol. Davenport. 9781382008600.
  24. Book: Adam . Boxer . Philippa . Gardom-Hulme . Jo . Locke. Helen . Reynolds. Alom . Shaha. Jessica . Walmsley. Oxford Revise: AQA GCSE Combined Science. 2020. 978-1382004879. Oxford University Press.
  25. Web site: Alom Shaha on YouTube. youtube.com/c/alomshaha.
  26. Web site: 2015-03-21. Alom. Shaha . Films . 2022-10-28 . alomshaha.com . en-GB.

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