Barrie Condon writes both non-fiction and darkly comic thrillers. He has degrees in Physics, Oceanography and Nuclear Medicine. Now retired, he spent over thirty years as a Medical Physicist working for the UK's National Health Service as a Consultant Scientist. He also held an Honorary Professorship with the University of Glasgow and at the peak of his career was managerially responsible for the work of over 300 scientists and technologists. His own research work has mostly been on the neuroscience applications of medical imaging techniques like MRI and Nuclear Medicine. He is an author on over 80 full research publications in peer reviewed journals such as the Lancet and the British Medical Journal and on over 200 national and international conference presentations. Despite a long career in science he has become gravely concerned about its theoretical underpinnings and has written the book 'Science for Heretics' to explore these. His has also written thrillers and his most recent, 'The Tethered God', is being published by Sparsile Books on May 3rd 2021.