Milan Jaros was born and educated in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1968 he took up a research post in Britain. He has also worked in the U.S.A. and Germany. Until his part-retirement in January 2008, he has worked as Professor of Theoretical Physics and Director of the Centre for Research in Knowledge Science and Society at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. He has published over 300 research articles and several books. His scientific work has been concerned with design and modelling of man-made materials and integrated communication systems. He has also been researching onto-epistemic and educational issues concerning new ways of interrogating knowledge systems and designing creative spaces in which to ground the contemporary Self.