Tefcros Michaelides holds a PhD from Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, and was awarded "Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques" by the French Government. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Athens College, Greece. His published works include Mathimatika Epikera(A Mathematician's View of Everyday Events), and numerous original studies on the role of mathematics in literature from antiquity to the modern era, and from Chinese texts to the newest science-fiction works. He has also translated many books into Greek, including A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, the widely acclaimed and successful The Parrot's Theorem by Denis Guedj, Timescape by Gregory Benford, and D'Alembert's Principle and Mobius Dick by Andrew Crumey.