Thomas Turnbull’s interests lie at the intersection of history of science and historical geography. He gained his doctorate from the School of Geography at the University of Oxford in 2017. Before joining the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, he worked as a policy advisor for an environmental think tank and was the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Life Members Fellow in the History of Electrical and Computing Technology. Alongside a book on the history of saving energy, he is working on a series of papers addressing the role energy has played in the development of various human sciences, from geography to anthropology.