Terence Price was born in January 1921 and educated at the Crypt School, Gloucester, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He worked in the Nuclear Physics Division at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, 1947-59, and as Head of Reactor Development Division, Atomic Energy Establishment, Winfrith, 1959-60. He worked at the Ministry of Defence as Chief Scientific Officer, 1960-63, Assistant Chief Scientific Adviser (Studies) 1963-65, and Director, Defence Operational Analysis Establishment, 1965-68. He was later Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Transport, 1968-71, before working as Director of Planning and Development, Vickers Ltd, 1971-73. Latterly he was the Secretary-General of the Uranium Institute, 1974-86. He published "Political electricity : what future for nuclear energy?" in 1990 and his memoirs, "Political physicist" in 2004. Price died in January 2013.