Career
From 1949-55 Maddox lectured in theoretical physics at the University of Manchester.
He then became the science correspondent at the Manchester Guardian, a post he held until 1964.
From 1964 to 1966 he was the coordinator of the Nuffield Science Teaching Project; after which he was appointed editor of Nature, a role he held from 1966 to 1973 (and 1980-95).
He was director of the Nuffield Foundation from 1975-79.
From 1980 to 1985 he was again editor of Nature. In 1990, he publicly investigated homeopathy claims.
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