Rob Iliffe is Professor of Intellectual History and the History of Science in the Department of History at the University of Sussex. He has published a number of articles on early modern history and the history of science, and has written the Very Short Introduction to Newton (Oxford University Press 2007). He has edited the Eighteenth Century Biographies of Newton (Pickering 2006). He is Editorial director of the online Newton Project, director of the AHRC Newton Theological Papers Project and is also editor of the journal History of Science. Prof. Iliffe's main research interests include: the history of science 1550-1800; the role of science and technology in the 'Rise of the West'; techno-scientific and other roots of the current environmental crisis; historical interactions between science and religion; the theological and scientific work of Isaac Newton; and the implications for academic work posed by the increasing digitisation of the scholarly infrastructure.

Iliffe, Robert (2013) High priest of nature: the heretical life of Isaac Newton. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Iliffe, Robert (2012) Hartlib's world. In: London and beyond: essays in honour of Derek Keene. Institute of Historical Research, London. ISBN 9781905165704

Iliffe, Robert (2012) Servant of two masters? Fatio de Duillier, Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens. In: Newton and the Netherlands: how Isaac Newton was fashioned in the Dutch Republic. Leiden University Press, Leiden, pp. 67-91. ISBN 9789087281373

Iliffe, Robert (2011) The Newton Project. [Dataset]

Iliffe, Robert (2007) The Newton Project. [Dataset]

Iliffe, Rob (2004) Prosecuting Athanasius: Protestant forensics and the mirrors of persecution. In: Newton and Newtonianism: new studies. International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (188). Springer, pp. 113-154. ISBN 9789048165568

Iliffe, Robert (2004) Digitizing Isaac: The Newton Project and an electronic edition of Newton's papers. In: Newton and Newtonianism: New studies. International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées . Springer, pp. 23-38. ISBN 9789048165568