Nathan Myhrvold is
the founder of Modernist Cuisine and the lead author of the Modernist Cuisine
books. The series encompasses five in-depth cookbooks that span the topics of
bread, pizza, and modernist cooking techniques as well as two coffee table books
that are dedicated to Myhrvold's stunning food photography. He routinely pushes
the boundaries of culinary science as a chef, photographer, scientist, and
writer. Myhrvold, who has led the production of all seven titles, assembled the
Modernist Cuisine team to share the art and science of cooking with others. He
opened Modernist Cuisine Gallery by Nathan Myhrvold in 2017 after years of
requests to purchase the photographs he'd taken for the Modernist Cuisine
books.

In addition to his
culinary photographic pursuits, the former CTO of Microsoft is the co-founder
and CEO of Intellectual Ventures. He is an avid inventor and prolific author in
the fields of technology, paleontology, climatology, energy, bioterrorism, and
more. He holds several degrees, including a doctorate in theoretical and
mathematical physics; master's degrees in economics, geophysics, and space
physics; a bachelor's degree in mathematics; and a culinary diploma from École
de Cuisine La Varenne.