 He was also the founding editor and publisher of "Interdisciplinary Science Reviews".Whilst at the Daily Telegraph, in 1968, Michaelis was the first person to coin and use the term "Pulsar" to describe the discovery of Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish of the "Pulsating Radio star" in 1967.Michaelis became known as an expert on the subject of scientific cinematography.