An interview with Marcus Chown
George Miller talks to Marcus Chown about his urge to explain the inner workings of the universe, and the techniques that he uses to help people understand what’s going on…
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist.
His recent book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You was, according to The Times, a book that ‘readers will experience happy eureka moments.’ His previous book, The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, was called ‘a limousine among popular science vehicles’ by the Guardian, ‘a masterpiece’ by Astronomy Now, and described as ‘like being at a party … with an almost perfect DJ’ in the Independent. Marcus Chown has also written a work for children, Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil.
December 7th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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