Marcus Chown (born 1959) is a science writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently cosmology consultant for New Scientist magazine.[1]
Biography
He graduated from the Queen Mary University of London in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in physics (first class). In 1982 he graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in astrophysics.[2] Chown studied under Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology.[3]
His books on astronomy and physics are aimed primarily at the popular market, including Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, for which he was praised for "expressing opaque concepts with a unique clarity".[4]
Bibliography
- Double Planet (with John Gribbin) (novel) Victor Gollancz (1988) ISBN 978-0-575-04357-2
- Reunion (with John Gribbin) (novel) Gollancz (1991) ISBN 978-0-575-04860-7
- Afterglow of Creation: From the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples (1993)
- The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that explains everything(2017)
- The Magic Furnace: The quest for the origin of atoms (1999)
- The Universe Next Door: Twelve Mind-Blowing Ideas from the Cutting Edge of Science (2001)
- The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead: Dispatches from the Front Line of Science (2007)
- Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe (2007) (published in U.S. as The Quantum Zoo: A Tourist's Guide to the Neverending Universe. (2005))
- Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil (2008)
- We Need to Talk About Kelvin (2009) (published in the U.S. as The Matchbox That Ate A Forty-Ton Truck.)
- Solar System for iPad (2010)[5] (a book app)
- Solar System: A Visual Exploration of All the Planets, Moons and Other Heavenly Bodies that Orbit Our Sun (2011)
- Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas (2011) (with Govert Schilling)
- What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff (2013)
- Chown, Marcus (22 March 2018). Big Bang. illus. Chris Moore. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8784-2.
- Infinity in the palm of your hand: fifty wonders that reveal an extraordinary universe (2018)
- The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science (Feb 2023) ISBN 978-1-789-29480-4
- A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage (June 2024) ISBN 978-1-804-54432-7