Marcus Chown
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University. His books include Breakthrough , The Ascent of Gravity , which was the Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year; Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand ; What A Wonderful World ; Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You ; We Need to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation , both of which were runners-up for...See more
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University. His books include Breakthrough , The Ascent of Gravity , which was the Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year; Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand ; What A Wonderful World ; Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You ; We Need to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation , both of which were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won the Bookseller's Digital Innovation of the Year for Solar System for iPad. See less
Marcus Chown's Featured Books
Marcus Chown book reviews
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The Magic Furnace
Tells us where everything came from
This book tells us where all the atoms came from, and how we figured it out. It's tough to think of a more important topic.
Although the concepts are all scientific, the book is written very ... Read More
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The Universe Next Door: The Making of Tomorrow's Science
A great and well written sceice book
by bezi, Mar 1, 2009
I read this book twice , it is very well written and although it's topics are mind blowing modern physics ideas, it is written in a way that anyone could understand. I certainly recommend this book ... Read More
