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Author: Marcus Chown
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Apollo
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.253kg
ISBN: 9781804544334
ISBN 10: 1804544337
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 05 June 2025
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR MARCUS CHOWN: 'Marcus Chown rocks!' – Brian May, Queen 'Finest cosmology writer of our day' – Matt Ridley 'Chown writes as if he were addressing his fellow human beings.' - New Scientist 'Of all the top-rank science writers, he has the most friendly style, making complex science as simple and approachable as possible.' * Brian Clegg * [FIVE STARS] A gripping read * BBC Sky at Night magazine * [An] engaging, briskly paced account of how scientists came — relatively recently, and sometimes reluctantly — to concede that [black holes] exist. * The Times *
[FIVE STARS] A gripping read * BBC Sky at Night magazine * [An] engaging, briskly paced account of how scientists came — relatively recently, and sometimes reluctantly — to concede that [black holes] exist. * The Times * PRAISE FOR MARCUS CHOWN: 'Marcus Chown rocks!' – Brian May, Queen 'Finest cosmology writer of our day' – Matt Ridley 'Chown writes as if he were addressing his fellow human beings.' - New Scientist 'Of all the top-rank science writers, he has the most friendly style, making complex science as simple and approachable as possible.' * Brian Clegg * [FIVE STARS] A gripping read * BBC Sky at Night magazine * [An] engaging, briskly paced account of how scientists came — relatively recently, and sometimes reluctantly — to concede that [black holes] exist. * The Times * PRAISE FOR MARCUS CHOWN: 'Marcus Chown rocks!' – Brian May, Queen 'Finest cosmology writer of our day' – Matt Ridley 'Chown writes as if he were addressing his fellow human beings.' - New Scientist 'Of all the top-rank science writers, he has the most friendly style, making complex science as simple and approachable as possible.' * Brian Clegg *
Author Information
Marcus Chown is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, his non-fiction books include Breakthrough, What a Wonderful World, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and The Ascent of Gravity, which was The Sunday Times Book of the Year. His fiction includes Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil. Chown also launched the Solar System for iPad app, which won The Bookseller Digital Innovation of the Year.
