Fab New York Times book review!
January 22, 2025
Very happy to get this very nice book review in The New York Times two days before the US publication of A Crack in Everything!
Black holes at Brighthink, Brighton
October 23, 2024
Great to be in Brighton! Unfortunately, Chris Lintott from the BBC’s Sky At Night had to drop out of the “In Conversation” event at the last minute. I spent 30 minutes telling the audience hopefully interesting things about black holes and my book, A C …
Black holes at the Royal Institution
September 24, 2024
It’s always an incredible privilege to talk at London’s Royal Institution. I mean 10 chemical elements were discovered there, 14 Nobel prizes were earned and our electrical world was invented by Michael Faraday! It was fab to see so many people who had …
New Scientist Mysteries of the Universe
September 3, 2024
Spent 24 hours this weekend living it up in the Cheshire countryside! I was there for the New Scientist “Mysteries of the Universe” weekend. I gave a talk to an audience of about 80 about my book, A Crack In Everything: How black holes came in from the …
Great review in The Times!
July 29, 2024
Very happy to get this very positive review of A Crack in Everything in The Times: “Chown’s account is new and accessible and the story – which deals with the death of stars in the distant cosmos and the enormity of certain scientific egos – is absorbi …