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 …
Bohr’s Copenhagen tour
July 8, 2024
Outside the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen with a copy of Manjit Kumar’s brilliant QUANTUM. Manjit couldn’t make it so I filled in for him on Kirker Holidays’ “Bohr’s Copenhagen” tour. Niels Bohr with Max Planck, who in 1900 introduce …
Talk at Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge
June 12, 2024
“Hello, I’m Marcus and I’m here to give a talk. Is my gin & tonic ready?!” (Last time I gave a talk here, they e-mailed to say did I need anything, I jokingly said a G&T – and they supplied one!) Blimey. Josh, the event organiser, went t …
Launch of A CRACK IN EVERYTHING
June 7, 2024
Fab launch for A Crack in Everything at Daunt Books in Holland Park, London. Thanks to Sophie and all the very lovely staff at Daunt Books for everything they did! With Stephen Mulally, who has written a screenplay about Ruby Payne-Scott, the first wom …