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 …
Edinburgh Science Festival, 12 April
February 22, 2024
What’s The One Thing You Need To Know to understand relativity, global warming, black holes, quantum computers…? I’ll be doing my best to tell you at the Auditorium of the National Museum of Scotland Friday 12 April at 8pm. Here are the details. Hope t …
The Royal Institution, London
May 11, 2023
Fab evening at London’s historic Royal Institution. Such an amazing venue. Such a warm and intimate space for a talk. And such a friendly and enthusiastic audience. Thanks to Daniel Glaser for showing me behind the scenes – the gallery around the theat …