Marcus Chown (born 1959) is a science writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently cosmology consultant for New Scientist magazine.
[1] He graduated from the Queen Mary University of London in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in physics (first class).
In 1982 he graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in astrophysics.
[2] Chown studied under Richard Feynman at the California Institute of Technology.
[3] His books on astronomy and physics are aimed primarily at the popular market, including Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, for which he was praised for "expressing opaque concepts with a unique clarity".