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Black Holes, Wormholes and Vomit Balls in Space
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Cosmologist and space expert Marcus Chown explains how you'd be stretched out like a strand of spaghetti if you fell into a black hole; how, on the way to the Moon, the Apollo 8 astronauts had to dodge balls of vomit flying around their cabin; how some scientists think life on Earth came from Mars on board a meteorite - so you could be a Martian! Especially for children.

Author Talk  |  Children & Young Adults, Science & Environment
Participants
Marcus Chown

When
Sunday, May 24 2009
11:30 - 12:30

Where
Bangarra Theatre
Pier 4/5, Hickson Road
Walsh Bay
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Cost
Free

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MARCUS CHOWN (INTERNATIONAL)Chown, Marcus
MARCUS CHOWN is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, he is now cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. The Magic Furnace, Marcus' second book, was chosen in Japan as one of the Books of the Year by Asahi Shimbun. In the UK, the Daily Mail called it "a dizzy page-turner with all the narrative devices you'd expect to find in Harry Potter". His latest book, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, is the most accessible guide to quantum physics there is.
 marcuschown.com

also appearing at...
210: Marcus Chown in Conversation with Fred Watson
255: Ask Marcus Chown ANYTHING!
326: The Science of Parallel Universes: Could There be Copies of YOU Out There? A Caf? Scientific