Radio Universe by Emma Chapman - ISBN: 9781529398977
Hardcover
Explore the universe’s secrets with invisible radio waves from your backyard.

Radio Universe

How to Explore Space Without Leaving Earth

$58.29

  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    23 June 2026

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Summary

‘Accessible, imaginative and compelling’ New Scientist

How do you explore distant stars, buried water on Mars or the first moments after the Big Bang - without leaving your back garden?

In The Radio Universe, award-winning astrophysicist Emma Chapman takes us on an electrifying voyage through the cosmos using one of the most powerful, yet overlooked, tools in science: the radio wave. With dazzling clarity and humour, Chapman reveals how these invisible messen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529398977
ISBN-10:1529398975
Author:Emma Chapman
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:23 June 2026
Weight:560g
Dimensions:240mm x 164mm x 38mm
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Critics Review

Astrophysicist Emma Chapman’s Radio Universe reveals how we use radio waves to explore the distant universe. Chapman follows one on a journey from Earth into the wider Milky Way, passing black holes and pulsars * New Scientist *
A brave new world of cosmis surveillance is here * The Spectator *
A dazzling trip into outer space reveals how radio waves have helped us solve the mysteries of the universe’s darkest corners and deepest past * Bookseller *
PRAISE FOR FIRST LIGHT, BY EMMA CHAPMAN * : *
A dispatch from the frontiers of science, from a brain fizzing with ideas and energy – Chris Lintott, BBC Sky at Night
An illuminating and entertaining look at the earliest stars of our cosmos. Chapman is a witty and straightforward guide, and her enthusiasm is infectious * Washington Post *
Thoroughly engaging … allows us to see science in the making. Chapman serves as a wonderful guide, whose voice is reminiscent of Carl Sagan’s, although with an extra and very welcome dollop of impish humor * Wall Street Journal *

About The Author

Emma Chapman

Emma Chapman is an award-winning radio astronomer based at the University of Nottingham, and a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin research fellow. Her first book, First Light, was based on her groundbreaking research into the era of the first stars. She won the 2018 Royal Society Athena Prize for her work to end staff-student sexual harrassment in academia.

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