Chris Lintott

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Chris Lintott is an astrophysicist. He is best known for his role as co-presenter of the BBC series "The Sky at Night" with Patrick Moore. He is also a co-author of the book Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe with Patrick Moore and Queen guitarist Brian May.^[1]

1 Academic Background
2 The Sky at Night
3 Bang! - The Complete History of the Universe
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Academic Background

Chris Lintott has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in astrophysics from the University of London. His thesis was on the subject of star formation. He is presently doing post-doctoral research in the Department of Physics at Oxford University and is a junior research fellow at Somerville College. His research there focuses on the application of astrochemical models of star formation to galaxies beyond the Milky Way; particularly the use of sulphur compounds as a signature of stars that are in the process of forming.

[edit] The Sky at Night

Chris Lintott made his first appearances on long running monthly BBC astronomy programme The Sky at Night, presented by Patrick Moore, as a guest in 2000. As Patrick Moore's mobility has deteriorated, Chris Lintott has had an increasingly prominent role in the programme, often providing on location reporting from events covered by the programme. He now jointly presents the programme with Moore.

In July 2004 Patrick Moore suffered a near-fatal bout of food poisoning and Chris Lintott took over as presenter of that month's episode.^[2] It is the only episode which Moore has not presented since the show was first broadcast on April 24, 1957.^[3]

[edit] Bang! - The Complete History of the Universe

Chris Lintott is the author, along with Patrick Moore and Queen guitarist and astronomer Brian May, of the book Bang! - The Complete History of the Universe, which was published on October 23, 2006. As suggested by the title, the illustrated book is a history of the Universe from the Big Bang to its eventual predicted end. It is aimed at a popular science audience and claims to make its subject matter easily comprehensible to readers who come to it without any knowledge of astronomy.^[4]