Dr Emma Chapman is a Royal Society research fellow and lecturer in astrophysics, based at the University of Nottingham.She has been the recipient of multiple commendations and prizes, including the Royal Society Athena Medal.First Light, her much acclaimed first book on the earliest stars, has been translated into Japanese, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish and Russian language.Radio Universe (US Title: Echoing Universe) was published in 2026 and has been named BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

‘A dispatch from the frontiers of science, from a brain fizzing with ideas and activity,’
Chris Lintott, The Sky at Night‘A wonderful guide’
Wall Street Journal

Praise for Radio Universe / Echoing Universe:
“Chapman’s writing is accessible, imaginative and compelling . . . I felt like I was getting a master class not only in radio astronomy, but also in plain old astronomy – and not delivered by a professor, but by someone who could be a very knowledgeable friend or the absolute best seatmate on a long flight . . . her sincere love for her craft as a radio astronomer permeated every page.”
New Scientist“Chapman’s new book, Radio Universe, is full of fantastic little fact-blasts”
Radio TimesPraise for First Light:
‘A dispatch from the frontiers of science, from a brain fizzing with ideas and activity,’
Chris Lintott, The Sky at Night‘A wonderful guide’
Wall Street Journal

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