A riveting real-life Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. -- Simon Ings - The Telegraph Published On: 2024-03-09

Highly approachable and elegantly explained ... a splendid book. -- Steven Poole - Spectator Published On: 2024-05-05

An enjoyable tour of astronomical discoveries…His excellent book is a layman’s guide to the surprises. -- Nick Rennison - Daily Mail Published On: 2024-03-22

Entertaining and enlightening. - The Idler

Dense with information, Our Accidental Universe is also light-hearted and funny, thanks to Lintott’s nerdy humour, especially in the many footnotes. But most of all, his boundless enthusiasm for everything cosmic makes it hard to put this book away once you start reading. -- Govert Schilling - BBC Sky at Night Magazine Published On: 2024-03-01

Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where his research ranges from understanding how galaxies form and evolve, to predicting the properties of visiting interstellar asteroids. He is Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse citizen science platform, which provides opportunities for anyone to contribute to scientific research, and which was the topic of his first book, 'The Crowd and the Cosmos'. Lintott is best known as presenter of the BBC's long-running Sky at Night program, and as an accomplished lecturer and performer in venues from music festivals to planetaria. In 2023, he was appointed the 39th Gresham Professor of Astronomy, a post that dates back to the 16th century. Away from work, he cooks, plays real tennis and spends time with a rescued lurcher, Mr Max, with whom he presents the Dog Stars podcast.