Andrew Crumey (born 1961) is a

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and former

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of the

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newspaper ''

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''.

Life and career

Crumey was born in Kirkintilloch, north of

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, Scotland. He graduated with First Class Honours from the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

and holds a PhD in

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from Imperial College,

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. In 2000 Crumey's fourth novel ''Mr Mee'' was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2006, Crumey became the fifth recipient of the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. He now lectures part-time on

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at Northumbria University. He has an interest in astronomy and has published on the subject of astronomic visibility and

Ricco's law Riccò's law, discovered by astronomer Annibale Riccò, is one of several laws that describe a human's ability to visually detect targets on a uniform background. This law explains the visual relationship between a target angular area ''A'' and targ ...

.Crumey, A. (2014)
Human contrast threshold and astronomical visibility.
MNRAS 442, 2600–2619.

Works

*''Music in a Foreign Language'' (1994) *'' Pfitz'' (1995) *''D’Alembert’s Principle'' (1996) *''Mr Mee'' (2000) *'' Mobius Dick'' (2004) *'' Sputnik Caledonia'' (2008) *'' The Secret Knowledge'' (2013) *''The Great Chain of Unbeing'' (2018)

References

External links

Andrew Crumey's webpage (Northumbria University)

Goodreads.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crumey, Andrew Living people 1961 births Scottish novelists People from Kirkintilloch Postmodern writers British literary editors People educated at Kirkintilloch High School Alumni of the University of St Andrews

Life and career

Works

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