DAVID BLOCK


As an astronomer and motivational speaker, David Block has addressed audiences around the world, encouraging them to "always look up, and never give up." At the age of 19 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London and has been featured on BBC television. He is professor in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand and holds a Master's degree in Relativistic Astrophysics and a PhD in Astronomy.

His audio-visual presentation The Power of Vision can be tailor-made for any conference or company. It is a visual and intellectual feast that takes analogies from the cosmos such as How to Thrive on Chaos, Light is Never Intimidated and Stars are Stars Whether Big or Small, applying these themes to everyday life.

Professor Block is author of Starwatch and Our Universe: Accident or Design? He has a regular slot on Radio 702 Cape Talk and has been a guest on radio and television nationally and internationally. His research has been published in many science journals.

[He] combines principles of astronomy with principles of management…. each one of us is born to shine like the single humble star which can still stand out within a galaxy of hundreds of millions of stars...many of us go through life looking down at the ground rather than looking up and following the example of the stars. Clem Sunter of David Block