‘Many delightful anecdotes. Sarah Alam Malik is a warm, clear writer who covers an awful lot in a small space’ New Scientist
We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.
Ever since the ancient Babylonians tracked celestial objects on clay tablets, the search for meaning in an infinitely vast universe has been a profoundly human pursuit.
In this spellbinding book, Dr Sarah Alam Malik takes us on a journey through the discoveries that have overturned our perception about our place in the cosmos. She brings to life groundbreaking ideas, from the Copernican revolution and Newton's law of gravity to the quantum theories challenging our fundamental understanding of reality.
Our determination to peek behind the curtain of our visible world is driving us towards an incredible future. From the fiery deaths of faraway suns to the complexities of the subatomic, this an awe-inspiring story of what we have discovered about our place in the universe, and what remains unknown.
‘Malik is a great storyteller. This is popular science at its best, authoritative and thought-provoking’ Booklist
‘A bold and fast-paced history of the cosmos from Babylon to life beyond Earth. Sarah Alam Malik captures the wonder and mystery of life in the Universe in a style reminiscent of Carl Sagan' Professor Jeffrey Forshaw, co-author of Black Holes
