The Universe in Your Hand
02 June 2016Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe . . .
The Universe in Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant black holes....
Details
02 June 2016448 pages
9781447284109Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Will thrill readers but rarely perplex them . . . Galfard leaves exhilarated readers eager to share in the forthcoming discoveries.Booklist, Starred Review
Entertaining and comprehensive . . . Readers looking to expand their knowledge of physics and cosmology will find everything they need here.Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Part personal conversation, part travelogue, and part science primer for the non-scientist, The Universe in Your Hand is a delightful and highly educational read.Jim Bell, author of The Interstellar Age and Postcards from Mars
If Ms. Frizzle were a physics student of Stephen Hawking, she might have written The Universe in Your Hand, a wild tour through the reaches of time and space, from the interior of a proton to the Big Bang to the rough suburbs of a black hole. It's friendly, excitable, erudite, and cosmic.Jordan Ellenberg, New York Times bestselling author of How Not To Be Wrong
