An awe-inspiring, unforgettable journey of scientific exploration from
Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, the international bestselling authors of
Why Does E=MC2? and The Quantum Universe, with 55 black-&-white and
45 full-color pages featuring photographs, diagrams, maps, tables, and
graphs.
We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the entire universe
was compressed into a space smaller than an atom. And now, as Brian Cox
and Jeff Forshaw show, we can do more than imagine: we can understand.
Universal takes us on an epic journey of scientific exploration. It
reveals how we can all come to grips with some of the most fundamental
questions about our Earth, Sun, and solar system--and the star-filled
galaxies beyond. How big is our solar system? How quickly is space
expanding? How big is the universe? What is it made of? Some of these
questions can be answered on the basis of observations you can make in
your own backyard. Other answers draw on the astonishing information now
being gathered by teams of astronomers operating at the frontiers of the
known universe.
At the heart of all this lies the scientific method. Science reveals a
deeper beauty and connects us to each other, to our world, and to our
universe. Science reaches out into the unknown. As Universal
demonstrates, if we dare to imagine, we can do the same.
