Facing Infinity

Jonas Enander

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From the 18th century vicar who was the first to look up at the night's sky and suggest there was something very dark and extraordinarily heavy that was moving the stars, to the first actual photograph of a black hole, 250 years later, Enander has travelled the world, visited telescopes and observatories, interviewed world-leading space researchers, and delved deep into the archives to investigate how our relationship with black holes has changed over time. Throughout this journey, Enander explores how our desire to answer the question of the origin of the universe inadvertently led to the invention of WiFi and the calibration of GPS; how our looking outward gave us critical evidence of our impact on climate change that could be the key to the future of all humanity and how colonialism sparked the race for discovery, affecting those most vulnerable, creating a ripple effect being felt to this day.


Author(s): Enander, Jonas
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 04/09/2025
Pagination: 416 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Published By: Atlantic Books
Book Classification: Astronomy, space & time
Dimensions: 216x138
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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781805464662

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