Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
The full story of man’s attempt to discover the moment that time began, from James Ussher’s confident assertion in 1650 that the world was 5,654 years old to the Hubble Space telescope’s images of a world 13 billion years old, with a starry cast of eccentrics, mystics, scientists and visonaries.
Over the years, millions of school children must have written out their address in the same way – their house number and street, their town, their country, their continent, planet Earth, the universe…
Over the years, millions of school children must have written out their address in the same way – their house number and street, their town, their country, their continent, planet Earth, the universe…
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
A new, scientifically supported understanding of the universe, one that will forever change our personal relationship with the cosmos.
The bestselling author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘The Code Book’ tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang.
