Facing Infinity combines science with journalism to weave a captivating account of the most extraordinary objects in the universe: black holes. A superior account.

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, Jonas Enander has traveled the world, visited telescopes and observatories, interviewed leading space researchers, and delved deep into 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 universe's origin inadvertently led to the invention of WiFi and the calibration of GPS; how our outward curiosity provided critical evidence of our impact on climate change, which could be key to humanity's future; and how colonialism sparked the race for discovery, affecting the most vulnerable, creating a ripple effect that is still felt today.

Discover how black holes work, where they come from, and what role they play in the universe. How is it even possible to know that we are on a 230-million-year journey around the Milky Way with an enormous black hole at its center? How can we determine that this black hole has a mass equivalent to four million suns? What happens when black holes collide? Are we living in a black hole? And how do we even know any of this?

Based on interviews with over 20 leading black hole researchers, including several Nobel Laureates, Facing Infinity deciphers the most mind-bending science while maintaining a sense of wonder, in an approachable and captivating journey into the universe's greatest mysteries.

Pages: 368, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm