A fascinating story of discoveries
and a magnificent hymn to our endless curiosity
We have always turned our gaze to the sky with awe and wonder. This desire to understand what lies beyond us has been, and continues to be, the driving force behind every new scientific endeavor.
In this book, the acclaimed physicist Sarah Alam Malik takes us on a journey through the discoveries that shaped our understanding of the world. From Aristotle’s geocentric worldview and the Copernican revolution to Newton and modern scientists, each generation built on the knowledge of its predecessors and surpassed it.
And the journey continues: as 95% of our universe remains unknown, we can only keep searching for the fundamental truths of our world, observing the death of distant suns, investigating the nature of dark energy, and looking for signs of extraterrestrial life in the most unexpected places.
A call to delight in the wonder of the world, to understand the nature
of the reality in which we live and of the universe that brought us into being.
AS SEEN IN THE PRESS
The exploration of the universe is not only a journey to the frontiers of science, but also a search for the soul of a species tormented by unanswered questions. [...] it therefore seems that our destiny is the stars, which we once worshipped as gods. It remains to be seen how we will get there.
Sarah Alam Malik
A comprehensive tour of the laws of physics, the vastness of the universe, and the place of life within it.
Sean Carroll, author
Sarah Alam Malik captures the wonder and mystery of life in the universe in a style reminiscent of Carl Sagan.
Jeffrey Forshaw, award-winning professor of particle physics and author