The Universe in a Box

A good writer - given the complexity of the subject <b>the book bounces along with an admirably light touch</b> 'Elegantly written . . . exhilarating candid reports from cosmology's front lines.' <b>An electrifying new history of the universe and how it all fits together</b> and of the human effort to unlock its mysteries A truly excellent exposition of a fascinating little-understood and very important scientific activity. <b>I was enlightened amazed and profoundly impressed</b>. <b>I've seldom seen a book (and this is an age of really good writing about science for the general public) so clear so vivid</b> <b>Pontzen has the ability to weave hard science and dense theory into a gripping narrative</b>... makes the complicated comprehensible <p><b>**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**<br><br>Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos.</b><br><br><b>'An electrifying new history of the universe' </b><br>HANNAH FRY author of <i>Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything</i><br><br>We are part of an incredible chain of events stretching 13.8 billion years into the past and even further into the future. But what does that future hold? And how do scientists study the entire universe?<br><br><i>The Universe in a Box</i> is Andrew Pontzen's tribute to simulations - the remarkable computer codes that over the last century have allowed us to understand the distant past and far future of the universe. It reframes what we think we know about galaxies black holes and matter itself. And it reveals the stories of the pioneering scientists who unlocked the mysteries of space from redshift to improbable dark materials that pass ghostlike through solid rock.<br><br>Illuminating provocative and bold this is the story of our home the cosmos through simulations: mini-universes inside computers.<br><br><b>'I was enlightened amazed and profoundly impressed' </b><br>SIR PHILIP PULLMAN author of <i>His Dark Materials</i></p> <b>Andrew Pontzen</b> is a professor of cosmology at University College London. He has written for the <i>New Scientist</i> <i>BBC Sky at Night </i>and <i>BBC Science Focus</i>; lectured at the Royal Institution; appeared on BBC Amazon Prime and Discovery Channel documentaries; and contributed to BBC Radio 4 programmes including <i>Inside Science </i>and<i> The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry</i>. <i>The Universe in a Box</i> is his first book.