"Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to picture ourselves floating in space in front of it. To get acquainted with the quantum world, we are shrunk to the size of an atom and then taken on a journey. Employing everyday similes and metaphors, addressing the reader directly, and writing stories rather than equations renders these astoundingly complex ideas in an immediate and visceral way." --
- ISBN10 1250069521
- ISBN13 9781250069528
- Publish Date 19 April 2016 (first published 27 August 2015)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 July 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Flatiron Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English