Facing Infinity :Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
Facing Infinity :Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
hardback
Published:
4 September, 2025
Description
'Combines science with journalism to weave a captivating account of the most extraordinary objects in the universe: black holes. A superior account.' Marcus Chown
'Facing Infinity is an especially attractive introduction to a wonderfully attractive subject.' Frank Wilczek
Black holes aren't just cosmic mysteries - they're surprisingly essential to life on Earth.
From GPS navigation to understanding climate change, these enigmatic objects shape our daily existence in ways you'd never imagine. They helped create the atoms in your body, mixed the chemical ingredients for life throughout the universe, and now help us measure our planet's changing surface with millimetre precision. Without supermassive black holes regulating star formation in galaxies, complex life might never have emerged anywhere.
In Facing Infinity, astrophysicist Jonas Enander takes us on an extraordinary journey from eighteenth-century Britain to cutting-edge observatories around the world, revealing how the universe's darkest phenomena illuminate both our origins and future.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781805464662 |
| ISBN10 | 1805464663 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Combines science with journalism to weave a captivating account of the most extraordinary objects in the universe: black holes. A superior account. * Marcus Chown, author of The Ascent of Gravity *
A book that makes the case that black holes are more than just an intellectual curiosity. * The Space Review *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Jonas Enander has a PhD in physics, having conducted research in cosmology and astrophysics. He currently works as a research communicator at the Oskar Klein Centre in Stockholm. He has participated in the construction of the IceCube observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica and regularly writes about physics and astronomy for various popular science magazines. Facing Infinity is his first book.
Jonas runs two science podcasts about physics and astronomy: Spacetime Fika in English and Rumtiden in Swedish. In both podcasts, he meets scientists to discuss what we know about the universe and how we know it. He speaks fluent English and gives regular talks in Sweden and elsewhere.