The Universe Next Door by Marcus Chown, Headline, £14.99, ISBN
0747234965
MARCUS CHOWN is a scientific evangelist. The deeper I delved into The
Universe Next Door the more I became suffused with a fervour for the
subject. Science is great. It is worth the effort. Dedicating your life to
science is worthwhile. It stretches you. It expands the mind. It transports you
to the frontiers of the unknown.
And my, what frontiers these are. There is nothing cosy about this science.
The unknown is vast and frightening. And even though we look back at all the
observations that have been…
