Stuart Clark is the author of Deep Space,
Galaxy and the award-winning The Sun Kings:
The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington
and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began.
A former editor of the UK’s best-selling
astronomy magazine, Astronomy Now, and a
Visiting Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire,
his writing appears in New Scientist, BBC Focus,
The Times, the Guardian and the Economist.
A regular voice on BBC radio, he lectures across
the world bringing astronomy to the
general public.
The Big Questions confronts the fundamental
problems of science and philosophy that have
perplexed inquiring minds throughout history, and
provides and explains the answers of our greatest
thinkers. This ambitious series is a unique, accessible
and concise distillation of humanity’s best ideas.
Series editor Simon Blackburn is Professor of
Philosophy at the University of Cambridge,
Research Professor of Philosophy at the University
of North Carolina and one of the most
distinguished philosophers of our day.
Titles in The Big Questions series include:
PHILOSOPHY
PHYSICS
THE UNIVERSE
MATHEMATICS