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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

We are part of an incredible chain of events stretching 138 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

The Universe in a Box is Andrew Pontzens 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

Illuminating provocative and bold this is the story of our home the cosmos through simulations miniuniverses inside computers

I was enlightened amazed and profoundly impressed Philip Pullman author of His Dark Materials

An electrifying new history of the universe Hannah Fry author of Rutherford and Frys Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything

2023 Andrew Pontzen P2023 Penguin Audio