Text and images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Pathfinder, and other space missions celebrate the universe as humankind knows it.

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An engaging account of our quest for habitable environments, recounting fascinating recent discoveries and providing insight into future space missions.

Paul Davies explains the significance of the amazing quantum universe, where fact is stranger than any science fiction. He takes us into a world where commonsen