About the Author

"Marcelo Gleiser is the Appleton Professor of Natural
Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy at
Dartmouth College. He is a fellow of the American Physical
Society and a recipient of the Presidential Faculty Fellows
Award from the White House and National Science
Foundation. He is the author of several books of popular
science, including A Tear at the Edge of Creation, The
Dancing Universe, and The Island of Knowledge. Gleiser is the
cofounder of and a regular contributor to the NPR science
blog 13.7 Cosmos and Culture."

Reviews

"Available again, with a new preface, a physicist's "exceptionally clear summary of 2,500 years of science and a fascinating account of the ways in which it often does intersect with spiritual beliefs" - Kirkus Reviews"