Light in the Darkness

In this vivid and captivating account, Heino Falcke describes an international team's cooperative effort to transform the entire world into a global telescope in order to make a black hole, the greatest mystery in the universe, visible for the first time and what this event meant for the future of astrophysics.Since the dawn of humanity, we have turned our gaze to the heavens, and astronomy emerged from the need to understand how what we see relates to the world and our lives in it. In Light in the Darkness Heino Falcke ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars: What is humanity's role in the universe, and what role does the universe play for us humans? What does our encounter with the awe-inspiring and yet alienating universe have to teach us about God and life? What does it have to teach us about ourselves? In a plea for both curiosity and humility, Heino Falcke, ordained lay minister and world-renowned scientist, takes us along on an extraordinary, fascinating, and entertaining journey to the edge of space and time.[Wildfire logo]£20.00