Astronomer John Barrow takes an intriguing look at the limits of science, who argues that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable.

Here is a treatment so up-to-date and intellectually rich, deaing with ideas and speculation at the farthest frontier of science, that neither novice nor expert will want to miss what Barrow has to say.

Following in the successful footsteps of The Arrow of Time, Stephen Hawking's bestseller, A Brief History of Time, and the works of Timothy Ferris, science writer John Barrow presents an ambitious yet accessible look at the quest for the ...

The Infinite Book is a thoroughly entertaining and completely accessible account of the biggest subject of them all–infinity.

John Barrow unravels the different concepts of nothing from quantum physics and cosmology to mathematics and philosophy. There is something of nothing for everyone in this remarkable book.

Meetings were held at the highest level and, barely a week later, on 15 February 2011, I was whisked to Downing Street to make my mark as the new rodent bouncer in residence. I'm Larry, and this is my diary of the first 100 days in the job.