How to Love the Universe

Why the world is not as it appears – amazing stories about space and time from best-selling author Stefan Klein

Does the void exist? Are space and time just an illusion? Are our minds capable of conceiving space at all? And why are we even on earth? 21st-century physics changes our perspective of the world and ourselves. Stefan Klein relates this in his gripping and at the same time poetic book. Beginning with the blossom of a rose, he traces the beauty of the unknown, when examining the weather; he explains the unpredictability of the world, and by using a crime story, he helps us visualise the true form of space. With great literary feeling, Stefan Klein makes us marvel and takes us on a journey to our reality that is quite different from the way we perceive it.

• A new worldview that supersedes the imaginative powers we had to date and invites us to marvel

• Best-selling science author Stefan Klein on 21st-century physics

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  • Publisher: S. FISCHER
  • Release: 26.10.2017
  • ISBN: 978-3-10-397261-0
  • 240 Pages
  • Author: Stefan Klein
How to Love the Universe
Stefan Klein How to Love the Universe
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Stefan Klein

Stefan Klein is Germany’s most successful science author. After studying physics and analytical philosophy in Munich, Grenoble and Freiburg, he turned to writing because he ‘wanted to inspire people for a reality that is more exciting than any crime thriller’. His book The Science of Happiness (2002) was on all German bestseller lists for over a year and gained the author international recognition. This was followed by the much praised Time, Leonardo's Legacy and We All Are Stardust , Science Book of the Year 2011. His more recent works include Dreams: A Journey into Our Inner Reality , which was awarded the German Reading Prize 2016, How to Love the Universe and How We Change the World: A Short History of the Human Mind . 
Stefan Klein's work has been translated into numerous languages.