How to Love the Universe

Book cover of How to Love the Universe: A Scientist's Odes to the Hidden Beauty Behind the Visible World

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An eye-opening celebration of the marvels of space, time, the cosmos, and more

How to Love the Universe is a new kind of science writing by an author truly enamored of the world around him. In ten short chapters of lyrical prose―each one an ode to a breathtaking realm of…

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Why read it?

1 author picked How to Love the Universe as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Paco Calvo

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I savored this book sip by sip, wishing that each chapter would have lasted a little longer, a little longer. I felt a “healthy envy” for anyone lucky enough to have had a teacher like Klein in high school.

It’s impossible not to fall in love with the cosmos while reading his work. His ability to explain complex scientific concepts in an accessible and poetic manner is admirable.

Each chapter has given me an unforgettable early morning coffee, revealing at a pace the magic that science holds in every corner.

From Paco's list on we, humans, are not that special.