Colin Stuart is a space geek who talks to tens of thousands of people about the stars every year. A freelance science writer too, he has written for the Guardian , Observer, New Scientist and the European Space Agency amongst many others. He has been a runner-up in the European Astronomy Journalism Prize and is the author of several books, including 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, The Big Questions in Science and Why Space Matters to Me. A fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, he's talked about the wonders of the universe on Sky News, BBC News and Radio 5Live and tweets as @skyponderer.
If you're new to the subject... or are trying to spark the astronomy bug in someone else, then this volume is an excellent place to begin your adventure - - BBC Sky at Night Magazine This book is a goldmine for anyone seeking to understand the present state of astronomical science, cosmology and how we arrived here from the earliest wonderings of our ancestors about the things they saw in the sky - - Astronomy Now