A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It’s time to explore our universe’s most mysterious inhabitants Black Holes

‘An AMAZING thing to read. So SATISFYING, I REALLY RECOMMEND reading this book…FASCINATING’ Jeremy Vine ‘FASCINATING… a MIND BOGGLING new book’ Afternoon Edition with Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio ‘There are few better than Cox at turning tricksy, potentially dense subjects into captivating “edutainment” for the masses – be it in BBC documentaries, live shows or books. Not for nothing did Sir David Attenborough once proclaim: “If I had a torch I would hand it to Brian Cox.”’ Guy Kelly, Daily Telegraph ‘A spellbinding cosmic exploration that resists collapsing under the weight of jargon.’ Kirkus Reviews Praise for Professors Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw ‘They have blazed a clear trail into forbidding territory, from the mathematical structure of space-time all the way to atom bombs, astrophysics and the origin of mass.’ New Scientist 'Inspirational' Buzz Aldrin ‘A scientific match made in heaven’ Observer ‘Cox and Forshaw stand together at the cutting edge of their discipline … Despite their elevated status, both men remain tiggerishly excitable about their subject’ Financial Times ‘Mindblowing’ Sunday Times ‘I can think of no one, Stephen Hawking included, who more perfectly combines authority, knowledge, passion, clarity, and powers of elucidation than Brian Cox.’ Stephen Fry, 2009 ‘Admirably shies away from dumbing down’ Economist ‘They do a great job of bringing a difficult subject to life’ The Times ‘If you're not a physicist (or not yet a physicist) and you want to understand what Einstein and relativity theory are all about, you would do well to read this book. The writing is clear, sparkling in places, and totally without vanity … [A] delightful little book’ Huffington Post ‘Readers will enjoy this engaging, ambitious and creative tour of our quantum universe’ Guardian

73 b/w, illus A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century, this book will REDEFINE COSMOLOGY FOR A NEW GENERATION. NARRATIVE NONFICTION BY PROFESSORS BRIAN COX & JEFF FORSHAW, on a subject they are personally fascinated by. Brian Cox will be launching his worldwide Horizons Tour in 2022, to hundreds of thousands of people Brian Cox has MORE THAN 4 MILLION FOLLOWERS across his social media platforms RECALLS THE GLORY DAYS OF Why Does E=MC2 (Over 200K copies sold) and other successes with Jeff Forshaw BLACK HOLES ARE A HOT TOPIC in physics and space exploration – our growing understanding of black holes is poised to completely change how we think about the universe Competition: A;Brief History of Time;Short History of Nearly Everything;The;Universe;Planets;Quantum Universe;God equation;Helogoland;Why Does E=mc2;Reality is not what it seems;Limitless. Stephen;Hawking;Fry;Neil Degrasse Tyson;Carlo Rovelli;Carl Sagan;Michio Kaku;Tim Peak;Adam Rutherford;