A Sense of Space

“A fascinating exploration that takes us from oceans to space, back to the brain, and inside the atom. Extraordinary.” * Tristan Gooley, author of The Natural Navigator *“An idiosyncratic tour through the science of space, from the neuroscience of spatial perception to ancient astronomy, from relativity and particle physics to cosmology and the psychology of space travel. Along the way, our intrepid tour guide explores various ways—imaginative, misguided, or prescient—in which people have attempted to incorporate spatial ideas into everyday thinking and popular culture.” * Robyn Arianrhod, author of Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation *“Huth is a splendid guide to humanity’s evolving concepts of space, present, and past. With A Sense of Space, he provides clear and provocative illustrations of what it means to inhabit various places, from the intimate corridors of memory to the pliable pathways of time.” * Tracy Daugherty, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Larry McMurtry: A Life *

John Edward Huth is the Donner Professor of Science at Harvard University. He has done research in experimental particle physics since 1980 and is currently a member of the ATLAS collaboration at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN). He participated in the discovery of the top quark and the Higgs boson and is the author of The Lost Art of Finding Our Way.