Firmament

An engaging account of something essential to life on Earth yet barely understood by most people: the atmosphere. If you don’t know your stratosphere from your troposphere, you will after reading this lively history… all the more powerful thanks to a final chapter that explains how this complex system is changing, and what that means for the future of humanity. – Financial TimesThe author’s enthusiasm shines through every page of this captivating guide to our unpredictable weather… He serves up high drama in balloons, deep ice drilling in the Antarctic, and through it all draws out the patterns in our seemingly chaotic weather - and the science behind them - with clarity and verve. - Sunday Times Simon Clark writes with a lightness and enthusiasm that ensures that what goes on above us doesn’t go over our heads. - Irish Independent

Simon Clark is a scientist, video producer, and online educator. Simon read Physics at St. Peter’s College, Oxford before researching a PhD in atmospheric physics at the University of Exeter. During his studies he began creating YouTube videos about student life and his research, and has since accrued nearly 20 million views. Firmament is his first book.