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A wondrous brew of science, history, and sheer exhilaration. Read it and marvel. --Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe What a thrillingly uplifting antidote Henderson has created to these grim and gloomy times! To be reminded of all the wonder in the world is a marvelous gift, all the more so because it is so beautifully presented. And if there is anyone who would not delight in this magical compendium of true things, they are surely the ones who need it most. --Philip Ball, author of Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything For there to be science, there must first be wonder. Henderson teaches us how to wonder anew with a new vision of science illuminated by a rich range of literature, philosophy, art, and music. He quite simply reweaves the rainbow. --Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of The Tide: The Science and Stories behind the Greatest Force on Earth For Henderson, the universe is constantly birthing wonders. A book that tries to give articulate voice to the gasps of astonishment at each birth is almost bound to fail. Yet this is a glorious success: breathless but musical; humble but confident; smart, kind, and glittering. It will turn the most jaded reductionist into a delighted child. --Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast This book does exactly what it says on the cover, and shows us where wonder is to be found. His account of familiar phenomena shows how unfamiliar and extraordinary they really are. --Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy

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Caspar Henderson is the author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, which won the Royal Society of Jerwood Award and the Roger Deakin Award of the Society of Authors, and was short-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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