The Quizzer’s Guide to the Cosmos

Following a first-class honours degree in Physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Manchester Stephen Webb has worked at a number of UK universities. In addition to shorter works, he has published nine books - one of which won the SETI League award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize (now Royal Society Winton Prize) for best science book. He is active in outreach activities, having spoken at numerous international conferences, podcasts and radio shows, and his 2018 TED Talk has been viewed over 6 million times. He has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe (Springer, 1999) as well as several popular science books, among them New Eyes on the Universe (Springer, 2012) and the second edition of If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? (Springer, 2015).

A journey around our cosmic neighbourhood: the solar system and its secrets.- The birth, life, and secrets of stars: unravelling the mysteries of cosmic.- Cosmic peepholes: a timeline of astronomical tools and techniques.- The final frontier: the dramatic death of stars and the birth of black holes.- The search for exoplanets: alien worlds and the quest for life beyond Earth.- Exoplanets and the search for life.- Island universes: the marvels and wonders of galaxies.- Stretching the cosmos: a universal expansion.- Rewinding time: the big bang, inflation, and the birth of a universe.- The invisible universe: unveiling the enigmas of dark matter and dark energy.- New eyes on the universe: pioneering observatories and the future of astronomy.