We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know

When the award-winning science journalist and author of How to Love the Universe sat down for intimate conversations with the world’s leading scientists, he was inspired more than anything by their curiosity for the world around them. This book of essays showcases 18 of those bright, passionate, inquisitive minds, reflecting on their life’s work and dreaming of what is yet to come. Scientific inspiration, as it turns out, is often entangled with the everyday joys and sorrows of the scientist. Curiosity about the universe emerges out of a fierce love for it. Featuring evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, primatologist Jane Goodall, cosmologist Martin Rees, philosopher Peter Singer, and so many more, on topics ranging from consciousness to human civilization to supernovae, each chapter will teach you something new with all the enthusiasm and delight of the scientist who has devoted her life to that topic. Black-and-white photographs of each featured scientist enhance the readers' feeling that we are part of the conversation.

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