South Lincolnshire Astronomical & Geophysical Society
Solags/Spalding Astro

Feb 2012: Stuart Clark - The Sky's Dark Labyrinth

I’ve been researching the stories of Kepler and Galileo, Newton and his contemporaries, and Einstein, Hubble and Lemaître for years, looking for a way to bring these extraordinary tales of achievement to the largest audience possible. The more I read about these people, their times and their work the more astonished I became at their achievements. They lived through wars, religious schisms, royal intrigues and sexual scandals -- the stories had everything and astronomy on top of it all. Eventually, the penny dropped: the stories are so dramatic why not write them as historical fiction? I figured that if I stuck close to the truth, they could become the ultimate geek thrillers.

Weather Widget by the Met Office