A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas Financial Times I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended Independent (Greene) send(s) the readers imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride. As a popularizer of exquisitely abstract science, he is both a skilled and kindly explicator New York Times Greene is as elegant as ever, cutting through the fog of complexity with insight and clarity; space and time become putty in his hands Los Angeles Times Book Review