BRIAN CLEGG has written five popular science books, including A Brief History of Infinity and The God Effect, and twenty business books; these have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and Indonesian. Brian runs the website www.popularscience.co.uk and writes, lectures and broadcasts widely about science. He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Operational Research at Lancaster University, UK, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He founded the Emerging Technologies

Reviews for previous editions: 'Extraordinary, humorous, interesting, awesome' - NewScientist 'Immensely likeable' - Guardian 'A fascinating book on a fascinating subject' - Sir Patrick Moore CBE 'Illuminates and entertains' - Sir Clive Sinclair

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionAt the speed of light The philosophersOut of the darknessEngines of lightSeeing further Light's anatomyDeath of the EtherFearful symmetry QED Tangled LightTyger! Tyger!Further reading

BRIAN CLEGG has written five popular science books, including A Brief History of Infinity and The God Effect, and twenty business books; these have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and Indonesian. Brian runs the website www.popularscience.co.uk and writes, lectures and broadcasts widely about science. He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Operational Research at Lancaster University, UK, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He founded the Emerging Technologies

Reviews for previous editions: 'Extraordinary, humorous, interesting, awesome' - NewScientist 'Immensely likeable' - Guardian 'A fascinating book on a fascinating subject' - Sir Patrick Moore CBE 'Illuminates and entertains' - Sir Clive Sinclair

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionAt the speed of light The philosophersOut of the darknessEngines of lightSeeing further Light's anatomyDeath of the EtherFearful symmetry QED Tangled LightTyger! Tyger!Further reading

BRIAN CLEGG has written five popular science books, including A Brief History of Infinity and The God Effect, and twenty business books; these have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and Indonesian. Brian runs the website www.popularscience.co.uk and writes, lectures and broadcasts widely about science. He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Operational Research at Lancaster University, UK, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He founded the Emerging Technologies

Reviews for previous editions: 'Extraordinary, humorous, interesting, awesome' - NewScientist 'Immensely likeable' - Guardian 'A fascinating book on a fascinating subject' - Sir Patrick Moore CBE 'Illuminates and entertains' - Sir Clive Sinclair

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionAt the speed of light The philosophersOut of the darknessEngines of lightSeeing further Light's anatomyDeath of the EtherFearful symmetry QED Tangled LightTyger! Tyger!Further reading