Everything You Know About Space is Wrong [Hardcover]

Matt Brown goes where no one has gone before to bring us an entertaining compendiumof amazing facts about our planet, the universe, and everything in between!
 
Think that the vacuum of space would make your blood boil and your head explode? (It won’t.) Or that astronauts float in space because of zero gravity? (No—they’re not floating, they’re falling.) Thanks to sci-fi films and TV shows, most of us have many misconceptions about the cosmos—from traveling through wormholes to blowing up asteroids. Chock-full of facts about the universe and how it works, this illuminating book guides you through the mine of misinformation to answer such questions as whether we will meet aliens in our lifetime (SETI predicts we'll find evidence of ET by 2040!), what happens in the center of the black hole, and why Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system.

Think that the vacuum of space would make your blood boil and your head explode? (It won’t.) Thanks to sci-fi, most of us have misconceptions about the cosmos—from traveling through wormholes to blowing up asteroids. This illuminating book cuts through the misinformation to answer such questions as whether we will meet aliens in our lifetime and what happens in the center of the black hole. Humorous and lighthearted, it moves from our planet to the far reaches of the universe.

Matt Brown has been a scientific editor, writer, and event host, working for Reed Elsevier and Nature Publishing Group. He served as the Royal Institution’s quizmaster for three years, and has also put on science quizzes for the Royal Society, the Manchester Science Museum, and the Hunterian Museum. In addition to making contributions to several popular science books, Matt has written extensively about London. His previous solo books includeLondon Night and DayandEverything You Know About London Is Wrong(both Batsford). He remail³'