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Albert Einstein said his first ideas about relativity came from looking in the mirror as a teenager and wondering what it would be like to travel on a beam of light. This is the story of that journey... Journey by Starlight follows an imaginary recreation of Albert Einstein, and his traveling companion through space and time as they travel on a beam of light from a star over 3,000 light years away to Earth. Along the way, Einstein explains the science behind everything from the origins of the universe to the meaning of life, relativity, black holes, quantum mechanics (for beginners) , climate change, evolution vs. intelligent design, and how the brain works, all delivered in fun, easy-to-understand, bite-sized chunks. Based on the popular blog of the same name, Journey By Starlight has been given the graphic novel treatment, pairing the narrative with fantastic, whimsical artwork to assist in simplifying what can be difficult-to-understand ideas.
About the Author
I??m an eye surgeon at a children??s hospital in Ireland by day and for 15 years I??ve also been writing by night. I??m extensively published in the academic world with more than 30 scientific peer-reviewed papers and contributions to four multi-author books. I have been an intermittent contributor to ??The Last Word?? column of the New Scientist magazine and included in ??Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (New Scientist and Profile Books publication 2008) .I??ve written an award winning popular science blog () which has gathered in excess of 600,000 views over the last few years. This blog has been developed into a cartoon-style science book for young adults. ??Journey by Starlight ?? A time traveller??s guide to life, the universe and everything?? has been published in the USA by One Peace Books in March 2013. My first novel, The Reluctant Cannibals, reached the last 5 in the general fiction category of 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. It is now being published by Legend Press on 1st October 2013. I am also working on a revision of my second novel and have a growing collection of growing collection of food related short stories covering a range of topics from a lobster in love with a young girl, an oyster??s perspective on being eaten, to the girl who died because she didn??t eat enough cup-cakes.
