Simulations help forecasters understand tropical storms, like this one off Puerto Rico in 2021
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The Universe in a Box: A new cosmic history
Andrew Pontzen (Jonathan Cape)
GETTING to grips with the enormity of the universe and everything in it has always been the ultimate challenge for scientists.
The universe, as cosmologist Andrew Pontzen notes in his snappily written book, The Universe in a Box, is 13.8 billion years old. It comprises many different kinds of things – from countless atoms, molecules and particles to living things whose actions affect …
Article amended on 15 June 2023
We corrected the age of the universe.