- Published: 26/10/2017
- ISBN: 9781783781362
- Granta Books
- 364 pages
A New Map of Wonders
Caspar Henderson
A New Map of Wonders charts a course through the realm of the fascinating and awe-inspiring.
With the curiosity and enthusiasm of a great explorer, the award-winning Caspar Henderson celebrates and explains the wonder of light and the origins of the universe, the myriad marvels of the human body and the natural world — and reveals the wonders to come: the technologies that will transform human experience and change what we will find wonderful.
Drawing on philosophy and natural history, art and religion, neuroscience and nanotechnology, A New Map of Wonders is a celebration of life — a rich and inspiring guide, encouraging us to see the world anew.
£20.00
This book does exactly what it says on the cover, and shows us where wonder is to be found. His account of familiar phenomena shows how unfamiliar and extraordinary they really are
Philip Pullman
A study of awe written by a writer who evokes the fascination of the natural world as eye-openingly as anyone I've read
Tom Holland, Observer
Henderson does a wonderful job... you can't read the life chapter without being struck by the contingency of it all - the accident of our existence
David Aaronovitch, The Times
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The Golden Record
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‘The two copies of the Golden Record were shot into space nearly fifty years ago.’
Caspar Henderson on music sent into space by NASA.
Essays & Memoir | Granta 162
Running
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‘Often, a road is the least interesting path to follow.’
Essays & Memoir | Granta 162
Barely Imagined Beings
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‘Monsters of one kind or another are woven into virtually all the cultures of which we have record.’
