The Red Limit: the Search for the Edge of the Universe by Timothy Ferris

"An enthralling account ... Ferris unfolds the story with skill and suspense uncommon in science writing" - The Baltimore Sun

"Ferris has pioneered a new style of science book" - Carl Sagan

"A pleasure and a revelation ... Ferris writes with real grace" - Scientific American

"The best popular book on astronomy that I have read" - John Irwin, Sky & Telescope

A great review of the discovery of the expanding universe; the science is interesting and understandable for the lay person. Even more compelling is the drama of the scientists themselves, there life, personalities,strengths, foibles and their wonderful discoveries. It is science and history of science combined in an easy to read 250 page book that helps us all comprehend just a grasp of the incomprehensable nature of our existence in this universe.