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Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

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‘Combines science with journalism to weave a captivating account of the most extraordinary objects in the universe: black holes. A superior account.’ Marcus Chown
‘Facing Infinity is an especially attractive introduction to a wonderfully attractive subject.’ Frank Wilczek

Did you know that black holes are essential to life on Earth?

From GPS navigation to understanding climate change, these enigmatic objects shape our daily existence in ways you’d never imagine.

In Facing Infinity, astrophysicist Jonas Enander takes us on an extraordinary journey from eighteenth-century Britain to cutting-edge observatories around the world, revealing how the universe’s darkest phenomena illuminate both our origins and our future.

Author: Enander Jonas
Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9781805464693
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2026

Jonas Enander has a PhD in physics, having conducted research in cosmology and astrophysics. He currently works as a research communicator at the Oskar Klein Centre in Stockholm. He has participated in the construction of the IceCube observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica and regularly writes about physics and astronomy for various popular science magazines. Facing Infinity is his first book. Jonas runs two science podcasts about physics and astronomy: Spacetime Fika in English and Rumtiden in Swedish. In both podcasts, he meets scientists to discuss what we know about the universe and how we know it. He speaks fluent English and gives regular talks in Sweden and elsewhere.

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