Not since Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has there been so genial an integration of physics and philosophy.“ Which is exactly the point but the difference though is that, while A Brief History of Time was a general guide to the universe with only one chapter dedicated to time, this book on the contrary is the complete package...🕐

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA‘s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.📖