Robert Kirshner

One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner takes his audience inside the world of research astronomers on the quest that led to the discovery of dark energy and the accelerating universe

• Astronomer Kirshner -- Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University and past President of the American Astronomical Society
• Nobel Prize in Physics: Member of High-Z Supernova team studying the history of cosmic expansion by using supernova explosions to measure distances in the universe
• Author of award-winning The Extravagant Universe: exploding stars, dark energy, and the accelerating cosmos, he is a recent winner of the prestigious Heineman prize of the American Institute of Physics and the American Astronomical Society "for his sustained and enduring contributions to our understanding of supernovae and cosmology."

“The story . . . is irresistible in its own right, and is related with verve and good humor” -- Sean Carroll, Nature

“The definitive insider's story of how Kirshner led his motley group of astronomers to glory in their search to find the fate of the universe.”

-- Donald Goldsmith, Natural History

“Fellow astronomers -- and generations of Harvard undergraduates -- have long appreciated [Kirshner] as a raconteur of exceptional eloquence, so it is hard to imagine anyone better suited to give us the inside story on the new discoveries.” -- Laurance Marschall, Discover magazine

“An entertaining and witty account of one of the biggest scientific stories of the past 10 years: how exploding supernovae show that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating.” -- Michael Rowan-Robinson, New Scientist