The former Bishop of Edinburgh returns with a history of the universe and the ways we try to make meaning of it, and in the process takes a personal journey into his own beliefs. Waiting for the Last Bus and Leaving Alexandria were both Sunday Times bestsellers; the latter won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize Perfect for readers of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, Andrew Marr's A History of the World, and Karen Armstrong's A Short History of Myth"