Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos journalist Dennis Over bye tells the story if the men and women who have carried on the cosmological quest, from the time of Hubble to the present day. It is a superb account, the best of its kind since James Gleick's Chaos... Its rare science book that can make you cry, but, I swear, this one brought me close. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos is a wonderful book' New Scientist.