Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe

Acknowledgements

We are very grateful for the help and support of numerous colleagues, family and friends. In particular, for their many helpful comments and discussions, we’d like to thank Bob Dickinson, Jack Holguin, Tim Hollowood, Ross Jenkinson, Mark Lancaster, Geraint Lewis, Chris Maudsley, Peter Millington and Geoff Penington. We are also grateful for the support received from the University of Manchester and the Royal Society.

For helping make the book happen, a big thank you is due to Myles Archibald and the team at HarperCollins, and to Diane Banks, Martin Redfern and Sue Rider.

Most of all, we are indebted to our families – to Marieke, Florence, Isabel, Lenny and Tilly, and to Gia, George and Mo.

Thank you all.