Princeton University Press buys Jim Al-Khalili's An Exploration of Time

Princeton University Press (PUP) has acquired world rights, including audio, to BBC host Jim Al-Khalili’s An Exploration of Time.  

Ingrid Gnerlich, science publisher, handled the deal with Patrick Walsh of PEW Literary Agency Ltd. The book is slated to be published in 2025. 

An Exploration of Time employs “a cutting-edge understanding of the laws of physics to take readers on a richly told journey, with chapters framed around big questions surrounding the nature and behaviour of time,” the publisher said.

Al-Khalili said: “Some of the answers I will share are widely accepted by scientists and philosophers, while others will elicit heated debate. The result will forever change the way you think about the passage of time and your place within it.”  

Walsh added: “This is an exciting time for Jim Al-Khalili. Not only are the 300 episodes of his BBC Radio ‘The Life Scientific’ series soon to be available worldwide, but Jim’s huge new book on time is ambitious in a way so few books are these days. It will change everyone’s sense of their role in the world.”