Recommend a new book similar to Carl Sagan's Cosmos

AlanG

Hi,
I am really enjoying reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan which is fascinating, informative and simple enough to read on a commute but is obviously way out of date when it comes to certain aspects of knowledge.
Is there a similarly accessible book anyone could recommend which touches on similar areas of astronomy, history, science and space exploration but is more up to date.
Thanks,
AlanG

Pete M.

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is a pretty good read too.
As are most of his books.

the_monkey

While not that new, Big Bang by Simon Singh is an absolute cracker of a read.

He is one of the best popular science authors in my opinion.

Wonderfully written with excellent summaries at the end of each chapter.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Bang-Important-Scientific-Discovery/dp/0007152523/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432040536&sr=1-1&keywords=big+bang+simon+singh