Notes on Infinity

Notes on Infinity is mesmeric . . . it stole my breath and my heart. It’s a grand story of science and startups, a simple story of first love and belonging and a perfect portrait of friendship, family, and that fine line between exhilaration and agony. I couldn’t have loved it more.

Notes on Infinity is mesmeric . . . it stole my breath and my heart. It’s a grand story of science and startups, a simple story of first love and belonging and a perfect portrait of friendship, family, and that fine line between exhilaration and agony. I couldn’t have loved it more.

A little like Talking at Night meets Lessons in Chemistry and an absolute must-read for fans of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow . But all other books fell out my head as I read it, because I was completely consumed by Zoe and Jack’s world. Full of passion and conflict and surprise, I adored every page. It fired me up and broke my heart: Austin Taylor has such a talent, reminding me what a wild ride reading can and should be. I’ve already told I know everyone to read it!

Sweet, thought-provoking, full of surprises

I adored it. I have an absolute fascination in start-ups from colleagues’ stories of Google in its early days. This delivered in that respect, but in so many others , too: love, and partnership, and being the only woman in the room, growing up and deciding who you wish to be. It is very clever, but it has a huge, messy heart, which is exactly what I love in a book.

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The best of books: one I could not put down while also, simultaneously, wishing it was truly infinite. A perfectly realized novel with crystalline characters and a palpable sense of time, historically and of the characters' lives. Austin Taylor's ability to tell a story is superb and NOTES ON INFINITY is a reading experience to savour.

The brilliant love child of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Interestings . It asks all the big questions about existence and meaning and, most importantly, love, but in a way that is so engaging you are swept along by the tide of an enthralling story about tech and billion dollar start-ups. I thought about it the whole time I wasn't reading it and expect to think about it for a long time to come .

Notes On Infinity is an utterly compelling tale of love, friendship, and the burning desire to succeed – whatever the cost. Think: Lessons in Chemistry meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow . A bright, brilliant debut from an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.

Austin Taylor graduated from Harvard University in 2021 with a joint degree in Chemistry and English. Notes on Infinity is her debut novel and was inspired in part by her undergraduate studies, peers, and lab work in Harvard’s chemistry department. She has also worked as a public speaking coach and in science policy. Austin is a private pilot, a registered Maine guide, and a bassist. She grew up in central Maine, where she now lives and writes.