The Virtue of Heresy - Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer is a narrative account of the 30-year struggle by the author to put the "physical" back into "physics". With discontinuous assistance from a fictional alter-ego character named Haquar, the author traces the history of uranology and physics to the point of their confluence with meta-mathematics.

Hilton Ratcliffe guilelessly confronts these issues head-on, spicing the tale with humour and fascinating anecdotes of his association with several of the finest scientific minds of our era. His passion for true science and child-like awe at the wonders of the Universe are infused in every line.