Human Universe, Professor Brian Cox
Human Universe, Professor Brian Cox
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Human Universe

Author: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen

Narrator: Samuel West

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2016

Synopsis

Top ten Bestseller ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today and where our curiosity may lead us in the future. With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time, physics and chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence, blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from, but how it can think, where it is going and if it is alone. Accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series.

About Professor Brian Cox

PROFESSOR BRIAN COX CBE FRS is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He has worked on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva, the HERA accelerator at DESY, Hamburg and the Tevatron accelerator at Fermilab, Chicago. Cox has written and presented numerous TV series for the BBC, including Wonders of the Solar System, Wonders of the Universe, Wonders of Life, Human Universe, Forces of Nature, The Planets and The Universe. He is also the co-presenter of The Infinite Monkey Cage radio series and podcast. Cox has written numerous bestselling science titles with Jeff Forshaw. For many years, he has lectured the introductory Relativity and Quantum Mechanics course at the University of Manchester, with Jeff Forshaw.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on December 12, 2014

I have read many books, fiction and non-fiction. I love science and learning all I can about life. This latest offering from Professor Brian Cox, based on the very latest scientific understanding as of right now, in late 2014, expanding and developing the TV series (now available on DVD) of the same......more

Goodreads review by Nicolas on May 25, 2016

Basically a 250 paged love letter to humanity and science......more

Goodreads review by Tim on August 01, 2015

If you are not deterred by very occasional moments of trite humanist polemic, special pleading for investment in hard science and a slight tendency to pander to an American readership, this is an absolutely brilliant introduction to current scientific cosmological thought. It deals with big question......more

Goodreads review by Jo-anne on August 11, 2015

In the book to accompany the TV series of the same name Professor Brian Cox links human evolution to the development of our exploration of space - or tries to... In fact this is a confused and confusing book. There are two stories trying to work together but they don't really manage it. The story of......more

Goodreads review by Pippa on July 02, 2015

This was an amazing read. Brian Cox has a way of mingling mind-bending physics with his own brand of down-to-earth humor which results in a really entertaining read. I'm not a scientists by any stretch of the imagination, but the topics discussed in this book, from the moments before the Big Bang to......more

Quotes

Praise for Professor Brian Cox: ‘Cox’s romantic, lyrical approach to astrophysics all adds up to an experience that feels less like homework and more like having a story told to you. A really good story, too.’ Guardian ‘He bridges the gap between our childish sense of wonder and a rather more professional grasp of the scale of things.’ Independent ‘If you didn’t utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book.’ The Times ‘In this book of the acclaimed BBC2 TV series, Professor Cox shows us the cosmos as we have never seen it before – a place full of the most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena.’ Sunday Express ‘Will entertain and delight … what a priceless gift that would be.’ Independent on Sunday

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