Book description
Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing
exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never
seen it before.
13. 7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over
100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars.
This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human
fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years. The
wonders of the Universe might seem alien to us and impossible to
understand, but away from the telescopes, the labs and the white coats,
Professor Brian Cox uses the evidence found in the natural world around
us to explain its simple truths.
The same laws of light, gravity, time, matter and energy that govern us
here on Earth are the same as those applied in the Universe. Using his
expert knowledge and his infectious enthusiasm, Professor Cox shows us
that if we can understand the impact of these governing laws on Earth it
will bring us a step closer to an understanding of our Universe.
Praise for Professor Brian Cox's previous books:
'If you didn't utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book.'
The Times
'Engaging, ambitious and creative'
Guardian
'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 Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle
physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the
University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most
ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron
Collider in Switzerland. He is best known to the public as a science
broadcaster and presenter of the highly popular BBC2 series 'Wonders of
the Solar System'. He was also the keyboard player in the UK pop band
D:Ream in the 1990s.
