| Human Universe Contributor(s): Cox, Brian (Author), Cohen, Andrew (Author), West, Samuel (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0008344140 ISBN-13: 9780008344146 Publisher: William the 4th OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Cosmology - Science | Astronomy - Science | Space Science |
| Dewey: 599.938 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cox, Brian: - 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.West, Samuel: - Samuel West's long and distinguished career on stage and screen has earned him roles in Cambridge Spies, Waking the Dead, Notting Hill, and Iris, as well as a BAFTA nomination for his performance in Howards End. He has also narrated several audio books, including Sebastian Faulks' Charlotte Gray, for which he won a Talkie Award, and Thomas Hardy's The Woodlanders. |