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The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe by Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Alexandra Feachem
___puddin's review against another edition
challenging
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This was like Elephants on Acid, Freakonomics, and A Short History of Nearly everything all mashed together, but with illustrations on every page.
Exactly my kinda read.
Exactly my kinda read.
lunnarisreads's review against another edition
4.0
It's a collection of snippets regarding different science topics seen or analized from different lenses. It may not be groundbreaking, but it brings the user closer to several different topics and laws of physics and chemistry while being very amusing and easy to follow. It's a fast and nice read.
aimeesbookishlife's review against another edition
3.0
I love podcasts and I'm a sucker for those inevitable Christmas tie-in books, especially if (like this one) they are available as audiobooks. This one was a lot more dry than usual IMC episodes though, especially the section on building a universe which was hard to follow (to be fair I tend to listen to books while driving so I wasn't giving it my full attention). Overall though it was good, with some interesting details of behind-the-scenes physics arguments between Brian and Robin.
henrymarlene's review against another edition
5.0
Alas, I wish I tried harder in maths and science. Brian Cox has a great knack of explaining the unexplainable like our universe space and time and all that wibbly wobbly stuff. I really enjoyed this little book - was a good little snapshot into our little world out there in the big universe. Still totally confused about what's out there but it's people like Brian Cox who make it more interesting and make us realise that there is just so much more that we don't know. I am just in awe of this unknown.
pjwhyman's review against another edition
3.0
Love the podcast. The book felt a bit shallow. Mostly a lightly edited summary of various discussions that happened on the show itself.
It's not bad, but I've heard every episode of the podcast, so it felt a little remedial to me.
It's not bad, but I've heard every episode of the podcast, so it felt a little remedial to me.
parisaxena's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
fast-paced
3.5
This book is hilarious and very well put together. Wished more of a structure to the book as it was a ‘bit of everything’ book - the chaos! I enjoyed this book regardless and learnt a lot.
honoured's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
3.75
End of the book was well written. Made me feel kind of depressed with the direction the universe is naturally heading.
afiya2004's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5