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sbarnes01346's review against another edition
5.0
If I’m completely honest with myself, I am not an enjoyer of science.
However, Brian Cox could make a pencil interesting. As someone who’s grown up listening to his TV shows, his voice fully comes through in his writing, and it makes all the scientific equations and speculation bearable. Cox is a man I’ll respect all my life, and this book cements this.
I have barely any understanding on the science that made our planet. However, this book opened my eyes to an extreme amount, and has become a catalyst to me buying other scientific books. I now find myself with a want to understand the world around me, where before I was complacent to leave it up to the ‘big guys’.
It seems, I now believe I can become one of those ‘big guys’, all thanks to this book.
However, Brian Cox could make a pencil interesting. As someone who’s grown up listening to his TV shows, his voice fully comes through in his writing, and it makes all the scientific equations and speculation bearable. Cox is a man I’ll respect all my life, and this book cements this.
I have barely any understanding on the science that made our planet. However, this book opened my eyes to an extreme amount, and has become a catalyst to me buying other scientific books. I now find myself with a want to understand the world around me, where before I was complacent to leave it up to the ‘big guys’.
It seems, I now believe I can become one of those ‘big guys’, all thanks to this book.
personarobot's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Incredibly interesting and exciting!
Definitely requires a re-read, after listening to it as a audiobook. It was easy for me to zone out and lose track whilst listening.
Definitely requires a re-read, after listening to it as a audiobook. It was easy for me to zone out and lose track whilst listening.
loismatthews's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
alecitlikethat's review against another edition
4.0
This book freely roams the science behind various natural occurrences, along with the odd quip and tangent every now and then. Whilst I enjoyed some of these additions, I also found the writing style and structure to interrupt the flow of an explanation just a tad too often, working against the informative purpose of the book. (However, I appreciate that this is no doubt an issue that comes of trying to simultaneously breach such a variety of topics.) Despite this, I found it to be an engaging and enlightening read, sparking curiosity within me towards a variety of the areas covered, as well as providing me with a much greater understanding and respect of the interconnectedness of physics - if not all sciences. A worthwhile read, and certainly a book that I can see myself flicking through again in the future.
Irrelevant sidenote: why did the last 2 sentences confuse me more than the rest of the book? - A Thick Person
Irrelevant sidenote: why did the last 2 sentences confuse me more than the rest of the book? - A Thick Person
dmorett92's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
amystks's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Love a good science book