pandagopanda 's review for:

The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox, Jeffrey R. Forshaw

4.0

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Okay, this took me a long time to read, but I found it consistently interesting! And somehow soothing? Cox and Forshaw are clearly skilled and passionate communicators, and adopt a keen but easygoing tone. The explanations are really well organised and steadily paced throughout, so though concentration is required, they keep you with them. It was published in 2011, just the year before the Higgs Boson was observed in experiments at the LHC, confirming the Standard Model - the outline of which is the crescendo of the book.
I always appreciate a nice looking and feeling book, and though this is a simple Penguin paperback, the cover is made from a wonderful pearlescent cardstock and the title is in a gorgeously Star Trek-esque typeface in rainbow colours. Magic!