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A review by ashleighm11
Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
5.0
I love science, but I've never really been much of a physics buff - even though stars and astronomy have always been something I found interesting. After watching the TV Series, I really wanted to read the book because I just find that Brian Cox explains things like this in such a way that I remember them. The book was just fantastic and married in with the series perfectly; I loved the history and the mythology and the religious insights to everything too - particularly in the first section when the history of the Sun is explored.
The pictures in the book are just awe-inspiring. They're utterly beautiful and I loved reading it on the kindle because it just gave them a whole new quality (I could zoom in and such, they're really, really high quality).
It's accessible, covers a lot of territory, educational and it's just really fun to read. The book is full of illustrations and clever analogies that help readers get a grasp of what otherwise are complex concepts. I also found myself reading it in Brian Cox's (somewhat annoying) voice in places - I found it quite hard to NOT do that and it amused me. I found it a really basic, but solid grounding in to a subject that I always found quite mind-boggling and I'd recommend it to anyone who wanted to read a bit of contemporary science; it's probably a little 'basic' for someone with a degree but for someone with an interest in the subject, or someone who wants to understand it it's a perfect introductory book!
The pictures in the book are just awe-inspiring. They're utterly beautiful and I loved reading it on the kindle because it just gave them a whole new quality (I could zoom in and such, they're really, really high quality).
It's accessible, covers a lot of territory, educational and it's just really fun to read. The book is full of illustrations and clever analogies that help readers get a grasp of what otherwise are complex concepts. I also found myself reading it in Brian Cox's (somewhat annoying) voice in places - I found it quite hard to NOT do that and it amused me. I found it a really basic, but solid grounding in to a subject that I always found quite mind-boggling and I'd recommend it to anyone who wanted to read a bit of contemporary science; it's probably a little 'basic' for someone with a degree but for someone with an interest in the subject, or someone who wants to understand it it's a perfect introductory book!