How to Build a Universe
An Infinite Monkey Cage Adventure
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Narrated by:
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Professor Brian Cox
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Robin Ince
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Alexandra Feachem
About this listen
The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.
Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of wisdom from leading scientists and comedians peppered throughout.
Covering billions of concepts and conundrums, they tackle everything from the Big Bang to parallel universes, fierce creatures to extraterrestrial life, brain science to artificial intelligence. How to Build a Universe is an illuminating and inspirational celebration of science – sometimes silly, sometimes astounding and very occasionally facetious.
©2017 Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince (P)2017 HarperCollins PublishersYou may also enjoy...
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- Written by: Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and make fundamental scientific principles accessible - and fascinating - to everyone.The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number of profound misunderstandings, journeys into Eastern mysticism, and woolly pronouncements on the interconnectedness of all things. Cox and Forshaw's contention? There is no need for quantum mechanics to be viewed this way.
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Written by: Brian Cox, and others
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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- parmissa
- 2020-10-30
great book
loved it, fun to listen too. well done with three readers. waiting for the next one
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- 2018-03-29
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I loved it. Their humour is engaging, and the dual perspectives on science is wonderful.
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- 2018-07-09
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Great book! I was also a huge fan of the radio show. Wish they were still making it!
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