Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for Professor Brian Cox Dedication Where are We? Oakbank Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Observable Universe …? Off Centre Changing Perspective Outwards to the Milky Way Searching for Patterns in Starlight Beyond the Milky Way The Great Debate The Political Ramifications of Reality, or ‘How to Avoid Getting Locked Up’ The Happiest Thought of My Life A Day Without Yesterday Are We Alone? Science Fact or Fiction? The First Aliens Listen Very Carefully The Golden Voyage Alien Worlds The Recipe for Life Origins A Brief History of Life on Earth A Briefest Moment in Time So, are We Alone? Who are We? Spaceman Apeman Lucy in the Sky From the North Star to the Stars Climate Change in the Rift Valley and Human Evolution ‘An Unprecedented Duel with Nature’ Farming: The Bedrock of Civilisation The Kazak Adventure: Part 1 Intermission: Beyond Memory The Kazak Adventure: Part 2 Why are We Here? A Neat Piece of Logic New Dawn Fades The Rules of the Game Nature’s Fingerprint A Brief History of the Snowflake How the Leopard Got Its Spots A Universe Made for Us? A Day Without Yesterday? What is Our Future? Making the Darkness Visible Sudden Impact Seeing the Future Science Vs. Magic The Wonder of It All Dreamers: Part 1 Dreamers: Part 2 The End Plate Section Credits Picture Section Footnotes Index Acknowledgements About the Authors About the Publisher
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Praise for Professor Brian Cox: Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for Professor Brian Cox Dedication Where are We? Oakbank Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Observable Universe …? Off Centre Changing Perspective Outwards to the Milky Way Searching for Patterns in Starlight Beyond the Milky Way The Great Debate The Political Ramifications of Reality, or ‘How to Avoid Getting Locked Up’ The Happiest Thought of My Life A Day Without Yesterday Are We Alone? Science Fact or Fiction? The First Aliens Listen Very Carefully The Golden Voyage Alien Worlds The Recipe for Life Origins A Brief History of Life on Earth A Briefest Moment in Time So, are We Alone? Who are We? Spaceman Apeman Lucy in the Sky From the North Star to the Stars Climate Change in the Rift Valley and Human Evolution ‘An Unprecedented Duel with Nature’ Farming: The Bedrock of Civilisation The Kazak Adventure: Part 1 Intermission: Beyond Memory The Kazak Adventure: Part 2 Why are We Here? A Neat Piece of Logic New Dawn Fades The Rules of the Game Nature’s Fingerprint A Brief History of the Snowflake How the Leopard Got Its Spots A Universe Made for Us? A Day Without Yesterday? What is Our Future? Making the Darkness Visible Sudden Impact Seeing the Future Science Vs. Magic The Wonder of It All Dreamers: Part 1 Dreamers: Part 2 The End Plate Section Credits Picture Section Footnotes Index Acknowledgements About the Authors About the Publisher
‘Engaging, ambitious and creative.’ Guardian
‘He bridges the gap between our childish sense of wonder and a rather more professional grasp of the scale of things.’
Independent
‘If you didn’t utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book.’
The Times
‘In this book of the acclaimed BBC2 TV series, Professor Cox shows us the cosmos as we have never seen it before – a place full of the most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena.’
Sunday Express
‘Cox’s romantic, lyrical approach to astrophysics all adds up to an experience that feels less like homework and more like having a story told to you. A really good story, too.’
Guardian
‘Will entertain and delight … what a priceless gift that would be.’
Independent on Sunday
Dedication Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for Professor Brian Cox Dedication Where are We? Oakbank Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Observable Universe …? Off Centre Changing Perspective Outwards to the Milky Way Searching for Patterns in Starlight Beyond the Milky Way The Great Debate The Political Ramifications of Reality, or ‘How to Avoid Getting Locked Up’ The Happiest Thought of My Life A Day Without Yesterday Are We Alone? Science Fact or Fiction? The First Aliens Listen Very Carefully The Golden Voyage Alien Worlds The Recipe for Life Origins A Brief History of Life on Earth A Briefest Moment in Time So, are We Alone? Who are We? Spaceman Apeman Lucy in the Sky From the North Star to the Stars Climate Change in the Rift Valley and Human Evolution ‘An Unprecedented Duel with Nature’ Farming: The Bedrock of Civilisation The Kazak Adventure: Part 1 Intermission: Beyond Memory The Kazak Adventure: Part 2 Why are We Here? A Neat Piece of Logic New Dawn Fades The Rules of the Game Nature’s Fingerprint A Brief History of the Snowflake How the Leopard Got Its Spots A Universe Made for Us? A Day Without Yesterday? What is Our Future? Making the Darkness Visible Sudden Impact Seeing the Future Science Vs. Magic The Wonder of It All Dreamers: Part 1 Dreamers: Part 2 The End Plate Section Credits Picture Section Footnotes Index Acknowledgements About the Authors About the Publisher
From Brian
To George Albert Eagle:
It’s your future, little boy.
To my soulmate Anna, my beautiful children Benjamin, Martha and Theo, my wonderful mum Barbara, my brothers Paul and Howard and all of the ‘small creatures’ whom I am lucky enough to have with me in the vastness.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Praise for Professor Brian Cox
Dedication
Where are We?
Oakbank Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Observable Universe …?
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