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The Universe

Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

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The Universe

By: John Brockman
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson, Danny Campbell, Jo Anna Perrin
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In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of The Universe and everything in it, including the cutting-edge research and discoveries that are shaping our knowledge.

Lee Smolin reveals how math and cosmology are helping us create a theory of the whole universe. Neil Turok analyzes the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big bang, and the possibility of a unified theory. Seth Lloyd investigates the impact of computational revolutions and the informational revolution. Lawrence Krauss provides fresh insight into gravity, dark matter, and the energy of empty space. Brian Greene and Walter Isaacson discuss Albert Einstein.

And much more. Explore The Universe with some of today's greatest minds: what it is, how it came into being, and what may happen next.

©2014 The Edge Foundation (P)2014 Tantor Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Physics Science Mathematics Black Hole

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Enjoy listening to this a lot. Easy to listen to if you're interested in space and astrophysics. Some topics go into great detail but in my opinion it still can be followed relatively easily due to how it has been written!

Informative and interesting

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I loved listening to this whilst making my way to work. it is technically challenging but very rewarding for sure. I found it fascinating listening to the way a scientist's brain works, in some instances they're obsessive and weigh heavy with inflated egos and other times meek and just wanting to solve an obscure problem. Someone should write a thesis about them!😊

Ultimately, I think we need these types of ppl and I'm sure that one day a meaningful breakthrough will happen, perhaps a cure for cancer or the eradication of all types of dementia? preferably both.

I would recommend listening to this audio book. if you're technically minded, inquisitive, are looking for crazy concepts like "what is roughness" or just want to get a basic understanding of String Theory, the Big Bang or that crazy stuff they call Dark Matter, and perhaps if the answer truly is 42 🥴

mind bending

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First half is really good and made me want to mark this one down as a 5*; one physicist work flows in to the next. I particularly enjoyed Chapter 4 for the humor, although that chapter did sound like it was being narrated by a text to speech engine.

The works went a bit off-course for me though in the second half. I found it hard to follow the 90 minute chapter which was reciting a conversation between two physicists, if you knew who they are then I suspect it might mean something or be interesting, for me it was just dull. Since it was so uninteresting it faded in to the background and I couldn't tell you what it was about at all.

The last chapter is also a bit of a weird one, having covered the structure of the universe, quantum physics, Newtonian physics, inflation theory etc etc I found it a bit bizarre to end with an apparently random chapter on roughness, the author also took every opportunity to blow his own whistle which I found very frustrating. I feel it was only included as a tip of the hat because the author, Benoit Mandelbrot, died a few years before publication of the works.

Definitely worth a listen, although I think it's aimed more at knowledgeable laymen or students rather than the total layman, so I wouldn't recommend starting off with this one if you're new to the subject.

First half 5*! Second half.....

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I’ve read probably 50 great books in the last 2 years on the Universe, black holes, quantum physics etc, and loved almost every page… this book however spends so much time discussing much deeper aspects of the subjects of equations and math that I hold my hand up, this is a step beyond me and possibly more suited to a Uni student or graduate, who I think would love it.

Probably better suited for university graduates

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