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The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe

By: Prof. Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Alexandra Feachem
Narrated by: Eric Idle
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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.

 Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Science Social Sciences Black Hole Funny Witty Thought-Provoking Mathematics

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Critic reviews

Praise for the BBC Radio 4 programme The Infinite Monkey Cage:

‘A witty and irreverent look at the world according to science’ Independent

Praise for Professor Brian Cox:

‘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

‘He bridges the gap between our childish sense of wonder and a rather more professional grasp of the scale of things.’ Independent

‘Engaging, ambitious and creative.’ Guardian

‘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
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Fantastic awe inspiring humbling experience in a journey through space time. Worth every penny. super

Excellent book. Prof Brian Cox at his best

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Stellar performances and as hugely entertaining as the show. The comic strip descriptions are class!

Realtín

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Some amazing topics and new things to learn. The way it's put together makes so much sense especially with the comedy 5* from me.

Loved it

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But I will have to take Brians advice to rewind and listen again for further enlightenment.

Great listen .

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Eric Idol opening is an expression no artist could dislike.
The google reviews were the next funniest bit.
The rest of it felt like someone forgot to turn the radio off when they napped.

Love those days where time feels broken.

Well I did. Now I know the mechanism and I’m left empty of mystery and full of knowledge.

And I don’t have a universe in my shed as promised.

It started well but accelerated away from there the further I got.

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