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Space

10 Things You Should Know

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 This book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraordinary, expanding universe.

Written by Oxford astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst and composed of ten captivating, simple essays, it guides you swiftly through the galaxies, explaining the mysteries of black holes, dark matter and what existed before the Big Bang, presenting the evidence as to whether we really are alone, illuminating what we still don't know, and much more besides.

If you have big questions about Space, this book will provide you with the answers in an engaging and succinct way. Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Physics Science Black Hole Thought-Provoking Interstellar

Critic reviews

Bite-sized, cutting edge science delivered with enormous enthusiasm - all you need to travel the cosmos (Chris Lintott)
A lot of astrophysics is packed into this neat little book . . . I guarantee you will come away knowing your dark matter from your supermassive black holes (Jim Al-Khalili)
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Easy to listen to and grasp some big concepts.
Just like her youtube channel, Dr Becky is engaging and fun to listen to.

Easy to listen to.

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...that is the question. This book is just right type of book if you have just started with astrophysics. it is just right type of book if you are just curious or if you just want to know more. In either case, just pick up this book or I will just pull your arm off. Just kidding, but still pick up this book.

To quench, or to burp...

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As the title says, brilliant book. what a fantastic narrator beautiful voice. One of the best books I have listened to on the subject. Thanks

brilliant book, highly recommend

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I like listening to Becky Smethurst. She imparts knowledge easily and makes it easy to keep going and find out more. She needs to write more books perhaps in depth.

Excellent all round

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Science explained in a way that those of us that don't have a degree can understand.

Doc Becky rocks!

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