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The Universe in Your Hand

A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond

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The Universe in Your Hand

By: Christophe Galfard
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe . . .

The Universe in Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and puts us in the deathly grip of distant black holes. Along the way you might come to understand, really understand, the mind-bending science that underpins modern life, from quantum mechanics to Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Through brilliant storytelling and humour rather than graphs and equations, internationally renowned astrophysicist Christophe Galfard has written an instant classic that brings the astonishing beauty of the universe to life – and takes us deep into questions about the beginning of time and the future of humanity.

©2019 Christophe Galfard (P)2019 Macmillan Digital Audio Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Physics Science Thought-Provoking Black Hole Suspenseful Mathematics

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Amazing book which can satisfy the people who know enough but not enough. Brilliant book

Amazing

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christophe, next please a layman's guide to thought experiments :).. your use of metaphor has been an inspiration !

hitchhikers guide to the REAL universe

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brilliant insight into physics and our universe as we know it whilst not making it too hard to grasp

excellent read

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A great listen and interesting from start to finish covering the whole gamut of physics.
I enjoyed the fact that he put the listener in the driving seat when exploring the very big and the very small.
Touches on some very up to date theories.

Well presented tour de force of physics

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its the 3rd time ive listened to this book and I seem yo get more out of it every time!
It walks for me the perfect line between pushing the limits of what my brain can understand whilst entertaining and explaining hugely complicated concepts in a language we call all access - wonderful

To me the best science book ever written

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