Prof. Brian Cox’s How The Universe Will End

by Brian Cox

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Professor Brian Cox shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. In this short he explains how this vast and complex universe – the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years – will end. Taken from his bestselling, mind-blowing exploration of space, Wonders of the Universe.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Science

20 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2012

About the author

Not to be confused with actor [Author: Brian Cox].

Brian Edward Cox, OBE (born 3 March 1968) is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow, PPARC Advanced Fellow and Professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the R&D project of the FP420 experiment in an international collaboration to upgrade the ATLAS and the CMS experiment by installing additional, smaller detectors at a distance of 420 metres from the interaction points of the main experiments.

He is best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programmes for the BBC, boosting the popularity of subjects such as astronomy; so is a science popularizer, and science communicator. He also had some fame in the 1990s as the keyboard player for the pop band D:Ream.

Reviews

[Nicola Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely little, concise read describing the universes end. An almost poetic writing on how the universe will blink out of existence, a heat death and ending of everything.

I’ve always been a fan of Brian’s writing and this is just as great as all of his other work. I found myself wanting to read more and this is way too short but then again, that is the whole point of this short e-book and there’s nothing after the end to write about! But I loved the way the information was presented and written and definitely makes you think about all those inconsequential things you worry about when ultimately, the bigger picture of things, the universe is just so vast it’s barely comprehensible!

Overall, a great little insightful short book. Definitely worth a read.

[KTQAPrimeUS1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[milda☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very quick and easy read:)

[Moneem Ahmed]

An almost poetic book on how the universe might end

[Midgetbee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some really interesting information unfortunately broken up every few pages by meaningless gifs or repeating key phrases in REALLY BIG LETTERS makes this a frustrating read.

However it did make me want to buy the Wonders of the solar system so I guess it did what it was supposed to.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty bleak

What this short does not discuss, as it is strictly about our universe, is the theory the author discusses in other work that our universe is one of a potentially infinite number eternally beginning in a fractal formation - that, creation having begun, it may continue. All abit mind blowing either way!

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A e-pamphlet, not a book. It seriously takes 5 minutes. Download it from your library if you are curious about how the stars go out.

[jm gossman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoughts on this

A very concise and eloquent essay on the fundamentals currently thought to be true relating to the end of the universe.

[Al]

*I'm cheating*

[emery · Rating 3 out of 5]

not much to it, but nice