PROFESSOR BRIAN COX CBE FRS is Professor of Particle Physics at the
University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public
Engagement in Science. He has worked on the Large Hadron Collider
at CERN, Geneva, the HERA accelerator at DESY, Hamburg and the
Tevatron accelerator at Fermilab, Chicago. Cox has written and
presented numerous TV series for the BBC, including Wonders of the
Solar System, Wonders of the Universe, Wonders of Life, Human
Universe, Forces of Nature, The Planets and The Universe. He is
also the co-presenter of The Infinite Monkey Cage radio series and
podcast. Cox has written numerous bestselling science titles with
Jeff Forshaw. For many years, he has lectured the introductory
Relativity and Quantum Mechanics course at the University of
Manchester, with Jeff Forshaw.
Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive
Producer of the BBC series Planets. He has been responsible for a
wide range of science documentaries, including the Wonders trilogy,
Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live. He lives in
London with his wife and three children.
Praise for Professor Brian Cox’s previous books: ‘If you didn’t
utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book.’
The Times ‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’
Guardian ‘In this book of the acclaimed BBC2 TV series, 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 ‘Will entertain and delight … what a priceless gift
that would be.’
Independent on Sunday
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