Un recorrido por la actual teoría científica de la materia que permite explicar las sorprendentes propiedades de las partículas subatómicas o por qué si los átomos están prácticamente vacíos no atravesamos el suelo que está bajo nuestros pies.¿Qué es la física cuántica? ¿Cómo nos ayuda a entender el mundo? ¿Dónde deja a Newton y a Einstein? Y, sobre todo, ¿por qué podemos estar seguros de que es una buena teoría?Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw ofrecen un modelo co...

La historia de cómo Albert Einstein descubrió la ecuación más famosa de la ciencia y sus repercusiones en la física moderna.¿Qué significa en realidad E = mc²? Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw emprenden un viaje hasta las fronteras de la ciencia del siglo XXI para descubrir qué se esconde detrás de la secuencia de símbolos que conforman la ecuación más famosa de Einstein. Explicando y simplificando las nociones de energía, masa y luz, demuestran que esta ecuación contiene ...

The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox.A Guardian, Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year*Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich*****From Titus Andronicus with the RSC to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction ...

A nossa origem, destino e lugar no mundoUniverso Humano aborda algumas das maiores questões colocadas pelo Homem quando tenta compreender a sua própria natureza e o Universo onde vive. Através dos intermináveis avanços da mente humana, Brian Cox e Andrew Cohen exploram o nosso conhecimento atual e até onde a nossa curiosidade nos pode levar no futuro.Com uma visão inovadora e um discurso acessível, Universo Humano revela como o tempo, a física e a química se uniram para cria...

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary ...

Brian Cox e Jeff Forshaw si spingono alla frontiera della scienza del ventunesimo secolo per riflettere sul vero significato della sequenza di termini matematici che creano l'equazione-simbolo di Einstein, E=mc². Spiegando i termini uno per uno, si chiedono: cos'è l'energia? Cos'è la massa? Cosa c'entra con energia e massa la velocità della luce? Per rispondere, ci portano fino a un esperimento tra i più grandi mai esistiti: l'acceleratore di particelle noto con il nome di Large Hadron Col...

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes.Today, across the universe, at the heart of every gala...

Four more series of Brian Cox and Robin Ince’s multi award-winning science/comedy show – including the 100th episode and The Infinite Moonkey Cage, a special hour-long episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landingsOne of BBC Radio 4’s most popular programmes, The Infinite Monkey Cage sees physicists Robin Ince and Brian Cox taking a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes. Aided by guests from the worlds ...

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.In Wonders of the Solar System – the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series – Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit.The Wonders of the Solar System – from the giant ice fountains of Enceladus to the liquid methane seas of Titan and from storms twice the size of the Earth to the tortured moon of Io with its giant super-volcanoes – is ...

The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science.But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good?The bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe has led to some very woolly pronouncements on the nature of all int...

The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox.A Guardian, Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year*Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich, an executive producer of HBO's Succession, a former chief drama critic of The New York Times, and the author of the memoir Ghost Light.*...

“…Cox delivers an intriguing life story that depicts Eastern spiritual practice as a tonic to Western culture… He also arrestingly describes his own spiritual experiences on the path to enlightenment…” — Kirkus Reviews“Through it all, tennis plays an important role physically and spiritually, and lovers of that sport will grasp both the reality and the metaphor through the author’s accounts…he also provides welcome splashes of humor…” — Self-Publishing ReviewEnjoy a courtsi...