"Two and a half million years ago, when our distant relative Homo habilis was foraging for food across the Tanzanian savannah, a beam of light left the Andromeda Galaxy and began its journey across the Universe. As that light beam raced across space at the speed of light, generations of pre-humans and humans lived and died; whole species evolved and became extinct, until one member of that unbroken lineage, me, happened to gaze up into the sky below the constellation we call Cassiopeia and focus that beam of light onto his retina. A two-and-a-half-billion-year journey ends by creating an electrical impulse in a nerve fibre, triggering a cascade of wonder in a complex organ called the human brain that didn’t exist anywhere in the Universe when the journey began"^ ^ ^That kind of mind-blowing observation punctuates this rather thrilling book. Good stuff. Littered with errors, plus some ambiguous language and occasional poor typography, nevertheless the book is an impressive and ambitious project.I just wish the authors had had some better proof-readers because the frequent errors really take the shine off this book - and leave me wondering how many errors I'm not seeing but are still there. Despite this, the text is informative, many of the images are beautiful, and the overall message is inspiring.
What do You think about Wonders Of The Universe (2011)?
There’s a new guru to take over the mantle from Carl Sagan!
—atm
Absolutely amazing. I Kinda want to marry him...
—sagillis
Brilliant! Educational and interesting.
—Krysiej13
