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Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe

By: Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham
Narrated by: Daniel Whiteson, Jorge Cham
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Summary

An eminent physicist at CERN and the cartoonist behind the hugely successful PhD Comics answer the most important, most outrageous and funniest questions about everything.

You've got questions: about space, time, gravity and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.

As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can't I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What's inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn it into a dog?

Physics professor Daniel Whiteson and researcher-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham are experts at explaining science in ways we can all understand, in their books and on their popular podcast, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. With their signature blend of humour and oh-now-I-get-it clarity, Jorge and Daniel offer short, accessible and lighthearted answers to some of the most common, most outrageous and most profound questions about the universe they've been asked.

This witty and entertaining audiobook is an essential troubleshooting guide for the perplexing aspects of reality, big and small, from the invisible particles that make up your body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence in the corner of some other galaxy. If the universe came with an FAQ, this would be it.

©2021 Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Better Than Their Last Book!

This really is what the author’s describe it as: accessible for listeners of 9 to 90 years old. I didn’t think it was likely they could top their first outing together without treading water, going over previously covered topics, but somehow they managed to find even more original content to blow your mind.
Don’t be fooled by the juvenile humour and eye rolling puns either, as the genius of this book is that they genuinely drill down into complex, challenging physics, making it fully comprehensible to the most lay of lay people like myself.
I now understand for the first time some truly complex ideas that leading physicists have failed to convey, such as the genuine meaning of E=MC 2rd. Knowing what it means is not the same as understanding how and why it works that way.
These guys deserve educational awards and plaudits for their achievement.
Fun and educational, and not just being sold as that.

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