Wonders of Life

Informationen zum Autor Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known to the public as a science broadcaster and presenter of the highly popular BBC2 series Wonders of the Solar System. He was also the keyboard player in the UK pop band D:Ream in the 1990s. Klappentext Published to coincide with a major new BBC series fronted by the popular Professor Brian Cox, this uncovers the secrets of life in the most unexpected locations and in the most stunning detail. What is life? Why do we need water? and Why does life end? Cox explains how the astonishing inventiveness of nature came about and uncovers the milestones in the epic journey from the origin of life to our own lives. Follows the success of "Wonders Of The Solar System" and "Wonders Of The Universe". Zusammenfassung What is Life? Where did it come from? Why does it end?

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Cohen, Brian Cox, Professor Brian Cox
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2013
• EAN: 9780007452675
• ISBN: 978-0-00-745267-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 286 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; NATURE / Sky Observation, Space Science, Cosmology & the universe, Popular astronomy & space, Cosmology and the universe, Popular astronomy and space, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology