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The Planets
- Narrator
- Samuel West
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 23 May 2019
- Run Time
- 7 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian
‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning
A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.
Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA photography.
Critics Review
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Praise for The Planets:
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‘So staggering you go whoa!’ every few seconds … Cox is the Attenborough of the Solar System’ Guardian
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‘Spectacular. [Cox’s] ability to convey maximum information in a clear and minimalist style is so softly winning and persuasive’ The Sunday Times
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‘Professor Brian Cox continues to boggle our minds’ Daily Mail
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‘It was life affirming, it was perspective shifting. It was beautifully made’ Fearne Cotton, The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Radio 2
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‘Amazing work’ Emma Barnett, Adrian Chiles, Radio 5 Live
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‘Starry-eyed Brian Cox is the only man for this job’ The Times
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‘Wow’ Evening Standard
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‘The professor makes us marvel at life on Earth’ iNews
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‘Excellent … a blend of enjoyable, accessible science and dreamlike wonder’ The Times
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‘Brian Cox breathes life into science again … breath-taking’ Guardian
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‘Fascinating … Good science’ Observer
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‘Extraordinary – at its best magically fascinating and full of vast, weird drama’ Radio Times
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Details
- Author
- Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrator
- Samuel West
- Duration
- 7 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9780008294311
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Popular science, Popular astronomy and space, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Space exploration, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Astrophysics, Cosmology and the universe, Galaxies and stars, Gravity, Theoretical and mathematical astronomy
Synopsis
‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian ‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before. Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock. Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA photography.
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