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Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.
‘Wonderful in every sense’ Guardian
‘I wish Brian Cox had been my physics teacher’ The Times
‘Undeniably beautiful’ Daily Mail
‘Engaging and elucidating’ Metro
‘[The Universe] looks spectacular and the science is mind-boggling’ Telegraph
Praise for The Planets by Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox:
‘So staggering you go whoa!’ every few seconds … Cox is the Attenborough of the Solar System’ Guardian
‘Spectacular. [Cox’s] ability to convey maximum information in a clear and minimalist style is so softly winning and persuasive’ Sunday Times
‘Professor Brian Cox continues to boggle our minds’ Daily Mail
‘It was life affirming, it was perspective shifting. It was beautifully made’ Fearne Cotton, The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, Radio 2
‘Amazing work’ Emma Barnett, Adrian Chiles, Radio 5 Live
‘Starry-eyed Brian Cox is the only man for this job’ The Times
‘Wow’ Evening Standard
‘The professor makes us marvel at life on Earth’ iNews
‘Excellent … a blend of enjoyable, accessible science and dreamlike wonder’ The Times
‘Brian Cox breathes life into science again … breath-taking’ Guardian
‘Fascinating … Good science’ Observer
‘Extraordinary – at its best magically fascinating and full of vast, weird drama’ Radio Times
Praise for Professor Brian Cox:
‘Cox’s romantic, lyrical approach to astrophysics all adds up to an experience that feels less like homework and more like having a story told to you. A really good story, too’ Guardian
‘He bridges the gap between our childish sense of wonder and a rather more professional grasp of the scale of things’ Independent
‘If you didn’t utter a wow watching the TV, you will while reading the book’ The Times
‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ Guardian
Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive Producer of the BBC series Planets. He has been responsible for a wide range of science documentaries, including The Planets, the Wonders trilogy, Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
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 Planets, the popular BBC Wonders trilogy, Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live.