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Independent on Sunday
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From Brian
To George Albert Eagle:
It’s your future, little boy.
From Andrew
To my soulmate Anna, my beautiful children Benjamin, Martha and Theo, my wonderful mum Barbara, my brothers Paul and Howard and all of the ‘small creatures’ whom I am lucky enough to have with me in the vastness.
Contents
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Copyright
Praise for Professor Brian Cox
Dedication
Where are We?
Oakbank Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth, Milky Way, Observable Universe …?
Off Centre
Changing Perspective
Outwards to the Milky Way
Searching for Patterns in Starlight
Beyond the Milky Way
The Great Debate
The Political Ramifications of Reality, or ‘How to Avoid Getting Locked Up’
The Happiest Thought of My Life
A Day Without Yesterday
Are We Alone?
Science Fact or Fiction?
The First Aliens
Listen Very Carefully
The Golden Voyage
Alien Worlds
The Recipe for Life
Origins
A Brief History of Life on Earth
A Briefest Moment in Time
So, are We Alone?
Who are We?
Spaceman
Apeman
Lucy in the Sky
From the North Star to the Stars
Climate Change in the Rift Valley and Human Evolution
‘An Unprecedented Duel with Nature’
Farming: The Bedrock of Civilisation
The Kazak Adventure: Part 1
Intermission: Beyond Memory
The Kazak Adventure: Part 2
Why are We Here?
A Neat Piece of Logic
New Dawn Fades
The Rules of the Game
Nature’s Fingerprint
A Brief History of the Snowflake
How the Leopard Got Its Spots
A Universe Made for Us?
A Day Without Yesterday?
What is Our Future?
Making the Darkness Visible
Sudden Impact
Seeing the Future
Science Vs. Magic
The Wonder of It All
Dreamers: Part 1
Dreamers: Part 2
The End
Plate Section Credits
Picture Section
Footnotes
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Publisher
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS A
MAN, HOW NOBLE IN REASON,
HOW INFINITE IN FACULTIES,
IN FORM AND MOVING HOW