Book description
“You Are Here is not just physics for poets, but as close to poetry or music as science is ever likely to get. Christopher Potter’s narrative is as imaginative, ingenious, and elegantly concise as it is user-friendly.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
“A personal, brilliant, and often…
Why read it?
1 author picked You Are Here as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
For everyone who bought A Brief History of Time and was even more confused by the end, this is for you. There are no pictures, just lovely words, lots of incredible facts, and some lovely connections between seemingly unconnected things.
It's a great dipping book, too, as each chapter deals with different aspects of why and how we got to where we are.
From Geoff's list on The best science books for kids that are also great for adults.
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