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A History of the Universe in 100 Stars
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars.
Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly you need a huge telescope. There are big stars, small stars, nearby stars and faraway stars. Some died a while ago, others have not even yet come into being. Collectively they tell the story of the whole world, according to Freistetter. There is Algol, for example, the Demon Star, whose strange behaviour has long caused people sleepless nights. And Gamma Draconis, from which we know that the earth rotates around its own axis. There is also the star sequence 61 Cygni, which revealed the size of the cosmos to us.
Then there are certain stars used by astronomers to search for extra-terrestrial life, to explore interstellar space travel, or to explain why the dinosaurs became extinct.
In 100 short, fascinating and entertaining chapters, Freistetter not only reveals the past and future of the cosmos, but also the story of the people who have tried to understand the world in which we live.
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- J. Arkinstall
- 29-10-23
Fantastic book and great narration
A must listen for space fans. The approach of looking at it on a star-by-star level is a phenomenal way of exploring the subject.
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- Paul Murphy
- 21-01-24
A better understanding of the stars
A must listen for any aspiring amateur astronomer. The author presents a fascinating look at the universe from a unique perspective. Going through a 100 stars chapter by chapter all with a story to tell.
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- Matthew Skinner
- 03-07-22
Cosmic Tour de Force
I loved this book. 100 short stories makes for a fast-paced barrage of wonderful facts and explanations. As soon as I finished I began again as there was so much to absorb. And I am glad I did as it was just as enjoyable the second time.
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- sonic_eu
- 28-12-22
noice
well narrated interesting stories about different stars. great for casual astronomers or the like. wish it didnt end
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- M Ghori
- 26-07-23
Brilliant!
A really enjoyable telling of the science of the night through stories about individual stars.
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- William J
- 06-03-23
Boldly gone …,,,,,,
An enjoyable trek in the era of Webb and Hubble - to be dipped into in any order.
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- Prof Dunc
- 03-01-24
Enthralling!
This is simply brilliant! Captivating stories with just enough detail (I will admit I have purchased other books to delve deeper into some of the stories). Incredibly well researched and the performance of the narrator was spot on. Big shout out for an excellent translation into English. I only wish my rusty German was still good enough to have understood it in the original German.
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- Michael G.
- 01-05-22
Utterly superb
The best audiobook on astronomy.
Over 100 short chapters he covers all the history and current developments in astronomy.
I loved this audiobook!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-09-22
The best audiobook on astronomy that I own
This is a great listen. As the title says, it’s divided into a hundred self-contained chapters and each chapter is properly labelled so you can find things again later: ALL audiobook producers should do the same. The translation from the original German is seamless and the reader is absolutely excellent. I could listen to him all day and he’d obviously done his homework because there are none of the pronunciation howlers that mar so many technical books. There’s a fair bit of physics detail but each new definition is described in detail as it comes up, and thereafter the listener is treated as a grown-up and is assumed to have understood what has already been explained. Recommended without reservation.
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- Gavin
- 16-03-23
facinating throughout
very much enjoyed this book, fact after fact about the universe. didnt want the book to end.
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