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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (20 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571220568
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571220564
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Marcus Chown has the happy knack of making abstruse subjects seem intelligible.' Sir Patrick Moore"

Guardian, January 27, 2007
A limousine among popular-science vehicles ... Superb.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Big questions, even bigger answers, 13 Aug 2007
This review is from: The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead (Hardcover)
Big questions. Brave people with even bigger answers which, even if they turn out to be wrong, illuminate vast areas of modern science. Chow takes you by the hand and leads you to the frontier of knowledge - literally, since one of his big questions is: What is the limit of what we can know? What IBM mathematician Gregory Chatin has to say about this will leave your brain reeling, but it has implications for everything from the limits of computers to the origin of human intuition, imagination and creativity. Elsewhere Chow asks: What happened before the Big Bang explosion? Where does the everyday world come from? Can life survive into the infinite future of the Universe? Why do we experience a common past, present and future when none of these concepts appear in our basic description of space and time (remarkably, it may be due to our biology rather than to physics)? And why are fridges hard to shove about?! (because empty space is "sticky"!) This is a very stimulating book which I have raved about to all my friends.
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41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The never ending days of trying not to get lost in this book, 26 Jan 2007
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As soon as I took it off the shelf I was hooked. You get tucked into the pages after the heading of the first chapter. The words begin to flow and you're taken on a smooth ride into the heart of all the really interesting bits of science, the ones that have the most extreme of theories and questions. All the information is explained in true layman's terms Which is a big help to non degree level people like myself, and is broken down in quick night time session chapters, yet don't expect to sleep easy, some of the information and facts about quantum theory are somewhat upsetting and take away most, or any individual belief that we are unique and more than just lucky animals. All and all a great read for the open minded.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly mind-boggling, 30 Jan 2007
By B. M. Clegg (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This book is really approachable, yet it covers some of the most amazing scientific theories and speculations around. At times you'll be hard pushed to believe this is real science, not science fiction - but it is. A really excellent read - much better than those silly science questions books about penguins feet freezing that the cover seems to be copying.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Never-ending Days of Being Dead
This morning I was finishing of one of the most enjoyable books I have read, that being Marcus Chown's "The never ending days of being dead"

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A good read but tends to make assertions rather than employ intellectual rigour to make his case. Sense he's written this to fulfil a legal obligation rather than write it as a... Read more
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I notice that the Guardian (above) called this a limousine among popular science vehicles. I heartily agree. Read more
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I would like to caution those readers who like a lot of science in their popular science books. This book is more about amazement than explanation. Read more
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Very well written with some brillant ideas. Excellant read it you like this sort of stuff!
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