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The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead: Dispatches from the Front Line of Science [Paperback]

Marcus Chown (Author)
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Publication Date: 20 Sep 2007

In Chown's most ambitious book to date he sets out to answer some of the most provocative questions of today:

- Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain?

- Will we ever find ET?

- What's beyond the edge of the Universe?

- Did aliens build the stars?

- Can we live forever?

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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: 12.9 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 201,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Chown, a scientist with a friendly prose style, investigates and clarifies the nature of the universe ... [it] fascinates.'
-- Sunday Herald

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

Reading this book is a little like being at a party with an almost perfect DJ. -- Independent on Sunday, January 21, 2007

The intellectual exuberance on display here is refreshing. -- The Times Higher Education Supplement, November 13, 2007

Yummy. A masterpiece. Unputdownable. -- Astronomy Now, February, 2007

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The cutting edge of science entertainingly explained by the brilliant New Scientist writer.

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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Big questions, even bigger answers 13 Aug 2007
By Toby Briggs
Format: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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3.0 out of 5 stars Frontier science and the ultimate questions 30 Nov 2008
By Steve M
Format:Paperback
If you're a beginner hoping to learn about the big bang, relativity and quantum theory, then this is probably not the best book for you. A title like Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos would almost certainly offer you a better understanding of these concepts, building your understanding more gradually and methodically.

However if you already have a basic grasp of such topics and fancy a highly (and I mean highly!) speculative detour away from established theories into the realm of fringe topics such as whether we might be living in a computer simulation or where we might begin to look for a possible message from the creator of our universe, then you should find this a mildly entertaining read, even if you question some of the conclusions.

At times it risks straying into theological territory, but not in a Bible-bashing way - for example, Chown relays the proposal of one physicist that the purpose of life might be to create an omnipotent and omniscient super-intelligence. That's the kind of book this is.

It has its faults - several glaring grammatical errors towards the end, and it's also strangely repetitive in parts, making it feel somewhat disjointed. Despite that, it's hard not to find the concepts he relays fascinating. Just don't expect to learn too much from it.
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47 of 50 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
By Mr. R. Bradley
Format:Hardcover
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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Good and bad bits - some interesting chapters and some I had to skip thru when scientific detail got a bit much for my limited knowledge
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This is a plodding book with very little vibrancy,take it to bed and you will not need any help sleeping!!
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