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You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe [Hardcover]

Christopher Potter (Author)

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Publication Date: 5 Mar 2009

You Are Here is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it.

It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told.

Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy super-clusters, and from slime to Homo sapiens.

The universe was once a moment of perfect symmetry, and is now 13.7 billion years of history. Clouds of gas were woven into whatever complexity we find in the universe today: the hierarchies of stars, or the brains of mammals.

With wit and erudition, Christopher Potter takes us on a voyage beyond even time and space, to present the state of scientific knowledge at its most up-to-date and exhilarating.

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You Are Here is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it.

It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told.

Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy super-clusters, and from slime to Homo sapiens.

With wit and erudition, Christopher Potter takes us on a voyage beyond even time and space, to present the state of scientific knowledge at its most up-to-date and exhilarating.

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Hutchinson (5 Mar 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0091796881
ISBN-13: 978-0091796884
Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 2.7 x 23.9 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 339,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"You Are Here will provide an antidote to existential vertigo, helping you find your feet in a limitless universe" (Matt Ridley)

"For many years, I've secretly longed for someone to take me by the hand and walk me through time and space -- someone who would marvel with me at every strange thing we encountered, and pepper his scientific discourse with lines of poetry. Thank goodness Christopher Potter has come along at last." (Dava Sobel)

"A marvelously capacious book that will attract serious readers everywhere" (Booklist)

"Any reader who has avoided science for fear of being overwhelmed will find a friendly guide in Potter ... This clear and smoothly written look at the mind-boggling history of everything is both informative and provocative." (Publishers Weekly)

"Wonderful stuff, the most thoughtful pop science book of the last few years ... erudite, elegant and thoughtfully constructed" (Rod Liddle Sunday Times 2009-03-01)

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'Informative and provocative... Any reader who has avoided science for fear of being overwhelmed will find a friendly guide in Potter'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Existence in a nutshell! 2 April 2009

By Mr. Peter G. Malone

Format:Hardcover

The history of the universe, man's interpretation of it, his place within it down the ages, an overview of the interaction of the disciplines of philosophy, religion and science from Aristotle to the present day, an easily understood explanation of the physics, chemistry and biology that underpin our universe as we perceive it and all presented in an inquiring and undogmatic way.

Whew! What else does an interested layman need on the subject? This is one of the few "must keep" books one will ever read - that is if the reader values understanding the "meaning of life" in so far as he is capable of understanding it at all! That limitation is made abundantly clear.

Mr. Potter's writing flows, is unaffected (unusual for the genre) and reeks of authority acquired over a lifetime of dispassionate and intelligent observation. Also, surprisingly for a book that out-Hawkings Hawking, a stonking good read from start to finish. Wow factor 10/10.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - a wonderful debut 13 May 2009

By Floundering Fathers

Format:Hardcover

A great book that walks you through from the largest distances to very very small things (or non-things), from the beginning of cosmic history to its end(s).

While the book frequently looks at the search for a unifying theory, this book wittingly unifies many disparate areas of knowledge. Potter opens the book with the idea of him as a child trying to write out his full address, the solar system, the milky way, the universe. It does feel like a parent giving shape to our universe. And it will be a good cheat sheet (though, as said in another review, not a good text book) for the questions I will in turn be asked as a parent. It will give me confidence in answering at some point, "we don't know."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere over the Rainbow 22 Mar 2009

By GRANE

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An unique book which lifts you up and beyond the educated layman's horizons of knowledge onto a magical journey between hard wired scientific theories about the earth and our biology. A treatise where the certainty of scientific experimentation is always measured against the fact that science not only creates new perspectives of objectivity but at the same time can and does destroy our selves and our environment. And, often deceives us in the name of Progress. The book is an astonishing synthesis of human intellectual development and the fact that with nothing more than their five senses to play with many of the early Greek philosophers intuitively knew as much as we do today. Don't be intimidated by the breadth of Christopher Potter's knowledge: even if you don't get everything you will end up knowing more than you thought and it is written in inviting, often mischievous prose, and punctuated by illuminating literary references that you may want to hang onto forever.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing!

I bought this book on a whim - I thought it looked intriguing. It turned out to be as thought-provoking as it was intelligent, witty and, literally, mind-blowing. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Piers Harper

5.0 out of 5 stars A REVEALING TRIP VIA TIME & SPACE- FROM EARTH THRU THE UNIVERSE,

Four and a half ADVENTUROUS Stars!! Author Christopher Potter takes us on a short journey across 14 Billion years of time & space using hard science & speculation, unassailable... Read more

Published 18 months ago by RBSProds

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to science

This a very interesting little `pop science' book from an author who, having studied science at university, had left that world behind to pursue other interests and now decided to... Read more

Published 22 months ago by S. Meadows

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read

A good overview for the lay reader of current scientic understanding of Cosmology, evolutionary biology and other fundamental topics. Read more

Published on 8 July 2010 by Howard Somerville

4.0 out of 5 stars clear and readable

A very accessible account of some difficult ideas. Easy to read and good value. Recommended.

Published on 27 Jun 2010 by d griffiths

4.0 out of 5 stars Erudite and accomplished

Essentially this fascinating and lucid work covers the same sort of ground as Bill Bryson's excellent 2003 book "A Short History Of Nearly Everything" and it could be thought of as... Read more

Published on 2 Jan 2010 by R. Darlington

2.0 out of 5 stars Subject matter - 5 stars. Christopher Potter's writing style - minus 3...

I found Potter's writing style almost impossible to bear. He starts off as an exceedingly long winded bore, flips to a staccato delivery of facts and finishes with a flourish of... Read more

Published on 1 Jan 2010 by anonymous

5.0 out of 5 stars You are Here: A Portable History of the Universe

Written in excellent English, it is remarkable how the author, Christopher Potter, has been able to condense so much in a small volume without loss of quality. Read more

Published on 22 Dec 2009 by GJP HOWELLS

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You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe

I ordered this book for a Birthday present, so can only say book arrived in satisfactory order. Read more

Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Maureen Gee

4.0 out of 5 stars Perspective

An excellent read, it puts earth into perspective for you and asks some more interesting questions on time and dimensions.

Published on 6 July 2009 by Mr. A. Bell-smith

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