REVIEWS OF Afterglow of Creation
In the UK…
"A very good
piece of storytelling... Chown writes as if he were addressing his fellow human
beings."
New Scientist
"Practically
perfect."
The Good Book Guide
"A
book I'd recommend to my mother! An an excellent overview of the whole story,
written in an exciting way, while being pretty fair on all the main players,
and presented at an accessible level."
"Chown superbly
captures the spirit of scientific endeavour... The story is told with panache
and the science is so well explained it makes and effortless read. Afterglow of
Creation is upbeat, witty and informed."
The Sunday Times
"An excellent
introduction to the most recent developments in cosmology... he carefully
explains intricacies in which other writers would have been bogged down."
The Observer
"The thrilling
story of the search and study of the heat created when the Universe was born...
This is what Big Science is really like."
The Daily Telegraph
"Chown's book
could reach people who have never know nor cared about the origins of the
cosmos."
Association of British Science Writers
"The secret of
the universe in 170 pages!"
Focus
"My favourite
book."
Yehudi Menuhin, Vilonist
In Australia…
"Beautiful
science, beautifully told."
The Australian
In the US…
"It's a long
time since this reviewer has read a popular science book that so accurately
communicates the science involved while maintaining the reader's interest
through the beauty of the written word...Afterglow excels at portraying science
as a human endeavour where personalities, ideas, egos, politics and money all
mix in the endeavour we know asastronomy... This book should be in every middle
school, high school and public library and on the shelves of anyone interested
in either astronomy or the nature of science. It is a wonderful story,
brilliantly told."
The Science Teacher
"Chown writes
in a deceptively breezy style that conceals his impressive understanding of
astrophysics and cosmology... This is science as it really happened, not the
dry-bones account of how it was supposed to happen found in textbooks. All in
all, Afterglow of Creation is a wonderful read for college and high school students,
and also for well-educated adults, who may find it sparks an interest they did
not realise they possessed.
Science Books and Films
"A lucid
account of the key developments in modern cosmology, especially good in
capturing the human dimension of scientific work."
KirkusReviews
"Very
readable, even somewhat breezy... could serve as a novice introduction to a
complex subject."
Library Journal
"Afterglow of
Creation is an entertaining read. I can recommend it to lay people, but those
who will gain most from it are scientists in other fields curious about the
recent huge strides in cosmology."
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
"Books like
Afterglow of Creation keep the story of the universe and the hard work of human
discovery alive."
Astronomy
"An extremely
entertaining narrative of the birth of cosmology."
American Scientist