Bonus Materials: Listen to an audio narration by Neil deGrasse Tyson, view moving 3D images, and more. The Big Bang Never Happened: A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe

The hilarious Dara Ó Briain offers scientific answers to questions such as: how did life begin? How was the Earth created? Do aliens exist? The Art of Urban Astronomy: A Guide to Stargazing Wherever You Are Scientists are increasingly confident that there is life elsewhere in the Universe. But what would that life look like? Still this book managed to take some stress of my shoulders and help me worth treating university less seriously because of the jokes (BUT SHOULD A GUIDE RELY ON JOKES? - NOT REALLY, MAN) Praised by great authors, including award-winning science journalist Gaia Vince, The Human Cosmosis not just a pleasure to read, it's one you'll want to share with everyone you know who is interested in astronomy. Many of us have heard of space celebrities such as Tim Peake and Brian Cox writing about this topic, but – while books of that kind are included on this list – there are a wide range of great titles to be read in your search for an understanding of the Universe. Some of these will help amateur astronomers get to grips with the night sky, while others will bring heart-warming tales of the collaboration and community within the space industry.Think of your personal statement as an essay, only it’s an essay on yourself. It’s a way of showing an admissions officer – who, by the way, just wants you to make their job easier – what you’re about and why you’re the best thing since someone had the ingenious idea of putting peanuts inside M&M’s. (Seriously, where’s their Nobel Prize?) This book is brilliantly written, it's engaging and it's full of golden nuggets of information that I'm going to desperately need. I have tabbed this book to within an inch of its life, and I will definitely be revisiting it over the coming months and years. This book lists all 88 constellations by size, from Andromeda (the chained maiden) to Vulpecula (the little fox), each beautifully illustrated by artist Hannah Waldron, while Susanna Hislop’s accompanying text goes beyond the usual creation myths to include facts about legendary astronomers and more. Straight from the pen of a scientist working with commercial spaceflight comes a memoir of getting into the air. Kellie Gerardi has worked with NASA, tested technology that would be sent to the International Space Station, and helped develop programmes for future space exploration.

Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe (Hardcover) However, this is more of a point that speaks for me rather than against the work because at the moment I'm pretty good at surviving. For fans of Jim Al-Khalili's The World According to Physics, this book is an accessible and engaging introduction to one of the Universe's most extraordinary phenomena. It's also mostly helpful for people studying in the UK, which makes sense but just be aware of that.Levesque's writing is witty and honest, and asks us all to reconsider our relationship with the Universe. Writer Giles Sparrow tells the stories of well-known 'celebrity' stars such as Proxima Centauri, Betelgeuse and our very own Sun, but also of those holding the sky's secrets; supernovae, quasars and dark matter. Through these 21 stars (and 3 imposters) he reveals the impact that astronomy has played on science's understanding of the past, present and future. Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe (Hardcover)