The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain Paperback – 5 April 2012

After reading many popular science books, I could grasp some of the phenomena scientists know how about. Finaly I could understand the difference between weight and mass; I could visualize easily an atom and its particles; and more.Highly recommended!

So much to learn, so many facts that I ignored and was happy to learn. Brian Clegg is genial. I recommend it.

Este libro lo compré en una promoción en la que me salió a menos de dos euros. Posiblemente, al precio normal, no lo habría comprado.En cualquier caso, me alegro de haberlo comprado, ya que el libro (en inglés, claro), explica muchísimas cosas del cuerpo humano y a menudo se permite muchas divagaciones interesantes, aunque a veces se hace demasiado complejo para alguien sin ciertos conocimientos del tema.Además, el libro dispone de una página web donde se pueden realizar los "experimentos" que se proponen.

The world inside you is as fascinating and vast as the universe outside of you. In fact it is all one. This book is so interesting, sensational, but based on scientific fact. It is highly readable, and endlessly intriguing. It makes you feel lucky to be alive and to be witness to ourselves, this planet and beyond. Looking forward and backwards in time, simultaneously.

I have really enjoyed this book. I like the way how the author got the basics of the human body in one book with old and new knowledge out of the world of physics. This is maybe not big science but very nice to read. To be able to understand it the reader should have let's say secondary I (Realschulabschluss in Germany) education.Dagmar_A