Professor Lucie Green is a solar physicist at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory and regularly appears on the BBC's Star Gazing Live with Brian Cox, the Today programme, The Infinite Monkey Cage and Sky at Night. She works with the world's major space agencies (including NASA), and speaks regularly at the Royal Society and Cheltenham Science Festival. In 2009 she won the Royal Society's Kohn Award for her work promoting public engagement with science.
A bright prism of a book that casts light on the whole of physics.
Fascinating and eye-opening
*Ben Miller*
This is a fabulous introduction to our home star, written with an
insider's insight and an enthusiasm that makes it very
approachable. The physics is beautifully woven in with the human
story - what do you do when faced with the challenge of studying
something that is 150 million km away? How can you learn anything
about a ball of mass and energy that's too hot to visit? But humans
have overcome at least some of those challenges to discover that
there's far more to the Sun than you might suspect. And the best
thing about it all, as Lucie makes clear at the end, is that the
journey continues and the best may be yet to come
*Helen Czerski, author of 'The Storm in a Teacup'*
Wonderful...makes you simply gaze out of the window pondering for a
while. As with all the best popular science writing, Green has the
ability to draw out a sense of wonder in the fundamental processes
behind everyday experiences. The future of solar science is bright,
and Lucie Green an inspiring guide
*Daily Telegraph*
This book takes a fascinating look at a literally brilliant subject
... Lucie Green is a world authority on solar physics with a gift
for communicating space science. This is not a dry physics
textbook. The history and excitement of discovery, such as how
astronomers found out what the sun is made of, are brought to life
through human stories about the characters involved. Throughout,
Green's friendly and fluid writing style makes this one of the most
enjoyable books about science you could hope to find
*Book of the Month - BBC Sky at Night Magazine*
Thrilling ... Lucie Green's huge enthusiasm for the Sun is apparent
throughout
*Spectator*
Green, a solar physicist at University College London, is an
engaging and careful companion. She is clearly enamoured of her
subject and keen to acknowledge those who have gone before her ...
Reading this book confirms what I felt as a student: that truly
understanding the Sun is as much about philosophy as it is about
physics
*Financial Times*
Green's enthusiasm for her subject is infectious ... [a] fine
book
*Times Higher Education*
The author's passionate enthusiasm for her subject shines through
on every page ... an outstanding and eminently readable book which
conveys a remarkably comprehensive and wide-ranging account of our
nearest star
*Astronomy Now*
Her touch is light; her sense of wonder infectious
*Telegraph*
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