Wondering if it was possible to top up my knowledge so a book wouldn't make a fool of me again, I immediately looked up entry requirements to complete a 4 year physics degree at the University of Manchester. We now understand that the argument is seriously undermined by the overwhelming evidence in support of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Today, the study of black holes appears to be edging us in a new direction, towards a language more often used by quantum computer scientists.

I can't hold my excitement when the author introduces Quantum Computing with its relationship with the Holographic Principle to simulate our spacetime reality. If so, the entropy of the black hole would start falling at some point, when the escaped particles would start matching their friends from before. Some say it’s no problem, because they can never meet again, some say otherwise, but I’m not sure I understand exactly what they say lol. But what of the fixed law of gravity, a prerequisite for the existence of the planets on which the endless forms evolved? I usually just read once a day, but this book caught me off guard with its complexity I decided to read it once more.High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole – heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon. This book took the complexity of black holes and narrated it in such a way that you could comprehend what was being discussed without losing the point, which is, this is a complex subject! Professor Brian Cox CBE FRS is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. Black Holes doesn't do this – not even close – and my eyes began to glaze over every time a new equation was introduced and then explained in a dense and academic series of paragraphs without much in the way of respite. This is most likely a 5* book, but I’m only rating it on my own reading experience (including my obvious ignorance to space stuff).

Information processing is a feature of our universe — and black holes are crucial to our cosmic understanding. The authors' passion for the subject is evident in every page and makes for a captivating and educational read. Caused by something 4 million times bigger than our Sun, it is where space and time are so warped that everything within 12 million kilometres is trapped, even light.

It's a great shame, because the cutting-edge ideas delivered, however imperfectly, in the book are fascinating and profound. As a science book, I'm sure this must be a remarkable and accurate piece, but as a popular science book, it must be considered something of a failure. Space and time are so warped in its vicinity that light rays are trapped if they venture closer than 12 million kilometres. The complexity of the topics discussed meant even Cox and Foreshaw were struggling to simplify the content to an universally understandable level.

The more the authors enlightened me about Black Holes, the denser my brain became until I eventually passed through the Event Horizon (my ability to read further) which resulted in a Singularity.The role of information science in describing black holes may be pointing us towards a novel description of Nature, but this does not imply we were programmed. PROFESSOR JEFF FORSHAW is a theoretical physicist and Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester. Having read some other reviews, I’ll read some more of their books to see if the message is a bit clearer, or I just don’t get it. it’s definitely more in depth than some of their other books, but that was something i really loved about it!