One of the world's brightest science stars explains that there's more to the Sun than meets the eye.
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, BBC Breakfast, Sky at Night and 10 O'clock Live. She works with the world's major space agencies (including NASA), and is helping build Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency spacecraft that will gradually work its way into an orbit that takes in closer to the Sun than the planet Mercury.
This is a fabulous introduction to our home star, written with an
insight and an enthusiasm that makes it very approachable...
there's far more to the Sun than you might suspect
*Helen Czerski, author of 'The Storm in a Teacup'*
Wonderful...makes you simply gaze out of the window pondering for a
while. 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... 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*
Professor Green has been studying the sun for 20 years and her
passion for her 'favourite star' burns from every page
*Daily Mail*
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