Most of it feels unrelated to uni for example there are tips for living on your own (even few cooking recipes) also... it's very targeted to British audience (which I am most definitely not). Stargazing does not have to be complicated, reveals Abigail Beall in this beautifully compact guide. It's not a hobby reserved for those who can afford a telescope, nor is it completely inaccessible to city-goers who spend most of their time under a light-polluted sky. The Big Bang Never Happened: A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe Bonus Materials: Listen to an audio narration by Neil deGrasse Tyson, view moving 3D images, and more.

Even though I appreciated the basic survival tips and the A level revision tips (those will be coming in useful way too soon!), I especially appreciated and loved the sections on diversity, wellbeing and dealing with rejection. I won't lie - a few tears were shed when I was reading the dealing with rejection section and the imposter syndrome section, as a lot of that stuff hits very close to home. The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality (Hardcover) Grade expectations: What grades do the universities expect from you? I’d recommend applying to at least one uni that is quite ambitious, and at least two that are safe bets (as in, you know you’re likely to get the grades they’d expect of you).Even though I still think I need to do a lot of research into university/medical school, and actually choose which ones I'm applying to, I feel slightly more at ease now I've read this. Accommodation: What are the different types of accommodation available? How close to the campus or university buildings are they? What’s the bathroom situation? What’s the kitchen/common area like? Who better to describe life in space than someone who’s walked the (space)walk? Peake pens answers to the public’s burning questions, revealing what space smells like, how he enjoyed a cosmic cuppa, and what it felt like to return to Earth. For more reading recommendations and free samples of new and popular books, sign up to our book club newsletter below. I really did not want to mark this book so low but I thought he was just a bit forceful with some of his ideas that I did not agree. These ideas of his had also nothing to do with the Uni experience. To add one of the last bits of the book about imposters syndrome I thought was stupid. If you struggle with imposters syndrome do not read that as it is as useful as a chocolate fire guard.

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. I was set to give this book a 3/5 until I reached the wellbeing section which essentially saved it for me. The chapter about mental health was very well written and the analogy was one I'd never heard before and I really liked it. The letter he wrote to his pre-university self was also surprisingly moving. Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos—in breathtaking 3D. Presenting a rich array of stereoscopic color images, which can be viewed in 3D using a special stereo viewer that folds easily out of the cover of the book, this book reveals your cosmic environment as you have never seen it before. 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. We think it's a great collection of space and astronomy books, but if you think we've forgotten any please do let us know over on the Science Focus book club Facebook group. Or, take a look at our list of big, coffee table photography books about space.Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe (Hardcover) 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.