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Spectacular...
Other developers take note. This is how you build a quality program!! It's that good I'll happily pay for more content. Nice work.whiplash1234
Excellent application
I bought this app for my son, who has an interest in the subject. I found the interface intuitive and the material truly inspiring. Mr. Cox narration is a highlight. My son has been exploring it repeatedly for the last week. He surprised his teachers yesterday with a detailed story about the sun and its end. He is five. It shows what a wonderful learning tool this app is.Show lessMinmib
Problem
A complete waste of money. All the graphics are great, BUT the videos, after streaming, you look at a blank screen for about 10sec plus or minus, then the video starts ( if you're lucky) and if you are lucky, you get 2-3 words, then it freezes, and that's it--on ALL videos. If there's a lemon out there, I bought it. CANNOT recommend this app.
Money wasted .Show lessYakabilly
10 STARS!!!
Unbelievable...THE best educational app of its kind. Well worth the $7.50 and on the new iPad it only makes it better.craigcal
OK, but could be better
The content is fluffy; it is what you would expect from a television program that caters to the uneducated couch potatoe. However, my four year old likes content and controls. A few minutes per subject is a great bedtime lesson after reading a few fairy tales.
The streaming video is very slow, causing videos to pause and buffer for long periods; almost unwatchable. If the users could pre-cache the videos for local storage it would greatly enhance the experience.Show lessTorite.9
Neat app!
So educational with a beautiful interface for my new iPad! I really fell in love with this app. Top job. Hope to see more stuff added. Well worth $7.49 :DIvan_Krazy
Fantastic app
This is the future of education. The app is stunningly beautiful, informative, and intuitive / easy to navigate. Exactly what I want from an astronomy iPad app. Not sure why this would not get a 5 star rating from everybody. The content is good, with numerous videos, text, and hd image galleries for each topic. Brian Cox is a great narrator. His wonder, excitement, and curiosity for the universe is palpable as you finger through each chapter. The entire experience is smooth; Loading time is virtually unnoticeable, which really helps to immerse you into this learning experience. I've had this app for a few days and already there has been an update with new content. Props to the dev team. As a developer myself, I appreciate the time, thought, creativity, and production that goes into creating this app. I want this in the classroom instead of a textbook.Show lessSt4rG4ZeR
How I envy the young...
... because they will have a lifetime of learning with interactive media like this. Simple, straightforward, and visually stunning, this iPad app is really an object of beauty. I'm an astrophysics enthusiast and this app really appeals to me because it has all the best elements of the television series but lets me follow my train of curiosity. The feeling of being totally submersed in a subject is just wonderful and this app really gives one that feeling. I cannot wait to let my nieces and nephews use this program. I'm sure it will ignite in them the same fascination that I have with the cosmos and the atomic/subatomic world.Show lessEPM76
Simply amazing for the price
The guy who says he's a teacher must have missed what this app is for. I think this app is for the average user who wants to stimulate their minds and have a little visual pleasure. It also is a great tool for learning and never once expresses that this is a tool for a teacher to teach his ninth grade class. If it were so....I'm sure it would be a bit more in cost than what they are asking. All in all I think this app is amazing for the price. Definitely recommend this app!Show lessAngryUpset
Breathless Wonder
Awesome. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 as I would love to see Professor Cox engage the reader/watcher with additional content that is more sophisticated. I teach physics and astronomy to talented students at a high school using a on-to-one learning program. I think the current version doesn't have enough depth to keep them fully engaged. The potential to do so is definitely there and I encourage Professor Cox to built on this AWESOME beginning as I believe this app has enormous classroom potential. Don't be scared away by the price. As is, the app is well worth the cost.Show lessMr. Luigi
