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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
A Guide to the Universe|
CHF 8.00 |
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| Verlag: | Faber & Faber UK |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 04.09.2008 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780571246014 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 224 |
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Beschreibungen
The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world we live in. But, almost a century after their advent, most people haven't the slightest clue what either is about.
Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? And did you realize that 1% of the static on a TV tuned between stations is the relic of the Big Bang?
Marcus Chown, the bestselling author of What A Wonderful World and the Solar System app, explains all with characteristic wit, colour and clarity, from the Big Bang and Einstein's general theory of relativity to probability, gravity and quantum theory.
'Chown discusses special and general relativity, probablity waves, quantum entanglement, gravity and the Big Bang, with humour and beautiful clarity, always searching for the most vivid imagery.' Steven Poole, Guardian
Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? And did you realize that 1% of the static on a TV tuned between stations is the relic of the Big Bang?
Marcus Chown, the bestselling author of What A Wonderful World and the Solar System app, explains all with characteristic wit, colour and clarity, from the Big Bang and Einstein's general theory of relativity to probability, gravity and quantum theory.
'Chown discusses special and general relativity, probablity waves, quantum entanglement, gravity and the Big Bang, with humour and beautiful clarity, always searching for the most vivid imagery.' Steven Poole, Guardian
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine
New Scientist. His most recent books are
We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You,The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, Tweeting The Universe and
What A Wonderful World. He also wrote
TheSolar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011.
New Scientist. His most recent books are
We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You,The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, Tweeting The Universe and
What A Wonderful World. He also wrote
TheSolar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011.
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