Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Title | Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-09 |
Genre | Physics |
ISBN | 9780571235469 |
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
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Title | Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2008-09-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 057124601X |
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
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Title | Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Physics |
ISBN | 9780571235452 |
The most accessible guide to quantum physics there is, from the New Scientist cosmology correspondent.
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Title | Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Faber & Faber Non Fiction |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-09-04 |
Genre | Quantum theory |
ISBN | 9780571315024 |
The perennial bestseller: Big science explained in a beautifully clear and entertaining way by the popular cosmologist.
The Ascent of Gravity
Title | The Ascent of Gravity PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2017-11-07 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1681775948 |
Why the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to understanding the nature of time and the origin of the universe. Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the universe. It was the first force to be recognized and described yet it is the least understood. It is a "force" that keeps your feet on the ground yet no such force actually exists. Gravity, to steal the words of Winston Churchill, is "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." And penetrating that enigma promises to answer the biggest questions in science: what is space? What is time? What is the universe? And where did it all come from? Award-winning writer Marcus Chown takes us on an unforgettable journey from the recognition of the "force" of gravity in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015. And, as we stand on the brink of a seismic revolution in our worldview, he brings us up to speed on the greatest challenge ever to confront physics.
What a Wonderful World
Title | What a Wonderful World PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0571278426 |
With wit, colour and clarity, What A Wonderful World quickly and painlessly brings us up to speed on how the world of the 21st century works. From economics to physics and biology to philosophy, Marcus Chown explains the complex forces that shape our universe. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing? In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumbs' length each year, how money permits trade to time travel why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing and why we are all living in a giant hologram.
The Quantum Zoo
Title | The Quantum Zoo PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Chown |
Publisher | Joseph Henry Press |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2006-03-29 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Chown ("The Universe Next Door") admirably takes on the task of elucidating two of the most commonsense-defying concepts in modern science: quantum mechanics and relativity.