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Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't cook from the inside out? In this fascinating scientific tour of household objects, The One Show presenter and all-round Science Bloke Marty Jopson has the answer to all of these, and many more, baffling questions about the chemistry and physics of the everyday stuff we use every day.
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"How does life create order from chaos? And just what is life, anyway? Leading physicist Paul Davies argues that to find the answers, we must first answer a deeper question: 'What is information?' To understand the origins and nature of life, Davies proposes a radical vision of biology which sees the underpinnings of life as similar to circuits and electronics, arguing that life as we know it should really be considered a phenomenon of information...
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This book provides a lively and visual introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity. It brings to life the excitement of this fascinating subject, for an audience including young people at school (post-16) and the general public with an interest in modern physics. It is different from existing books in that is uses many diagrams and simple equations (the reader is carefully guided through them), and richly rewards the reader with beautiful mathematical...
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"Peer deep into the heart of existence and find out why particle chaos was the making of matter. Why is there always something rather than nothing? As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons. Following the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson, WhyThe Universe Exists takes you deeper...
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"Michio Kaku -- odkrywca i fizyk, autor bestsellerów, w Kosmosie Einsteina snuje opowieść, w której splata biografię uczonego z jego dziełem, ukazując Wszechświat takim, jakim widział go Einstein, i pozwalając nam na jedyne w swoim rodzaju wniknięcie w sposób myślenia geniusza. Chociaż teorie Einsteina miały niezwykle rozległe implikacje, on sam myślał właściwie w kategoriach prostych fizycznych obrazów -- pędzących poci[a]gów,...
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"Una invitación a la reflexión y descubrimiento a la ciencia con un contenido que prepara al lector para entender los nuevos y fascinantes paradigmas de la física contemporánea. El nacimiento del universo, el destino de los agujeros negros, la realidad del tiempo, la mecánica cuántica o la teoría de la relatividad son algunos de los protagonistas del presente título. Objetos de estudio tanto de la física como de la filosofía antigua, estos...
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Most people assume that only a mathematical genius can understand Einstein's theory of special relativity. In fact, it boils down to a single rule: the universe has a speed limit, the speed of light. This accessible, imaginative book by an innovative science communicator and a highly regarded physicist provides a one-stop short course on Einstein's theory of special relativity. The authors consider the consequences of this puzzling feature of the...
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Can you really lose weight by consuming nothing but ice cream and beer? How does the latest blockbuster movie get squeezed onto a disk, and how do they make the pictures seem 3D? How much does a selfie weigh? What's the science behind forensic investigations, body scans, and the dating of ancient artefacts? The Physics Behind... takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the scientific principles that that make the modern world work. Could...
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A Mysterious Universe introduces the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, and cosmology to a novice in simple language. This concise book deals with deep issues related to the mysteries of modern physics.Both quantum mechanics and relativity are highly mathematical subjects and are not easily accessible. In 2020, the author wrote a book Quantum Mechanics for Beginners with the aim of introducing the fundamentals of quantum...
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Do you love quantum physics, cosmology, and the humor behind the popular television show The Big Bang Theory? Have you been on the lookout for a fun, non-technical explanation of the science behind things like time travel, antimatter, and dark energy? Start reading, and you'll find that hard science doesn't have to be hard--it is delivered in an engaging and entertaining cartoon world inhabited by two dogs, a cat, and some very quirky quarks. --
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