Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

A Guide to the Universe

Marcus Chown (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2008
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-23546-9 (ISBN)

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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? This book is a science book discussing such questions.

The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. 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? Get set for the most entertaining science book of the year.

Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is now cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2008
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 197 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
ISBN-10	0-571-23546-8 / 0571235468
ISBN-13	978-0-571-23546-9 / 9780571235469
Zustand	Neuware