Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown

Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown

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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. This work covers this topic.

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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown

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 realise that 1 percent of the static on a TV tuned between stations is a relic of the Big Bang?
"'This is what good popular science writing is all about' Nature"
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. He is also cosmology correspondent of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. He has written a number of popular science books, including Afterglow of Creation, The Magic Furnace, The Universe Next Door and The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead.
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ISBN 13 9780571235452
ISBN 10 057123545X
Title Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Author Marcus Chown
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2007-11-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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