Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest
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Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest by Exors Of Russell Stannard
Who will solve the riddle of the quantum? Could it be you? Join Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken as she drinks from the magic bottle and shrinks down into the tiny world of jumping quarks and electrons. Help her and the White Rabbit explore a wonderland of light and matter where nothing is what it seems. Even today scientists remain baffled by their discoveries!
"'The marvellous Uncle Albert books have made quantum physics and relativity fun for countless children' Sunday Times; 'Enough to make a parent weep with gratitude.' Guardian"
Russell Stannard is a prolific author of award-winning books for children and for adults. For his work in making science accessible to children and to the public in general, he was awarded an OBE by The Queen, and has received the Bragg Medal of the Institute of Physics. He was involved in setting up the UK's Open University (the UK's largest university with over 250,000 students) where he headed the Department of Physics and Astronomy for 21 years. His research field was high energy physics, which he conducted at the CERN laboratory in Geneva and in major US laboratories. He has sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild - so far.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571226801 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571226809 |
| Title | Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest |
| Author | Exors Of Russell Stannard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2005-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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