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The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen
Brian Cox
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Description for The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen
Paperback. What is quantum physics? How does it help us understand our amazing world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good? This title gives us the real science behind the bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe, and reveal how everything that can happen, does happen. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
From the bestselling authors of Why does E=mc2? comes The Quantum Universe, in which Brian Cox, presenter of the BBC's Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, and Jeff Forshaw go on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science.
But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand our amazing world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good?
Here, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw give us the real science behind the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241952702
SKU
9780241952702
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99-1
About Brian Cox
Brian Cox (Author) Brian Cox is a Professor of Particle Physics and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and works at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. He is also a popular presenter on TV and radio. Jeff Forshaw (Author) Jeff Forshaw is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester, ... Read more
Reviews for The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen
A scientific match made in heaven...as breezily a written accessible account of the theory of quantum mechanics as you could wish for - from the Planck constant to the Higgs particle and everything theoretically in between
Observer
Mindblowing ... what is novel about this attempt is that the writers take an intellectual rather than a historical approach ... ... Read more
Observer
Mindblowing ... what is novel about this attempt is that the writers take an intellectual rather than a historical approach ... ... Read more