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Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
Jim Al-Khalili
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Paperback. How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? And why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? This title deals with these questions? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Jim Al-Khalili is about to untangle the world's greatest science conundrums... ___________ How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? Why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? Our subject is 'perceived paradoxes' - questions or thought-experiments that on first encounter seem impossible to answer, but which science has been able to solve. Our tour ... Read more
Jim Al-Khalili is about to untangle the world's greatest science conundrums... ___________ How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? Why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? Our subject is 'perceived paradoxes' - questions or thought-experiments that on first encounter seem impossible to answer, but which science has been able to solve. Our tour ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552778060
SKU
V9780552778060
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About Jim Al-Khalili
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, OBE is an academic, author and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the University of Surrey, where he teaches and carries out research in quantum mechanics. He has written a number of popular science books, translated so far into 20 languages, with his most recent being Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science. He ... Read more
Reviews for Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
The wizardry of Jim Al-Khalili is irresistible. Marvel at the mind-bending Zeno's paradox! The amazing ambiguity of Schroedinger's Cat! The preposterous postulations of perpetual motion! The extraterrestrial extrapolations of Fermi's paradox! and other wonders of physics, philosophy, even poetry. I have had tremendous fun writing this book, says Professor Jim. Reading it is the best fun you can ... Read more