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Light Years: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
Brian Clegg
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Description for Light Years: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
Paperback. The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it.
The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Macmillan Science
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230527256
SKU
V9780230527256
Shipping Time
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About Brian Clegg
BRIAN CLEGG has written five popular science books, including A Brief History of Infinity and The God Effect, and twenty business books; these have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and Indonesian. Brian runs the website www.popularscience.co.uk and writes, lectures and broadcasts widely about science. He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge ... Read more
Reviews for Light Years: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
Reviews for previous editions: 'Extraordinary, humorous, interesting, awesome' - NewScientist 'Immensely likeable' - Guardian 'A fascinating book on a fascinating subject' - Sir Patrick Moore CBE 'Illuminates and entertains' - Sir Clive Sinclair