Black Bodies and Quantum Cats
Tales of Pure Genius and Mad Science
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2006
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-85168-499-1 (ISBN)
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-85168-499-1 (ISBN)
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Two parts physics to one part history and popular culture produces this delightful book, which makes the greatest advances in science accessible to all.
Jennifer Ouellette skillfully blends science and popular culture to shed vibrant new light upon some of the most revolutionary scientific inventions in the history of mankind. Addams Family Values illustrate Newton’s laws, Back to the Future demonstrates the finer points of special relativity, and Jeannette Winterson’s novel Gut Symmetries provides an elegant metaphorical framework for string theory. By combining colourful historical details with literature, art,and music, this book proves that physics is not arcane or even very scary, but is instead an exciting and profoundly human endeavour—and a fundamental part of our everyday world.
Jennifer Ouellette skillfully blends science and popular culture to shed vibrant new light upon some of the most revolutionary scientific inventions in the history of mankind. Addams Family Values illustrate Newton’s laws, Back to the Future demonstrates the finer points of special relativity, and Jeannette Winterson’s novel Gut Symmetries provides an elegant metaphorical framework for string theory. By combining colourful historical details with literature, art,and music, this book proves that physics is not arcane or even very scary, but is instead an exciting and profoundly human endeavour—and a fundamental part of our everyday world.
Jennifer Ouellette is a former English major and self-confessed ‘physics phobe’. She is associate editor of APS News, the monthly publication of The American Physical Society, and has written on topics as varied as the acoustics of Mayan pyramids and New York City subways and the precarious pitfalls of pseudoscience. Visit her Cocktail Party Physics blog at www.twistedphysics.typepad.com
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.10.2006 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85168-499-9 / 1851684999 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85168-499-1 / 9781851684991 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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