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Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
How patterns--from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders--offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world. Our universe might appear chaotic, but deep down it's simply a myriad of rules working independently to create patterns of action, force, and consequence ...Show more
Ten Physicists Who Transformed Our Understanding of Reality by Brian Clegg
Category: Popular Science
Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists ...Show more
The Graphene Revolution - The Weird Science of the Ultra-Thin by Brian Clegg
Category: Science | Series: Hot Science Ser.
Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science. In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene - the thinnest substance in the world - by using sticky tape to separate an atom-thick layer from a block of graphite. T ...Show more
The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
The Reality Frame Relativity and Our Place in the Universe by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
Weaving together the great ideas of science, Reality s Frame takes us on a thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the massive tran ...Show more
The Reality Frame: Relativity and Our Place in the Universe by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
Weaving together the great ideas of science, The Reality Frame takes us on a thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the massive tr ...Show more
The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain by Brian Clegg
Category: Science & Natural History
Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence. In the sequel to his bestselli ...Show more
The Universe Inside You: The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain by Brian Clegg
Category: Science & Natural History
Fascinating facts and mind-boggling science of the human body. Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the mo ...Show more
What Colour is the Sun?: Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System's Brightest Quiz by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? What kind of animal can have 21 limbs? Who would really win a fight between a T.Rex and Godzilla? Test your knowledge of all things scientific with the biggest, brightest and most mind-bending quiz book this side of the Big Bang. Featuring 100 brain-melting Q& ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
What If Einstein Was Wrong?: Asking the Big Questions About Physics by Brian Clegg
Category: Science | Series: What If?
Asking the big questions about physics. What if...? are the two words that sow the seeds for human speculation, experimentation, invention, evolution, revolution, and change. In an uncertain age, economists are asking, What if growth stopped growing?; scientists, What if light speed were overtaken?; and ...Show more
What If Einstein Was Wrong: Asking the Big Questions About Physics by Brian Clegg
Category: Science
What if...? are the two words that sow the seeds for human speculation, experimentation, invention, evolution, revolution, and change. In an uncertain age, economists are asking, What if growth stops growing? Scientists, What if light speed gets overtaken? and politicians, What if the third world become ...Show more