Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas

Informationen zum Autor Marcus Chown is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is now cosmology consultant for the New Scientist . His acclaimed books include What a Wonderful World , Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, We Need to Talk about Kelvin and The Ascent of Gravity ( Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017) . He is also the author of Solar System for iPad , which won The Bookseller 2011 Digital Innovation of the Year. www.marcuschown.com @marcuschown Klappentext 2 great science writers set themselves the challenge of describing the biggest theories in science in just 140 characters. 'It's ridiculous but ingenious! and wholly successful...' "Spectator" In Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas , by Marcus Chown and Govert Schilling, two great science writers set themselves the challenge to describe the biggest theories in science - each in just 140 characters. Zusammenfassung In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. Marcus Chown - 'the finest cosmology writer of our day' (Matt Ridley) - has known the Dutch writer Govert Schilling for twenty years.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Chown, Chown Marcus, Govert Schilling, Schilling Govert
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9780571295708
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29570-8
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; Physics, Cosmology and the universe, Mathematics and science, Cosmology; Physics; Twitter; Universe