Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand - Making Sense of the Wonders of Our Universe

Informationen zum Autor Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University. His books include Breakthrough , The Ascent of Gravity , which was the Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year; Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand ; What A Wonderful World ; Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You ; We Need to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation , the latter two of which were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won the Bookseller ’s Digital Innovation of the Year Award for Solar System for iPad . Klappentext An exploration of the most profound science occurring around us, set to engage non-scientists. Comparative titles include "How To Teach Quantum Physics To Your Dog" and "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?" Zusammenfassung Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and the universe with fifty fascinating and mind-boggling facts.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Chown, Chown Marcus
• Publisher: Michael O'mara Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2018
• EAN: 9781782439493
• ISBN: 978-1-78243-949-3
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 222 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Reference, HISTORY / Reference