The Physics Book by Clifford Pickover, A. - ISBN: 9781454957805
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Explore physics’ biggest ideas, from the Big Bang to black holes.

The Physics Book

From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection

$54.73

  • Paperback

    544 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2025

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Summary

This richly illustrated chronology of physics contains more than 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries.

In addition to exploring such engaging topics as dark energy, parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God particle, and Maxwell’s demon, the book’s timeline extends back billions of years to the hypothetical Big Bang and forward trillions of years to a time of ‘quantum resurrection.’

This reissue includes four new entries: 2012 (Discover…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781454957805
ISBN-10:1454957808
Author:Clifford Pickover, A., Clifford Pickover
Publisher:Union Square & Co.
Imprint:Union Square & Co.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:544
Release Date:1 July 2025
Weight:1.44kg
Dimensions:38mm x 263mm x 252mm
Series:Union Square & Co. Milestones
About The Author

Clifford Pickover, A.

Clifford A. Pickover has published more than 50 books, translated into a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art, and history. He received his PhD degree from Yale University, has been granted more than 800 US patents, and has more than 180,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers. For many years, he was an IBM researcher and inventor and editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He is the author of many other books including Death and the Afterlife, The Physics Book, and The Math Book, which won the Neumann Prize. Clifford lives in New York.

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