The Magick of Physics
Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Life
$66.64
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2023
Summary
An award-winning Oxford physicist draws on classic sci-fi, fantasy fiction, and everyday phenomena to explain and celebrate the magical properties of condensed matter physics and the world around us.
Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker proves that the feats of modern science are indeed magic–just familiar magic. The name for this magic is “condensed matter physics.” Most people haven’t heard of the field, yet more than a third of physicists identify as condensed matter researchers, ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982170608 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1982170603 |
| Author: | Felix Flicker |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 155mm x 231mm |
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Felix Flicker
Felix Flicker is a lecturer at Cardiff University in its School of Physics and Astronomy. He holds an MPhys in physics from St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and received his PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of Bristol in 2015. He won The Neville Robinson Prize for Best Academic Performance in the Final Honours School in his third and fourth years. He has published in both Nature and Science, and has delivered talks at the Royal Institution. Felix has also delivered talks on the mathematics, physics, magic, and superstition of knots. Felix has trained in Kung Fu for twenty years and has been an instructor for fifteen years. He is the former British Champion of Shuai Jiao (Chinese wrestling), and a student of Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) and sailing.
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