The One Thing You Need to Know
The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science
$35.98
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2023
Summary
From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know to get to grips with the subject.
In a world in which most people are time poor, telling them the one thing they need to know to understand a topic and showing how everything else follows as a logical consequence is a novel an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789294804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1789294800 |
| Author: | Marcus Chown |
| Publisher: | Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
This book will surely spark many people’s interests in science by introducing them to an idea they can understand, be passionate about and pursue further. * BBC Sky at Night magazine *
Marcus Chown
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 were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won The Bookseller’s Digital Innovation of the Year for Solar System for iPad.
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