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Science but not as we know it : cutting-edge concepts made simple / written byh Ben Gilliland ; consultant Jack Challoner.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, c2015Copyright date: copyright 2015Description: 192 pages : illustrations (black and white, colour), map (colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780241184196
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500 .G481 2015
Summary: The media reports on the latest scientific discoveries and breakthroughs can seem like a foreign language, from black holes, to dark matter and exoplanets to leap seconds. Get to grips with these difficult concepts by reading Ben Gilliland's unique take on them. 'Science but not as we know it' takes complex scientific ideas and breaks them down for the non-scientist, from explaining the size of the Universe, to how black holes work, Schroedinger's cat and the Higgs boson. Difficult ideas and theories are compared to everyday things we are familiar with - forces become armies and electrons have personalities. This book will have you saying 'I get it now!' over and over again. You no longer have to be a rocket scientist to understand rocket science.
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Print Materials Elementary School Library Elementary - Reference 500 .G481 2015 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0120477
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Includes index

The media reports on the latest scientific discoveries and breakthroughs can seem like a foreign language, from black holes, to dark matter and exoplanets to leap seconds. Get to grips with these difficult concepts by reading Ben Gilliland's unique take on them. 'Science but not as we know it' takes complex scientific ideas and breaks them down for the non-scientist, from explaining the size of the Universe, to how black holes work, Schroedinger's cat and the Higgs boson. Difficult ideas and theories are compared to everyday things we are familiar with - forces become armies and electrons have personalities. This book will have you saying 'I get it now!' over and over again. You no longer have to be a rocket scientist to understand rocket science.

Young Adult

Text in English

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