Uncle Albert and Quantum Quest - Brossura

Stannard, Russell

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571226809 ISBN 13: 9780571226801

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2005

Riassunto

Who will solve the riddle of the quantum? Could it be you? Join Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken as she drinks from the magic bottle and shrinks down into the tiny world of jumping quarks and electrons. Help her and the White Rabbit explore a wonderland of light and matter where nothing is what it seems. Even today scientists remain baffled by their discoveries!

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Descrizione del libro:

The last - and most remarkable - adventure of the famous scientist Uncle Albert.

L'autore:

Russell Stannard is a prolific author of award-winning books for children and for adults. For his work in making science accessible to children and to the public in general, he was awarded an OBE by The Queen, and has received the Bragg Medal of the Institute of Physics. He was involved in setting up the UK's Open University (the UK's largest university with over 250,000 students) where he headed the Department of Physics and Astronomy for 21 years. His research field was high energy physics, which he conducted at the CERN laboratory in Geneva and in major US laboratories. He has sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild - so far.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571226809
• ISBN 13: 9780571226801
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160