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In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, physicist, broadcaster and consultant for New Scientist, applies his deep understanding of complex things to simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, the book explains the essence of our existance, stopping along the way to answer such questions as why do we breathe? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? And how did an advanced breed of monkey like us get to dominate the earth?
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A pretty wonderful book. (Richard Dawkins)
Reading a well-written popular science book is one of the great pleasures of modern times, and this guided tour through life, the universe and everything affords that pleasure in abundance. (Brandon Robshaw Independent)
Crammed with brain-boggling facts. (The Mirror)
A brilliant book that makes you realise how much you don't know. (Love Reading)
In this thought-provoking book, Chown endeavours to deepen our understanding of the existence of a wide range of things including time, brain, civilization, capitalism, communism and quantum theory ... He succeeds marvelously ... Lucidly written and hugely entertaining this is a great read. (Good Book Guide)
Descrizione del libro
What a Wonderful World by Marcus Chown is filled with beautifully accessible explanations of the complex forces that shape our world, from economics to physics and biology to philosophy.
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- EditoreFaber & Faber
- Data di pubblicazione2014
- ISBN 10 0571278418
- ISBN 13 9780571278411
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine448
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