Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe

Chown, Marcus

ISBN 10: 057123545X / ISBN 13: 9780571235452

Editore: Faber & Faber, 2007

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• Titolo: Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 057123545X
• ISBN 13: 9780571235452
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 450 grammi

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The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world we live in. But, almost a century after their advent, most people haven't the slightest clue what either is about. Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? And did you realise that 1 percent of the static on a TV tuned between stations is a relic of the Big Bang?