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Big Bang: A Ladybird Expert Book by Marcus Chown
Category: Science | Series: Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Big Bang is an accessible, authoritative, and entertaining introduction to the greatest discovery in the history of science: that the universe has not existed forever but was born. There was a day without a yesterday.Written by award-winning writer and former ...Show more
Breakthrough by Marcus Chown
Category: Science
The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's astonishing predictive power. 'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one has ever known before? And why is mathematics so good at revealing n ...Show more
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand - Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown
Category: Science
A mind-bending journey through some of the most weird and wonderful facts about our universe, vividly illuminating the hidden truths that govern our everyday lives. "The tone is consistently light and breezy...an addictive, intriguing, and entertaining read...a handy guide for anyone yearning to spice ...Show more
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown
Category: Non-Fiction
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe.There is much about our world that seems to make perfect sense, and important scientific breakthro ...Show more
Magic Furnace by Chown Marcus
Category: Science
Marcus Chown's extraordinary account of how scientists unravelled the mystery of atoms and helped to explain the dawn of life is one of the greatest detective stories in the history of science. In fact, it is two puzzles intertwined: The origin of atoms, and the origin of stars. Neither story could be t ...Show more
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe by Marcus Chown
Category: Science
The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. 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 co ...Show more
Solar System: A Visual Exploration of the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies That Orbit Our Sun by Marcus Chown
Category: Non-Fiction
Never before have the wonders of our solar system been so immediately accessible to readers of all ages. This beautiful book presents a new and fascinating way to experience our planetary neighborhood. With hundreds of stunning photographs and graphics, as well as fascinating text by the award-winning w ...Show more
The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything by Marcus Chown
Category: Science
The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017 'Entertaining and at times mind-boggling guide to the weakest of nature's fundamental forces, which also controls the fate of the universe' Manjit Kumar, The Times Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the uni ...Show more
The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science by Marcus Chown
Category: Science
From gravity to black holes, tides 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 a ...Show more
The Photographic Card Deck of the Solar System: 126 Cards Featuring Stories, Scientific Date, and Big Beautiful Photographs of All the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies That Orbit Our Sun by Marcus Chown
Category: Non-Fiction
The Photographic Card Deck of the Solar System includes 126, 127 x 127mm cards. An individual planet, moon, asteroid is featured on each card. Additional cards explain scientific phenomenon such as the creation of the solar system, gravitation dead zones, the movement of planets, the possibility of life ...Show more
The Solar System by Marcus Chown
Category: Non-Fiction
In this title, bestselling author Marcus Chown leads us on a grand tour through the incredible diversity of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft that surround the Sun in our cosmic backyard. Illuminating his insightful and surprising text are a wealth of beautiful images and diagrams, print ...Show more
Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas by Marcus Chown & Govert Schilling
Category: Non-Fiction
In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down what is essential on each subject into sentences of 140 characters, and the results are both entertaining and ...Show more