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The One Thing You Need to Know
The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science
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Ideal for curious nonscientists seeking clear and compact explanations of profound scientific concepts, especially those with limited time who want to grasp key ideas quickly.
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See moreBestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters.
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters.
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From gravity to black holes, special relativity 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 are time poor, telling them the one thing they need to know to understand a topic and showing how everything else follows as a logical consequence is a novel and fun way to communicate a lot of deep stuff in a compact and digestible form.
Divided into twenty-one short chapters, this will be a fascinating look at the one thing you need to know to understand some of science’s most important ideas, from atoms to quantum computing, electricity to plate tectonics.
Bestselling author Marcus Chown is a master at breaking down complex science into understandable bite-sized chunks and, in a similar vein to Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, this will be perfectly suited to the curious nonscientist.
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BBC Sky at Night magazine praises the book for its ability to spark interest in science, introducing readers to understandable ideas that they can passionately explore further.
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ISBN: 9781789294804
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 February 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Illustration: integrated black and white diagrams
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 330g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University. His books include Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, which was The Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year; Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand; What A Wonderful World; Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You; and WeNeed to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation, both of which were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won The Bookseller’s Digital Innovation of the Year for Solar System for iPad.
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