Youniverse: A Short Guide to Modern Science - Couverture rigide

Elsie Burch Donald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0715654225 ISBN 13 : 9780715654224

Editeur : Duckworth, 2021

Synopsis

'A fine piece of work... very entertaining and informative... It should appeal and be useful to the generalist who wants an overview of science.’
SIR PETER RATCLIFFE, NOBEL LAUREATE

YOUR GUIDE TO SCIENCE, FROM THE BIG BANG TO ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Youniverse is a short, accessible beginners' guide to modern science that explains some of the ways we know the incredible nature of our universe: what it is, how it works and, most importantly, what is your place in it? The Big Bang, matter, energy, particle physics, biology, evolution and the future of technology are the subjects.

Plain speech, short chapters, digestible chunks of information, and absence of scientific jargon and equations are the style. Science is a realm of marvels - worlds of the unimaginably big and the inconceivably small. Vetted by 13 distinguished scientists, including one Nobel Prize Winner and four Fellows of the Royal Society, you'll be in good hands as you travel through time and space. It's the book Elsie wished for when she first made this journey herself.

*** Praise for YOUNIVERSE ***

'I enjoyed and admired Youniverse - quite an eye-opener, actually, and answered many questions that had long puzzled me as well as exposing numerous matters I hadn't even realised I didn't know about. I love the economy and clarity and sense of fun with which the whole thing's carried off.'
ALAN HOLLINGHURST

'An amazing accomplishment. It will fill a gap in the literature.'
NEIL A.R. GOW, FRS, PROFESSOR OF MICROBIOLOGY AND DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AND IMPACT AT EXETER UNIVERSITY

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elsie Donald Burch is not a scientist but she is an autodidactic learner. She was born in Tennessee and educated at local schools, Sweet Briar College, in Virginia, and Edinburgh University. She worked at Marshall Cavendish, editing a multi-volume encyclopaedia, then started a small book packaging company called Tigerlily before becoming a full time writer. Elsie has published six books, three novels and three guide books including: A Model American (Doubleday), A Rope of Sand (Doubleday), Nashborough (HarperCollins), The French Farmhouse (Little, Brown), Debrett's Etiquette and Modern Manners (creator and editor), and The London Shopping Guide (Penguin). Today, she divides her time between London and southwest France.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

What are you, who are you and where are you going? - the beginner’s guide to modern science

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duckworth
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715654225
• ISBN 13: 9780715654224
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible