Fundamental: How quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything (except gravity) - Couverture souple

James, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472143485 ISBN 13 : 9781472143488

Editeur : Robinson, 2019

Synopsis

In the same way that Tim's first book Elemental, a Daily Mail Book of the Year in 2018, serves as a beginner's guide to Chemistry, Fundamental provides a very entertaining beginner's guide to quantum and particle physics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tim James is the child of Welsh/English and Jamaican parents. He was raised in Nigeria, educated in England and lives in America where he is frequently mistaken for an Australian. He taught chemistry and physics for eleven years and now works full-time as an author and screenwriter. Sometimes he has a beard.

Tim is the author of five science titles and his books have been translated into eleven languages. Accidental was nominated for the best popular science book of 2024 by Smart Book, a Polish competition endorsed by the prestigious Jagiellonian University and the renowned Copernicus Festival.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Understand every quantum phenomenon without the need for complex maths

Tim James dispels the myth that quantum and particle physics are too difficult for most of us to grasp and reveals why they are fascinating and relevant to all of us.

In the quantum realm, objects can be in two places at once; time travel is not only possible, but necessary; cause and effect can happen in reverse; and observing something changes its state. From parallel universes to antimatter, quantum mechanics has revealed that when you get right down to it the laws of nature appear to make no sense.

Quantum mechanics is our best attempt to understand these fundamental laws and Tim James brings the subject to life with humour, a few quirky sketches and the stories of brilliant scientists and their incredible experiments that led to major advances, from microchips to particle accelerators. He also explains how quantum field theory - a topic not covered in detail by any other popular science book - gave rise to particle physics and why the Higgs boson isn't the end of the story.

Tim James is a popular science speaker, commentator, teacher and YouTuber.

Praise for Tim's first book, Elemental:

'A hugely entertaining tour of the periodic table and the 118 elements that are the basic building blocks of everything' Daily Mail, which selected it as one of the best books of 2018

Website: timjamesscience.com YouTube: timjamesScience Instagram: @timjamesScience

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Robinson
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472143485
• ISBN 13: 9781472143488
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible