Bluff Your Way in the Quantum Universe - Couverture souple

Klaff, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853048631 ISBN 13 : 9781853048630

Editeur : Ravette Publishing Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

A simple, light-hearted guide to the Universe which attempts to explain what happens, and why so that the bluffer is able to feign, find or affirm some sense of wonder.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Jack Klaff is a writer, performer and occasional academic. His first film was Star Wars. His first TV show featured Morecambe and Wise. His London stage debut, involving wild sex scenes, led to a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has won awards for his work in all media; now that s bluffing on an astronomical scale. He has held four visiting professorships at Princeton University and was for three years Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Starlab in Brussels. That s bluffing on an unfathomable scale. Jack has worked closely with Intelligence Squared, for whom he has interviewed a number of scientists, including aged Nobel-winning physicists, all of whom unbidden do brilliant, incomprehensible impressions of Niels Bohr. Among Jack s unusual performing gigs have been a talk at the European Parliament and his theatrical trilogy about male/female relationships performed in Saudi Arabia. His next book, Does Science Have all the Answers? could be even shorter than this one, containing just the word No .

Présentation de l'éditeur

Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of quantum physics, with The Bluffer s Guide to The Quantum Universe. Never again confuse a boson with a hadron, a fermion with a meson, or a photon with a lepton or an electron. If in doubt, always fall back on a bluffon. Bask in the admiration of your fellow physicists as you pronounce confidently on the theories of superstrings and entanglement, and hold your own in any discussion about Schrödinger s Cat. DO SAY If you were a visiting Martian and saw two creatures walking together, one scooping the other s poop, who would you think was in charge? DON T ASK What do you get when you cross a Jack Russell with a shih-tzu? (And the answer s not a Russ-zu). The Bluffer's® Guides: the 5-million-copy bestselling book series. These short, humorous guides contain all the facts you need to become an instant expert.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ravette Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853048631
• ISBN 13: 9781853048630
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible