The Origin of (Almost) Everything - Couverture rigide

New Scientist; Lawton, Graham

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857886615 ISBN 13 : 9781857886610

Editeur : Nicholas Brealey Pub, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking.

From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why your keyboard is laid out in QWERTY (it's not to make it easier to type) or whether the invention of the wheel was less important to civilization than the bag (think about it). New Scientist does.

And now they and the New York Times' brilliant graphics editor Jennifer Daniel want to take you on a whistlestop journey from the start of our universe (through the history of stars, galaxies, meteorites, the Moon and dark energy) to our planet (through oceans and weather to oil) and life (through dinosaurs to emotions and sex) to civilization (from cities to alcohol and cooking), knowledge (from alphabets to alchemy) ending up with technology (computers to rocket science). Witty essays explore the concepts alongside enlightening infographics that zoom from how many people have ever lived to showing you how a left-wing brain differs from a right-wing one.

Revue de presse

Important... The Origin of (Almost) Everything doesn't look like a typical science book. It's friendly and colourful. Its blocks of text and ample images, makes it read more like a magazine than textbook. Unravelling dozens of life's biggest mysteries, Lawton and Daniel's irreverent storytelling approach answers nagging questions that have inspired centuries of scientific inquiry... Like The Origin of (Almost) Everything suggests, the best science writing and illustrations don't just answer your questions - they compel you to ask more. (WIRED)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nicholas Brealey Pub
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857886615
• ISBN 13: 9781857886610
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible