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'Readers will experience happy eureka moments.' --The Times
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'A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand this crazy universe we live in. Superb.'
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No need to be scared. Expect to be thoroughly entertained. Thoroughly recommended.
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Charming and revelatory.
Book Description
A brilliantly accessible approach to quantum theory and relativity for 'dummies' by the New Scientist Cosmology Consultant
New Humanist, December 2007
Chown is a skilled writer who clearly understands his subject. An excellent and accessible book.
The Daily Mail, November 23, 2007
A bright and challenging book. I wholly recommend it.
Product Description
The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. But, almost a century after their advent, most people haven't the slightest clue what either is about. Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? Get set for the most entertaining science book of the year.
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 now cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist.
