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9780486485027

Get a Grip on Physics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486485027

  • ISBN10:

    0486485021

  • Edition: Unabridged
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-11-17
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

This accessible and engaging physics primer will help readers of all ages to better understand their place in the cosmos. Accessible, imaginative, and contemporary explanations and playful illustrations by popular author John Gribbin cover string theory, the Schrodinger's Cat paradox, quantum uncertainty, compactification, black holes, superfluidity, and other oddities of the physical sphere.

Author Biography

John Gribbin is a physicist, writer, lecturer, and broadcaster. Since 1992 he has been a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex. A longtime consultant to New Scientist, he is the author of more than 120books.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Atoms and Molecules
2. Beyond Newton
3. The Quantum World
4. Even Newer Physics
5. Back to the Future
6. Tomorrow's Physics
Index

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