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ISBN: 9780571235469 - Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You Bestseller Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571235468  ISBN13: 9780571235469
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Sep 2008
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? This book is a... More

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ISBN: 9780747235286 - The Universe Next Door Bestseller The Universe Next Door
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0747235287  ISBN13: 9780747235286
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group Headline Book Publishing
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jan 2003
Can time run backwards? Can we live forever? Could our universe have been created as a DIY experiment by superior beings in another universe? This book presents twelve ideas, which cover science's big questions. Can time run backwards? More

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ISBN: 9780571277711 - The Solar System The Solar System
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571277713  ISBN13: 9780571277711
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Nov 2011
Leads us on a tour through the diversity of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft that surround the Sun in our cosmic backyard. In this title, bestselling author Marcus Chown leads us on a grand tour through the incredible diversity of... More

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ISBN: 9780571278435 - Tweeting the Universe Tweeting the Universe
Marcus Chown, Govert Schilling

ISBN10: 0571278434  ISBN13: 9780571278435
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2011
Presents 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. More

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ISBN: 9780571244034 - We Need to Talk About Kelvin We Need to Talk About Kelvin
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571244033  ISBN13: 9780571244034
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Sep 2010
The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. Your TV tells you that the universe had a beginning. This book considers familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to... More

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ISBN: 9780099578017 - The Magic Furnace The Magic Furnace
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0099578018  ISBN13: 9780099578017
Publisher: Vintage
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Aug 2000
One of the greatest detective stories in the history of science reveals how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced where the elements in our bodies come from. It is both the story of atoms and the story of stars. Every atom in our bodies has... More

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ISBN: 9780571220564 - The Never-ending Days of Being Dead The Never-ending Days of Being Dead
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571220568  ISBN13: 9780571220564
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Sep 2007
Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the... More

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ISBN: 9780571250592 - Afterglow of Creation Afterglow of Creation
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571250599  ISBN13: 9780571250592
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Jan 2010
It's in the air around you. It carries with it a baby photo of the Universe. Its discoverers mistook it for pigeon droppings yet still won the Nobel Prize.Afterglow of Creation tells the story of the biggest cosmological discovery of the last... More

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ISBN: 9780571239030 - Felicity Frobisher and the Three-headed Aldebaran Dust Devil Felicity Frobisher and the Three-headed Aldebaran Dust Devil
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 057123903X  ISBN13: 9780571239030
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Mar 2008
When Felicity Frobisher is paid a visit by a Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil, she has the most extraordinary day of her life. She travels through wormholes, beats the school bullies, uses the "Pan-Galactic Speaking Dictionary" to wow her French... More

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ISBN: 9780571244010 - We Need to Talk About Kelvin We Need to Talk About Kelvin
Marcus Chown

ISBN10: 0571244017  ISBN13: 9780571244010
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Oct 2009
Takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality. Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by... More