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Between the microscopic world of quarks and atoms, and the macroscopic (observable) one of pebbles and planets, there is another world, strangely neglected by science. It is inhabited by things like pollen, DNA and viruses. Physicist Mark Haw tells the story of how scientists finally saw the restless middle world, having ignored it for so long.

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A delightful story of an overlooked and underappreciated science and the scientists who made it. The writing never falters. --Mark Buchanan, author of Nexus Haw's excellent descriptions ensure that concepts normally encountered only at degree level are just part of a riveting story. -- Chemistry World An accessible and racy account -- there is something for everyone in this highly enjoyable little book. --Nature Fast-paced, witty - with vignettes of the great minds who flung science into the modern era. --American Scientist

A delightful story of an overlooked and underappreciated science and the scientists who made it. The writing never falters. --Mark Buchanan, author of Nexus Haw's excellent descriptions ensure that concepts normally encountered only at degree level are just part of a riveting story. -- Chemistry World An accessible and racy account -- there is something for everyone in this highly enjoyable little book. --Nature Fast-paced, witty - with vignettes of the great minds who flung science into the modern era. --American Scientist

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MARK HAW is a Materials Scientist at the University of Nottingham, UK, having spent a decade researching Brownian motion at the University of Edinburgh and the Ecole des Mines, France. He has written Physics and Chemistry features for Nature and Physics World, published numerous short stories and penned three novels.

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