We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What everyday things tell us about the universe

Author:   Marcus Chown
Publisher:   Faber & Faber
Edition:   Main
ISBN:  

9780571244034


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Format:   Paperback
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We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What everyday things tell us about the universe


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Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orcestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is a furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees. Your TV tells you that the universe had a beginning. In fact, your very existence tells you that this may not be the only universe but merely one among an infinity of others, stacked like the pages of a never-ending book. Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, 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. His new book will change the way you see the world: with Chown as your guide, cutting-edge science is made clear and meaningful by a falling leaf, or a rose, or a starry night sky .

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Author:   Marcus Chown
Publisher:   Faber & Faber
Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 12.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9780571244034


ISBN 10:   0571244033
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Author Website:   http://www.marcuschown.com/

Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. He is the author of the bestselling Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, The Never Ending Days of Being Dead and The Magic Furnace. He also wrote The Solar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011.

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Author Website:   http://www.marcuschown.com/

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