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The Physics Book
From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection
Series: Union Square & Co. Milestones
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This richly illustrated chronology of physics contains more than 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries. In addition to exploring engaging topics such as dark energy, parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God particle, and Maxwell's demon, the timeline in The Physics Book extends back billions of...
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Description
This richly illustrated chronology of physics contains more than 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries.
In addition to exploring engaging topics such as dark energy, parallel universes, the Doppler effect, the God particle, and Maxwell's demon, the timeline in The Physics Book extends back billions of years to the hypothetical Big Bang and forward trillions of years to a time of 'quantum resurrection.'
This reissue includes four new entries: 2012 (Discovery of the Higgs Boson), 2015 (Gravitational Waves), 2019 (First Image of a Black Hole), and 2023 (Milky Way Neutrino Map). It also features an expanded introduction and updates throughout the book.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781454957805
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 February 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Union Square & Co.
Edition: Revised
Illustration: all in color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 186.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 544
About the Author
Clifford A. Pickover has published more than 50 books, translated into a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art, and history. He received his PhD degree from Yale University, has been granted more than 800 US patents, and has more than 180,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers. For many years, he was an IBM researcher and inventor and editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He is the author of many other books including Death and the Afterlife, The Physics Book, and The Math Book, which won the Neumann Prize. Clifford lives in New York.
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