Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest - Hardcover

Russell Stannard; John Levers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571170668 ISBN 13: 9780571170661

Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This is the final volume in the trilogy for young readers investigating the three great physics explorations of Albert Einstein. Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken drinks from a magic bottle and shrinks into the tiny world of quarks and electrons where she confronts the riddle of the quantum.

About this title

About the Author:

Russell Stannard is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Open University. He has travelled widely in Europe and the USA, researching high energy nuclear physics. He has received the Templeton UK project award and spent a year in America as a visiting fellow at the Center of Theological Theory, Princeton. He was awarded an OBE for services to physics and the popularisation of science. Married with four children of his own and three stepchildren, he vividly remembers the excitement of discovering Einstein's theories for the first time and he is dedicated to passing this inspiration on to new generations. The Time and Space of Uncle Albert was shortlisted for both the Science Award and the Whitbread Award, and his books have been translated into seventeen different languages.

Review:

"'The marvellous Uncle Albert books have made quantum physics and relativity fun for countless children.' Sunday Times; 'Enough to make a parent weep with gratitude.' Guardian"

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0571170668
• ISBN 13: 9780571170661
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160