The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat: And Other Science Mysteries Solved by Sherlock Holmes
Language: English
Published by INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US, 1997
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Colin Bruce explains principles of physics through twelve adventures of London's most famous fictional inhabitant. Sherlock Holmes unravels the paradoxes and principles of classical and quantum physics in order to solve a crime, prevent an assassination, or rescue a damsel in distress.
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- Title
- The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat: And Other Science Mysteries Solved by Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Colin Bruce
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0201461390
- ISBN 13
- 9780201461398
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Review
Colin Bruce, a physicist in England, has a clever idea. What better way to explain to nonscientists the sometimes mystifying world of modern physics than by enlisting the aid of that master demystifier, Sherlock Holmes? Since so many advances in science have followed from attempts to explain puzzling anomalies in experimental observations, Bruce has little trouble recasting the puzzles as "cases" that fate drops into the lap of the famous detective.... Whether Bruce's attempt to explain modern physics in readable prose leads to illumination or not, readers of The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat will enjoy pitting their wits against the universe in such stimulating company. -- The New York Times Book Review, Gerald Jones
What a great idea!... Starting with simple problems of motion and energy, Bruce takes his readers into very modern questions of quantum mechanics and relativity... Great fun and fine teaching. -- BEN BOVA, editor of Science Fiction Hall Of Fame
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