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Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
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Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. "Magic Universe" brings current science to the general reader in an imaginative and wholly original way. It offers an exhilarating tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, presented as a set of self-contained stories. The stories are arranged as A - Z entries, but this is not a conventional encyclopedia. Each story unfolds in a totally unpredictable way, seamlessly crossing disciplines, and told in engaging, accessible language. Here is a celebration of the reunion of the many subdivisions of science now in progress. 'The magic of the Universe reveals itself in the interconnections', Calder tells us. 'A repertoire of tricks let loose in the Big Bang will make you a planet or a parakeet. In some sense only dimly understood so far, the magic works for our benefit overall, whilst it amazes and puzzles us in the particulars. Natural conjuring that links comets with life, genomes with continental drift, iron ore with dementia, and particle physics with cloudiness, mocks the specialists.' The stories can be read and enjoyed in any order. Perhaps you will start with Alcohol - 'genetic revelations of when yeast invented booze'. Or Prions -'from cannibals and mad cows to new modes of heredity and evolution'. Or maybe Higgs bosons - 'the multi-billion-dollar quest for the mass-maker'. Wherever you begin - and you can begin anywhere - you can be sure of an engrossing and a surprising voyage of discovery. As Nigel Calder puts it, the best of science is romantically exciting, and also illuminating - so why trouble busy readers with anything that isn't? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by OUP Oxford, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. As a prolific author, BBC commentator, and magazine editor, Nigel Calder has spent a lifetime spotting and explaining the big discoveries in all branches of science. In Magic Universe, he draws on his vast experience to offer readers a lively, far-reaching look at modern science in all its glory, shedding light on the latest ideas in physics, biology, chemistry, medicine, astronomy, and many other fields.What is truly magical about Magic Universe is Calder's incredible breadth. Migrating birds, light sensors in the human eye, black holes, antimatter, buckyballs and nanotubes--with exhilarating sweep, Calder can range from the strings of a piano to the superstrings of modern physics, from Pythagoras's theory of musical pitch to the most recent ideas about atoms and gravity and a ten-dimensional universe--all in one essay. The great virtue of this wide-ranging style--besides its liveliness and versatility--is that it allows Calder to illuminate how the modern sciences intermingle and cross-fertilize one another. Indeed, whether discussing astronauts or handedness or dinosaurs, Calder manages to tease out hidden connections between disparate fields of study. What is most wondrous about the "magic universe" is that one can begin with stellar dust and finish with life itself.Drawing on interviews with more than 200 researchers, from graduate students to Nobel prize-winners, Magic Universe takes us on a high-spirited tour through the halls of science, one that will enthrall everyone interested in science, whether a young researcher in a high-tech lab or an amateur buff sitting in the comfort of an armchair.
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Published by OUP Oxford, 2003
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Published by OUP Oxford, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 756pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/silver; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/white<.brwn.-pic.cover; fine. "Enter a magical universe in this high-spirited tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning. ".
Published by Oxford UK etc~. 2003. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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First Edition
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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ISBN 10: 0198507925 ISBN 13: 9780198507925
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
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