Magic Universe: The Oxford Guide to Modern Science
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Nigel Calder is the author of this high-spirited tour of the horizons of scientific knowledge - a magic Universe. Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, wrote: 'Nigel Calder remains supreme in his range and depth. he goes to immense trouble to get things right, and also takes pains with the clarity and elegance of his writing.' This first edition copy is in fine condition, almost as it it had just rolled off the press. The cover, spine, binding and pages are all immaculate.
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- Title
- Magic Universe: The Oxford Guide to Modern Science
- Author
- Calder, Nigel
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0198507925
- ISBN 13
- 9780198507925
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1,433 grams
- Dimensions
- 17.4 centimeters width by 24.2 centimeters height by 6.4 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Science
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.
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