Universal : a guide to the cosmos /
by Cox, Brian; Forshaw, J. R. (Jeffrey Robert).
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BookPublisher: UK : Allen Lane, 2016Description: ix, 280 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781846144363 (hbk.) :; 1846144361 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 523.1 COXSubject(s): Cosmology -- Popular works | Science -- History -- Popular works | Science | ScienceSummary: This title shows that, by asking questions about the world around us, everyone can think like a physicist and grasp the grandeur of our cosmos. Physics is about asking questions. But what are good questions? How do we understand the fundamental forces of the Universe and its remarkable uniformity? From what fridges tell us about the direction of events unfolding, to how magnets reveal spacetime, and how we know the age of things from the Atlantic Ocean, to the Earth, the Sun and the galaxies, 'Universal' is the story of simple questions with sublime answers.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 523.1 COX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002933801X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | 523.1 COX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003084846X |
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| 523.1 CHO The never-ending days of being dead | 523.1 COL Collins encyclopedia of the universe | 523.1 COX Wonders of the universe | 523.1 COX Universal : a guide to the cosmos / | 523.1 GRI 13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / | 523.1 HAW The grand design | 523.1 HAW The grand design |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title shows that, by asking questions about the world around us, everyone can think like a physicist and grasp the grandeur of our cosmos. Physics is about asking questions. But what are good questions? How do we understand the fundamental forces of the Universe and its remarkable uniformity? From what fridges tell us about the direction of events unfolding, to how magnets reveal spacetime, and how we know the age of things from the Atlantic Ocean, to the Earth, the Sun and the galaxies, 'Universal' is the story of simple questions with sublime answers.
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