The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science
Chown, Marcus
'Marcus Chown rocks!'Brian May
How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one has ever known before? And why is mathematics so magically good at revealing nature's secrets?
This is the story ofthe magicians: the scientists who, using mathematics, predicted the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space-time, unsuspected subatomic particles, and even antimatter.
The journey from prediction to proof transports us from seats of learning in Paris and Cambridge to the war-torn Russian front, to bunkers beneath nuclear reactors, observatories in Berlin and California, and huge tunnels under the Swiss-French border.From electromagnetism to Einstein's gravitational waves to Wolfgang Pauli's elusive neutrino, acclaimed science writer Marcus Chown takes us ona breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the major breakthroughs of modern physicsand highlights science's central mystery: its astonishing predictive power.
Praise for Marcus Chown:
'What good popular science writing is all about.' Jim Al-Khalili
'Pretty wonderful.' Richard Dawkins
'Entertaining and at times mind-boggling.'The Times
How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one has ever known before? And why is mathematics so magically good at revealing nature's secrets?
This is the story ofthe magicians: the scientists who, using mathematics, predicted the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space-time, unsuspected subatomic particles, and even antimatter.
The journey from prediction to proof transports us from seats of learning in Paris and Cambridge to the war-torn Russian front, to bunkers beneath nuclear reactors, observatories in Berlin and California, and huge tunnels under the Swiss-French border.From electromagnetism to Einstein's gravitational waves to Wolfgang Pauli's elusive neutrino, acclaimed science writer Marcus Chown takes us ona breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the major breakthroughs of modern physicsand highlights science's central mystery: its astonishing predictive power.
Praise for Marcus Chown:
'What good popular science writing is all about.' Jim Al-Khalili
'Pretty wonderful.' Richard Dawkins
'Entertaining and at times mind-boggling.'The Times
年:
2020
出版社:
Faber Faber
语言:
english
页:
304
ISBN 10:
0571346413
ISBN 13:
9780571346417
文件:
EPUB, 603 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2020
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