Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-280669-7
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1170 g

This is a marvellously engaging tour covering the whole of modern science, from transgenic crops to quantum tangles. Written by one of the most experienced and well-known names in science writing, it is also assuredly reliable science. Although arranged for convenience and quick reference as a collection of topics in alphabetical order, it is very different from any conventional encyclopedia. Each topic tells a story, making the book eminently browsable. Packed with
information, yet carrying its immense learning lightly, this is a book that would appeal to anyone with the slightest interest in how the world works.

Zielgruppe

General readers with an interest in science: physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calder, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Calder is a long-established and widely known science writer, and a former Editor of New Scientist.