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A A SIMPLE GUIDE TO POPULAR PHYSICS (COLOUR EDITION) - AN INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLES, QUANTUM PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY (Paperback)
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A A SIMPLE GUIDE TO POPULAR PHYSICS (COLOUR EDITION) - AN INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLES, QUANTUM PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY (Paperback)
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Unlike many textbooks or popular science books, A Simple Guide to
Popular Physics has truly been crafted for the uninitiated or those
spooked by the subject's complexity. Harris's inviting guide
promises to give "absolute beginners" from "teens to centenarians"
a basic grounding in particle physics, quantum physics, and
cosmology-all without making readers do math. With the goal of
introducing the basics and encouraging readers to explore more
deeply afterwards, Harris notes "Like the fish we have no notion of
what is beyond the boundaries of our knowledge, but unlike the
fish, we know there is something." He starts by presenting those
boundaries, the fundamentals of classic physics (Newton's law,
states of matter, types of energy), with crisp clarity before
laying out an accessible explanation of Einstein's theory of
relativity, the structure of the atom, the mysteries of quantum
mechanics and cosmology. Readers will not need to search online for
key terms or explanations of concepts that have been glossed over.
Instead, one by one, with patience and good humor, Harris
introduces each of these building blocks of our universe, taking a
little time to invite readers to contemplate the momentousness of
the information, as in the chapter titled nothing less than "What
Is Reality?" . The watchword, here, is clarity, which Harris offers
throughout, with professional illustrations and illuminating
accounts of experiments and breakthroughs, offering a solid
foundation for understanding and future reading Inviting and
illuminating, this introduction to physics truly targets the reader
who is entirely new to the subject.
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