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Don't Be Afraid of Physics

Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and Cosmology for Everyone

Ross Barrett author Pier Paolo Delsanto author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:24th Dec '20

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With the aid of entertaining short stories, anecdotes, lucid explanations and straight-forward figures, this book challenges the perception that the world of physics is inaccessible to the non-expert. Beginning with Neanderthal man, it traces the evolution of human reason and understanding from paradoxes and optical illusions to gravitational waves, black holes and dark energy. On the way, it provides insights into the mind-boggling advances at the frontiers of physics and cosmology. Unsolved problems and contradictions are highlighted, and contentious issues in modern physics are discussed in a non-dogmatic way in a language comprehensible to the non-scientist. It has something for everyone.

“Don’t Be Afraid of Physics provides a guided tour to the most advanced concepts of physics in lay terms, accessible to a broad audience. … Overall, this is a very interesting and entertaining book. It is very pleasant reading for everyone wanting to gain insights into the most advanced and modern physical theories, and on the influence, they bear on our life.” (Giovanni Volpe, Contemporary Physics, August 9, 2021)

ISBN: 9783030634087

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

293 pages

1st ed. 2021