Opis: Introducing Graphic Guide Box Set - Great Theories of Science - Sardar, Ziauddin

Using comic-book style illustration combined with accessible but authoritative text, the Introducing Graphic Guide series is a uniquely brilliant way to get your head around some of humankinds most thrilling ideas.

One of the biggest-selling titles in the Introducing series, J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarates utterly brilliant Introducing Quantum Theory explores one of the most challenging, thrilling and mysterious areas of science. Taking the reader on a step-by-step tour, they tackle the puzzle of the wave-particle duality, Schrödingers dead and alive cat, the EPR paradox and much more, explaining this notoriously difficult theory with patience, wit and clarity.

It is now more than a century since Einsteins theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, Introducing Relativity plots a visually accessible course through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics. This is a superlative, fascinating graphic account of Einsteins strange world and how his legacy has been built upon since.

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas Described as a beautifully succinct primer most recommended by Time Out, Ziauddin Sardar and Iwona Abrams Introducing Chaos attempts to answer bafflingly difficult questions like this. Explaining how chaos makes its presence felt in events from the fluctuation of the animal population to the ups and downs of the stock market, the book offers a uniquely approachable introduction to an astonishing and controversial theory.

Szczegóły: Introducing Graphic Guide Box Set - Great Theories of Science - Sardar, Ziauddin

Tytuł: Introducing Graphic Guide Box Set - Great Theories of Science
Podtytuł: Quantum Theory / Relativity / Chaos
Autor: Sardar, Ziauddin
Wydawnictwo: Icon Books
ISBN: 9781848314559
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2014
Format: 12.5x17.5cm
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.552 kg

Recenzje: Introducing Graphic Guide Box Set - Great Theories of Science - Sardar, Ziauddin