This book will blow your mind : journey to the extremes of science / Frank Swain

By:

Swain, Frank [editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : New Scientist, c2018Description: 321 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781473628649

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

Q 173 .B66 2018

Contents:

1. Seventeen impossible things before breakfast -- 2. You are not who you think you are -- 3. Life at the extremes -- 4. The threadbare fabric of reality -- 5. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad universe -- 6. At the limits of imagination -- 7. A practical guide to blowing your mind.

Summary: What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers. Filled with counterintuitive stories and factoids you can't wait to share, as well as lots of did-you-knows and plenty of how-did-we-ever-not-knows, this new book from the bestselling New Scientist series will blow your mind - and then put it back together again. You don't need a spaceship to travel to the extremes of science. You just need this book.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC Q 173 .B66 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002915

Includes index

What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers. Filled with counterintuitive stories and factoids you can't wait to share, as well as lots of did-you-knows and plenty of how-did-we-ever-not-knows, this new book from the bestselling New Scientist series will blow your mind - and then put it back together again. You don't need a spaceship to travel to the extremes of science. You just need this book.

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