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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You : A Guide To The Universe
Paperback Edition: 1
The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einstein's general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world we live in. But, almost a century after their advent, most people haven't the slightest clue what either is about. Did
you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? And did you realize that 1% of the static on a TV tuned between stations is the relic of the Big Bang?
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Pages : 224
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Publication date : 2014-09-24
Subjects: Non-fiction, Science And Technology, Physics, Quantum Physics (quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory), Relativity Physics