The universe in your hand : a journey through space, time, and beyond

Summary:

"Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to picture ourselves floating in space in front of it. To get acquainted with the quantum world, we are shrunk to the size of an atom and then taken on a journey. Employing everyday similes and metaphors, addressing the reader directly, and writing stories rather than equations renders these astoundingly complex ideas in an immediate and visceral way."-- Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250069528
ISBN: 1250069521
ISBN: 9781250076410
ISBN: 1250076412
ISBN: 9781250069535
Physical Description: 386 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published [in 2015] in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso. Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword -- The cosmos -- Making sense of outer space -- Fast -- A dive into the quantum world -- To the origin of space and time -- Unexpected mysteries -- A step beyond what is known -- Epilogue.