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Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated
ISBN-100571278418
ISBN-139780571278411
eBay Product ID (ePID)219301178
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat a Wonderful World : Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicGeneral, Life Sciences / Biology, Physics / General
GenreScience, Business & Economics
AuthorMarcus. Chown
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width4.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal500
SynopsisFun, accessible science explanations of the forces that shape our lives. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing? In What a Wonderful World , Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumb's length each year, how money permits trade to time travel why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing and why we are all living in a giant hologram., In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, physicist, broadcaster and consultant for New Scientist , applies his deep understanding of complex things to simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, the book explains the essence of our existance, stopping along the way to answer such questions as why do we breathe? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? And how did an advanced breed of monkey like us get to dominate the earth?
LC Classification NumberQ173.C4 2014
