On the edge of infinity : uncovering the visible world's scientific beauty
Klein, Stefan, 1965-2018
Book
Award-winning, bestselling German science author Stefan Klein employs stories about simple everyday items or occurrences as analogies to illuminate counterintuitive realities behind the visible world, revealing the astonishing beauty of the universe. This book transforms a simple everyday thing such as a rose blossom, or a day of stormy weather, into a key to understanding the most complex ideas and theories in 21st century physics. Through clever use of analogy, Klein renders the complexities and intricacies of physics accessible to a reader with no previous knowledge of the subject. In doing so, he demonstrates that scientific progress is as much, if not more, about the unanswered questions, the dark corners, as it is about what we have discovered; our knowledge constitutes merely 'an island in an ocean of ignorance'. A thought-provoking and original way in to the most intriguing scientific theories and ideas, designed to be accessible to anyone who has ever been curious about the workings of our universe.
Main title:
On the edge of infinity : uncovering the visible world's scientific beauty / Stefan Klein ; [translated by Mike Mitchell].
Author:
Klein, Stefan, 1965-, authorMitchell, Mike (Translator), translator
Imprint:
London : Cassell Illustrated, 2018.©2018
Collation:
239 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in German as: Das All und das Nichts (Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, 2017).Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the German.
Contents:
The poetry of reality -- A marble in the cosmos -- Riding on a ray of light -- The world spirit fails -- A crime story -- Is the world real? -- Whoever ordered that? -- How time passes -- Beyond the horizon -- Why we exist.
ISBN:
9781788400602 (hardback)1788400607 (hardback)
Dewey class:
523.1
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
507763
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 523.1 KLEI | Available |