Instant Egghead Guide

The Universe

J.R. Minkel & Scientific American, with a Foreword by George Musser, Jr.

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Everything from quarks to galactic superclusters delivered to your eyeballs at the speed of light (any faster would be impossible)

 

Take a tour of the wonder and majesty of the universe, from the smallest subatomic particles to the possibility of infinite universes. According to some prominent physicists, it’s possible that, right now, someone who looks just like you is reading the back of a book just like this one in a parallel universe. And your double thinks it looks really interesting...

 

Whether you're a fan of Scientific American’s wildly popular 60-Second Science Podcast or just curious about science, you’re going to want to dust off your Dad’s telescope and warm up your particle accelerator after enjoying the same bite-sized knoweldge in The Instant Egghead Guide to the Universe.

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Ok, my three-star rating doesn't mean it's a BAD book. In fact for the first two thirds I was thrilled to pieces with it, enjoying every moment. The problem is that the last third of the book fried my brain so much that I was reading the words and barely getting anything out of them. The description ...more
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J.R. Minkel & Scientific American, with a Foreword by George Musser, Jr.

JR MINKEL is a staff editor at Scientific American.

George Musser is the astronomy editor at Scientific American magazine and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory.

 

J.R. Minkel
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The Universe
J.R. Minkel & Scientific American, with a Foreword by George Musser, Jr.

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St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Griffin
July 2009
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ISBN: 9780312386375
ISBN10: 0312386370
5 x 7 1/8 inches, 240 pages
$16.99
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