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10 Short Lessons in Time Travel by Brian Clegg
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Pocket Einstein Ser.
'10 Short Lessons in Time Travel lucidly sums up the essential parts of this fascinating subject.' John Gribbin________________________In Ten Short Lessons in Time Travel, Brian Clegg takes us on a fascinating and up-to-date tour of the workings of the universe that suggest the possibility of journeying ...Show more
30-Second Einstein: The 50 Fundamentals of His Work, Life and Legacy, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: 30 Second
The 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute Spend 30 seconds a day in the company of a colossus from the world of science, and you will soon have his whole story-both his scientific attainments and his extraordinary life-in your head. Einstein was not only an unpara ...Show more
30-Second Physics The 50 Most Fundamental Concepts in Physics by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: 30 Second
The bestselling 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. 30-Second Physics tackles the big ideas behind life as we know it, ...Show more
Are Numbers Real? The Uncanny Relationships Between Maths and the Physical World by Brian Clegg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them? Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own, occupyi ...Show more
Big Data: How the Information Revolution is Transforming Our Lives by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data enable Netflix to forecast a hit, CERN to find the Higgs boson and medics to discover if red wine really is good for you? And how are companies usi ...Show more
Conundrum - Crack the Ultimate Cipher Challenge! by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Enigma features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book - so you need to solve them all to get to the final round. With a focus on ciphers and codebreaking, Enigma contains twenty sections, each built around a specific subject ...Show more
Cracking Quantum Physics by Brian Clegg (Author)
$26.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Series: Cracking Series
Enter the invisible world of sub-atomic physics and discover the very core of existence. Cracking Quantum Physics takes you through every area of particle physics to clearly explain how our world was, and is, created, and breaks down the most complex theories into easily understandable elements. Subject ...Show more
Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
As troubling as we pattern-seeking humans may find it, modern science has repeatedly shown us that randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. In Dice World, acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes readers on an incredible trip around our random universe, uncovering the truths and lies behind p ...Show more
Essential Science: The Only Science Book You Will Ever Need by Brian Clegg
$39.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL IDEA: a concise summary of the idea or discovery that ...Show more
Everyday Chaos - The Mathematics of Unpredictability, from the Weather to the Stock Market by Brian Clegg
$44.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Chaos and complexity explained, with illuminating examples ranging from unpredictable pendulums to London's wobbly Millennium Bridge.The math we are taught in school is precise and only deals with simple situations. Reality is far more complex. Trying to understand a system with multiple interacting com ...Show more
Game Theory: Understanding the Mathematics of Life by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Or ...Show more
Gravity: Why what goes up must come down by Brian Clegg
$19.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Of the four forces that control the universe gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity, but couldn t explain how it worked at a distance. Then Einstein recognised that gravity and acceleration are interchangeable to devise his min ...Show more