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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: Popular Science | 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
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Category: Popular Science | 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: Popular Science
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: Social Discourse
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
Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg
$9.95 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of ...Show more
Science for Life: A Manual for Better Living by Brian Clegg
$35.00 AUD
Category: Popular Science
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised ...Show more
The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives by Brian Clegg
$14.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Today, technologies based on quantum physics account for 30 per c ...Show more
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