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The Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science

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In 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered the heat afterglow of the big bang. - How Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in 1924 predicted the existence of a weird state of matter close to absolute zero in which trillions of atoms behave as a single entity.

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Product ID:	9780571346387
Product Form:	Hardback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Magicians
Subtitle:	Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science
Authors:	Author: Marcus Chown
Page Count:	304
Subjects:	Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: science, technology & medicine, History of science, Popular science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), History of science, Popular science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)
Description:	Select Guide Rating In 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered the heat afterglow of the big bang. - How Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in 1924 predicted the existence of a weird state of matter close to absolute zero in which trillions of atoms behave as a single entity. *The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka!* breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science’s astonishing predictive power. ‘An excellent popular science book.'' DARA Ó BRIAIN ‘A thoroughly informative and entertaining read.’ ANNA BURNS*, Booker Prize-winning author of Milkman* ''One of the best-written books about phsyics I have ever come across.'' *POPULAR SCIENCE* ''Highly entertaining and accessible.'' *IRISH TIMES* ''Fascinating, life enhancing entertainment.'' *PROSPECT* ''Thoroughly enjoyable . . . Chown has down it again.'' BBC SKY AT NIGHT The Magicians takes us on a breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the eureka! moments of modern physics. Charting the spellbinding stories of the scientists who predicted and discovered the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space–time, unsuspected subatomic particles and even antimatter, Marcus Chown reveals science’s greatest mystery: its astonishing predictive power.
Imprint Name:	Faber & Faber
Publisher Name:	Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2020-02-20

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Weight	416 g
Dimensions	145 × 226 × 27 mm

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