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Crash Course
Physics
2019
First Published
160
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Physics is the most fundamental and far-reaching of the sciences—it tells us how the universe works. It’s behind most of today’s exciting technology, from space rockets and satellites to cell phones, through to electric cars and MRI scanners. Physics: A Crash Course is the quickest way to get up to speed with the essential concepts and ideas behind this mind-bending science. This exploration of physics takes us from the incredibly small world of atoms and their constituents up to the vast scale of galaxies and the universe as a whole. What else could it be but a crash course in physics? This accessible introduction to physics includes: 52 topics explaining the key ideas and concepts timelines that outline key events in the history and development of physics biographies of influential physicists.

Author

Brian Clegg
Brian Clegg
Author · 52 books

Brian's latest books, Ten Billion Tomorrows and How Many Moons does the Earth Have are now available to pre-order. He has written a range of other science titles, including the bestselling Inflight Science, The God Effect, Before the Big Bang, A Brief History of Infinity, Build Your Own Time Machine and Dice World. Along with appearances at the Royal Institution in London he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Brian has Masters degrees from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and from Lancaster University in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to apply the power of mathematics to warfare. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business. Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including Nature, The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, The Observer, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and even Indonesian.

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