50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Joanne Baker

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2023-05-05

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1529429293

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe. From Schrodinger's cat to Einstein's theory of relativity, energy conservation to speed of light, 50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important quantum physics concepts in history.

50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Joanne Baker

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1623651905

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In this, the second volume in an important new series presenting core concepts across a range of critical areas of human knowledge, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of 20th-century scientific theory for a general readership. From Hubble's law to the Pauli exclusion principle, and from Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, she explains ideas at the cutting-edge of scientific enquiry, making them comprehensible and accessible to the layperson.

50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Ben Dupre

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1623651808

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50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features.

50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: John Sutherland

Publisher: Greenfinch

Published: 2023-09-28

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1529433754

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen , 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important literary concepts in history.

50 Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Edmund Conway

Publisher: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780875859

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What exactly is a credit crunch? Why do footballers earn so much more than the rest of us? Which country is likely to be the world's leading economy in 10 years' time? Daily Telegraph economics editor Edmund Conway introduces and explains the central ideas of economics in a series of fifty essays. Beginning with an exploration of the basic theories, such as Adam Smith's "invisible hand", and concluding with the latest research into the links between wealth and happiness, he sheds light on all the essential topics needed to understand booms and busts, bulls and bears, and the way the world really works.

50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Gail Dixon

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781784296148

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50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is your guide to the biggest questions and deepest concepts from across the whole of science. What was the Big Bang? How did life on Earth arise? What does quantum mechanics tell us about the universe? Is true artificial intelligence possible? And does life exist on other planets? Moving from the basics of atoms and molecules, Newton's laws of physics and the building blocks of life to the cutting edge of nanotechnology, Einstein's theories of relativity and cloning, this book makes the many worlds of science accessible and illuminating. Featuring fifty concise, insightful and illustrated essays covering physics and astronomy, Earth and life sciences, chemistry and materials, psychology and computing, and exploring the ways they connect with each other and impact on our lives, 50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is the ideal introduction to the questions which fascinate us all.

50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Philip Wilkinson

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2023-09-28

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1529433770

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, Philip Wilkinson introduces architectural movements and styles throughout history, as well as describing some of the greatest architects' most important and representative works. From the Pyramids of Giza to the Guggenheim, the classical orders of Vitruvius to the most recent contemporary trends today, 50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important architectural concepts in history.

50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe
50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe

Author: Joanne Baker

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1623651859

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From dwarf planets to dark energy; and from the Big Bang to the death of stars, this book is the perfect introduction to the cutting-edge science that is shaping our understanding of our place in the Universe and that could lead to the next great discovery--the detection of life beyond Earth.

50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Ben Dupre

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2022-08-18

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 152942870X

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupré introduces and explains the philosophical questions around knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics and justice that have engaged the minds of thinkers from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. From Plato's cave to virtue ethics, theories of punishment to animal rights, 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important philosophical concepts in history.

50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know

Author: Joanne Baker

Publisher: Greenfinch

Published: 2023-05-05

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1529429293

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe. From Schrodinger's cat to Einstein's theory of relativity, energy conservation to speed of light, 50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important quantum physics concepts in history.