The human understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not small voids that we can ignore, but huge deficiencies in our basic perceptions of how the world works. The creator of the online comic phdcomics.com, Jorge Cham, and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson join forces to explore all that we know about the universe: the vast holes that exist in our knowledge of the world.
Using inventive infographics and cartoons, along with unusually entertaining and vivid scientific explanations, they provide us with the best answers currently available to many questions that continue to baffle scientists, such as: Why is there a speed limit in the universe? Why are we not all made of antimatter? What (or who) is bombarding Earth with tiny, ultra-fast projectiles? What is dark matter, and why does it persist in ignoring us?
Although the universe is filled with bizarre things that make no sense, Cham and Whiteson convincingly argue that the questions we cannot answer are just as interesting as those we can. This richly illustrated introduction to the greatest mysteries of physics also demystifies many complex issues we do understand, from quarks and neutrinos to gravitational waves and exploding black holes.
Offering us equal doses of humor and delight, Cham and Whiteson invite us to see the universe as a possibly endless uncharted expanse that remains at our disposal for exploration.
Manufacturer
- Authors
- Jorge Cham, Daniel Whiteson
- Publisher
- Panepistimiakes Ekdoseis Kritis
- Original Title
- We Have No Idea
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- A guide to the unknown universe
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 364
- Release Date
- 10/2020
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Dimensions
- 17x24 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789605245979
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