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Astronomy in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant by Giles Sparrow
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Category: Reference | Series: In Minutes
What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible essays. From Trojan asteroids to stellar black holes, and from superclus ...Show more
Hubble: Window on the Universe by Giles Sparrow
$55.00 AUD
Category: Reference
For 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has been hurtling around our planet at 17,500 mph sending spectacularly sharp images of the universe back to Earth, but after two decades and 570,000 photographs, NASA is preparing to wind down this extraordinarily successful mission. This fully revised and update ...Show more
Physics Squared (100 Concepts You Should Know) by Giles Sparrow
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Category: Reference | Series: 100 Concepts You Should Know
Physics is the oldest and deepest of all the sciences, revealing profound truths about the way in which the Universe operates. Schrodinger's Cat, the Higgs boson particle, string theory-concepts we've all heard of, but how far do we really understand them? Physics Squared guides you through these topics ...Show more
Physics in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant by Giles Sparrow
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: in Minutes
Physics in Minutes covers everything you need to know about physics, condensed into 200 key topics. Each idea is explained in clear, accessible language, building from the basics, such as mechanics, waves and particles, to more complex topics, including neutrinos, string theory and dark matter. Based on ...Show more
The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars - (That You Can Spot in the Night Sky) by Giles Sparrow
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'REVISED AND UPDATED___ 'A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).' Dr David Whitehouse Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a ...Show more
What Shape is Space? by Giles Sparrow
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Category: Reference | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
What Shape Is Space? is a question with far-reaching implications for our understanding of the very nature of reality and our place within it. The concepts involved may be sophisticated, but Giles Sparrow's effortless prose style renders them understandable, allowing readers to come to grips with the ov ...Show more
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