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The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
Richard A. Muller
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Description for The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
Hardcover. Wine is radioactive? Organic foods have more poison in them than those grown with pesticides? Best-selling author Richard A. Muller enlightens us. Illustrator(s): Manfre, Joey. Num Pages: 144 pages, Color cartoons throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Richard A. Muller demonstrated in his recent bestseller, Physics for Future Presidents, that he has a unique talent for delivering the “aha” moment—making difficult topics accessible. In The Instant Physicist he shows his ability to entertain, too, by presenting the best of the scientific curiosities he has assembled over his distinguished career. Assisted by award-winning cartoonist Joey Manfre, who has created an original color cartoon for each “physics bite,” Muller will have readers chuckling while they’re absorbing more science than they ever thought possible. From the surprising (chocolate has more energy in it than TNT) to the scary (even kids ... Read more
Richard A. Muller demonstrated in his recent bestseller, Physics for Future Presidents, that he has a unique talent for delivering the “aha” moment—making difficult topics accessible. In The Instant Physicist he shows his ability to entertain, too, by presenting the best of the scientific curiosities he has assembled over his distinguished career. Assisted by award-winning cartoonist Joey Manfre, who has created an original color cartoon for each “physics bite,” Muller will have readers chuckling while they’re absorbing more science than they ever thought possible. From the surprising (chocolate has more energy in it than TNT) to the scary (even kids ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393078268
SKU
V9780393078268
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About Richard A. Muller
Richard A. Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the best-selling author of Physics for Future Presidents. For his outstanding work in experimental cosmology, he was awarded a 1982 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and also a share of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of dark energy. Joey Manfre is an award-winning ... Read more
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