×


 x 

Shopping cart
29%OFFMarcus Chown - What a Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell - 9780571278411 - V9780571278411
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

What a Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell

€ 17.99
€ 12.80
You save € 5.19!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for What a Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell Paperback. Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Written by the author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, this book intends to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.

With wit, colour and clarity, What A Wonderful World quickly and painlessly brings us up to speed on how the world of the 21st century works. From economics to physics and biology to philosophy, Marcus Chown explains the complex forces that shape our universe.

Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing?

In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestselling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumbs' length each year, how money permits trade to time travel why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing and why we are all living in a giant hologram.

Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571278411
SKU
V9780571278411
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-11

About Marcus Chown
Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. His most recent books are We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead, Tweeting The Universe and What A Wonderful World. He also wrote The Solar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011.

Reviews for What a Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell

Goodreads reviews for What a Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything in a Nutshell


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!