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- English
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About this book
"Ruminations on every scientific subject over the sunâand plenty beyond it"âfrom the bestselling author of
The Universe and the Teacup (
The Boston Globe).
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A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
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A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer, K. C. Cole offers a wide-ranging collection of essays about the nature of nature, the universals in the universe, and the messy playfulness of great science.
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In witty and fresh short takes, she explores some of the world's most intriguing scientific subjectsâfrom particle physics to cosmology to mathematics and astronomyâand introduces a few of science's great minds. Revealing the universe to be elegant, intriguing, and, above all, relevant to our everyday lives, this book is "an absolute delight [that] belongs on the bedside bookshelf of every science enthusiast" ( San Jose Mercury News).
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"Cole seeks the wondrous in the stuff we mistake for just ordinary." â Publishers Weekly
K. C. Cole, the Los Angeles Times science writer and columnist, always has a fresh take on cutting-edge scientific discoveries, which she makes both understandable and very human. Reporting on physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, and more, Cole's essays, culled from her popular Mind Over Matter columns, reveal the universe as simple, constant, and complexâand wholly relevant to politics, art, and every dimension of human life.
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A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
Â
A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer, K. C. Cole offers a wide-ranging collection of essays about the nature of nature, the universals in the universe, and the messy playfulness of great science.
Â
In witty and fresh short takes, she explores some of the world's most intriguing scientific subjectsâfrom particle physics to cosmology to mathematics and astronomyâand introduces a few of science's great minds. Revealing the universe to be elegant, intriguing, and, above all, relevant to our everyday lives, this book is "an absolute delight [that] belongs on the bedside bookshelf of every science enthusiast" ( San Jose Mercury News).
Â
"Cole seeks the wondrous in the stuff we mistake for just ordinary." â Publishers Weekly
K. C. Cole, the Los Angeles Times science writer and columnist, always has a fresh take on cutting-edge scientific discoveries, which she makes both understandable and very human. Reporting on physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, and more, Cole's essays, culled from her popular Mind Over Matter columns, reveal the universe as simple, constant, and complexâand wholly relevant to politics, art, and every dimension of human life.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction and Acknowledgments
- Part I
- The Emperor and Enron
- Normalization
- Blindsighted
- Uncertainty
- Murmurs
- Eclipse
- Humility
- Inside Out
- Weird Science
- Love and Bosons
- Seeing
- Moving Mountains
- Uncommon Sense
- Seeing Stars
- Calibration
- Word Problems
- Naming Names
- Context
- Purpose
- Soul Food
- Lies
- Part II
- Surprises
- Roots
- Stuff
- Surfaces
- Wind
- Clouds
- Patterns
- Recycling
- Simplicity
- Complexity
- Dangle
- Energy
- The Real World
- Magnetism
- Sand Castles
- Resistance
- Happenstance
- Ghosts
- Symmetry
- Imperfection
- Numbers
- Symbols
- Geometry
- Coincidence
- Change
- Constants
- Holes
- Time
- Part III
- Play
- Failure
- Answers
- Questions
- Nuisance Value
- Boundaries
- Toy Models
- Mind and Matter
- Pomp and Circumstance
- Happy Birthday, Walter
- An Outrageous Legacy
- Beethoven and Quantum Mechanics
- Alan and Lucretius
- The Sun Painter
- Invention and Discovery
- Red
- Objectivity
- Wherever You Go, There You Are
- Metaphor
- Literal Truth
- Far-Out
- Connected
- Dubious Discoveries
- Déjà Vu
- Credit
- Claims
- Fail Safe
- Part IV
- The Physics of Peace
- Default Lines
- (In)security
- Feedback
- Neutrality
- Dreamers
- Natural Law
- Popular Science
- The Science of Art
- Small Potatos (sic)
- The Geometry of Fairness
- Faster
- Unnatural
- Apocalypse Soon
- Transparency
- Oops
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes