What a wonderful world : one man's attempt to explain the big stuff /: one man's attempt to explain the big stuff. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Marcus Chown.
• Authors: Chown, Marcus
• Contents: Part 1. How we work. Cells -- Respiration -- Evolution -- Sex -- The brain -- Human evolution -- Part 2. Putting matter to work. Civilisation -- Electricity -- Computers -- Money -- Capitalism -- Pasrt 3. Earth works. Geology -- The atmosphere -- Part 4. Deep workings. Thermodynamics -- Quantum theory -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Atoms -- Time -- The laws of physics -- Part 5. The cosmic connection. Cosmology -- Black holes.
• Publisher Details: London : Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 500; Science -- Miscellanea; Questions and answers; Sciences -- Miscellanées; Questions et réponses; Biology, Life Sciences; Physics; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General; Popular science; Questions and answers; Science; FAQs; FAQs; Trivia and miscellanea; FAQs; Foires aux questions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0571278426; 9780571278428
• Related ISBNs: 9780571278398; 0571278396
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.