Rocket Science for the Rest of Us - by Ben Gilliland (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Want to understand black holes, antimatter, physics, and space exploration? Looking for a guide to quantum physics that you can actually understand? Get a grip on even the most mysterious and complex sciences with Ben Gilliland's guide to dark matter, exo-planets, Planck time, earth sciences, and more.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Unsure about the big scientific ideas of today? This book is full of cutting-edge concepts about space and our Universe made simple.</b> <p/>The media reports on the latest scientific discoveries and breakthroughs can seem like an alien language, from black holes to dark matter and exoplanets to leap seconds. Finally, get to grips with these difficult concepts by reading Ben Gilliland's unique take on them. <p/><i>Rocket Science for the Rest of Us</i> takes complex scientific ideas and breaks them down for the non-scientist, from explaining the size of the Universe to how black holes work, Schroedinger's cat, and the Higgs boson. Difficult ideas and theories are compared to everyday things we are familiar with - forces become armies and electrons have personalities. <p/>This book will have you saying "I get it now!" over and over again. You no longer have to be a rocket scientist to understand rocket science. <p/><b>Reviews: </b> <p/>Detailed diagrams are one of the book's strongest points, as they provide the clearest explanations of difficult physics concepts. - <b>Booklist</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Detailed diagrams are one of the book's strongest points, as they provide the clearest explanations of difficult physics concepts. -- <b>Booklist</b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ben Gilliland </b>is a journalist and the author of many science-based works, including <i>Rocket Science for the Rest of Us</i>, <i>How to Build a Universe: From the Big Bang to the End of the Universe</i>, <i>Science but Not as We Know It</i>, and <i>100 People Who Made History: Meet the People Who Shaped the Modern World</i>.
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