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Marcus Chown

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand

Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 14/05/2020

ISBN: 9781789292060

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 256 pages

Illustration: b/w line drawings

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and the universe with fifty fascinating and mind-bending facts.

Our adventures in space, our deepening understanding of the quantum world and huge leaps in technology over the last century have revealed a universe far stranger than we could ever have imagined. With brilliant clarity and wit, bestselling author Marcus Chown examines the profound science behind fifty remarkable scientific facts that help explain the vast complexities of our existence. Did you know that you could fit the whole human race in the volume of a sugar cube? Or that the electrical energy in a single mosquito is enough to cause a global mass extinction? Or that, out there in the universe, there are an infinite number of copies of you reading an infinite number of copies of this?

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand is a mind-bending journey through some of the most weird and wonderful facts about our universe, vividly illuminating the hidden truths that govern our everyday lives.

Reviews:

An ideal book for those who might not normally consider reading about science, making a great present for a teenager or adult. Excellent stuff.

Brian Clegg, Popular Science

Mind-expanding stuff.

The Sun

This accessible book addresses all your questions about the Big Bang

Science Focus

A genial tour of the universe and its mysteries... Heavy stuff lightly spun - just the thing for the science buff in the house.

Kirkus Reviews

A thought-provoking and funny guide to the universe

John Simpson

Sales points:

  • Weird and wonderful facts about us, our world and the universe that reveal some profound science, to engage the nonscientist

  • Marcus Chown is the bestselling award-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and What a Wonderful World, among others, and has an amazing ability to explain complex science in a very engaging and entertaining way. His previous book, The Ascent of Gravity, was named the Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017

  • Taking on quantum theory, cosmology, biology, chemistry and artificial intelligence, Chown reveals fifty mind-bending facts that explain some truly amazing things about us and our world, such as: babies are powered by rocket fuel; you age faster on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor; you could fit the human race in the volume of a sugar cube; and an atom can be in two places at once

  • The hardback edition, published in October 2018, has been well reviewed and sold in 8 territories, including the US

About the Author:

Marcus Chown

Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. His books include Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, (which was the Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year), Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, What A Wonderful World, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, We Need to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation. The latter two of which were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won the Bookseller’s Digital Innovation of the Year Award for Solar System for iPad.

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