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Brian Cox (1) (1968–)

Auteur de Why Does E=mc²?: (And Why Should We Care?)

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Brian Cox (1) a été combiné avec Brian Edward Cox.

25 oeuvres 2,520 utilisateurs 45 critiques 1 Favoris

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Crédit image: Brian Cox [credit: Bob Lee]

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Œuvres de Brian Cox

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Human Universe (2014) 354 exemplaires
Wonders of the Universe (2011) 313 exemplaires
Forces of Nature (2016) 234 exemplaires
The Planets: A Sunday Times Bestseller (2019) — Auteur — 139 exemplaires
Human Universe & Forces of Nature (2017) 16 exemplaires
Wonders of the Universe [DVD] (2010) 15 exemplaires
CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2020 (2019) — Avant-propos — 9 exemplaires
The Planets (2019) 4 exemplaires

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A very enjoyable book that dashes through the structure of our universe while trying all the time to explain how you get there by looking at simple everyday calculations.

I have read many similar books so not much new information but I really enjoyed the grounding of results into everyday measures. I would figure this book is perfect to convert skeptical conspiracists into some form of reason.
 
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yates9 | 2 autres critiques | Feb 28, 2024 |
A description of the planets, and our increasing understanding of them, through the history of astronomy and then through the succession of exploratory missions that have been undertaken in the last 50 years or so. What has been revealed is truly amazing, with the frozen gas giants at one one of the system, living at -180 deg C yet still showing signs of atmospheric activity, and desiccated Mercury at the other end.
What surprised me was the number of missions which have been launched, and which I was completely unaware of! It is amazing how they are able to control satellites billions of kilometres away from us.… (plus d'informations)
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oataker | Jan 4, 2024 |
Deeper than I expected and quite to hard to follow the descriptions of Penrose diagrams and what one would see whilst tipping into a Black Hole. Enjoyable never the less, and I am now intrigued to read the authors prior book; why E=Mc2. Last few chapters give a good explanation of the more recent ideas around holographic equivalence and the conservation of information in a black hole. I especially liked the last chapter on quantum information redundancy and the link with quantum computing, even if I didn't understand much of it!… (plus d'informations)
 
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jvgravy | 3 autres critiques | Nov 7, 2023 |
Excellent and exhaustive book entertainingly written. If you’re not good at maths I would avoid it. A lot of geometry and algebra, a little calculus.
 
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Gumbywan | 3 autres critiques | Oct 26, 2023 |

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Œuvres
25
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2,520
Popularité
#10,184
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
45
ISBN
144
Langues
13
Favoris
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