01854nam a2200241Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500890005810000190014726000810016630000370024730000110028450000190029502000180031465000120033265000270034405000180037154600150038950508330040452003400123733600090157733700150158633800110160120260803094213.0251212s2015    xx            000 0 und d1 aScience but not as we know it: bcutting-edge concepts made simple /cBen Gilliland.  aGilliland, Ben  aLondon :bDorling Kindersley Limited, a Penguin Random House Company,c2015.  a192 pages: bcolor illustrations  c24 cm.  aIncludes index  a9780241184196  aScience  aSciencexPopular works  a500 G41s 2015  ain English  aCutting-edge concepts made simple -- it`s not rocket science. The media reports on the latest scientific discoveries and breakthroughs can seem like a foreign 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. `Science but not as we know it` 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. 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.  aTakes 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. In this title, difficult ideas and theories are compared to everyday things we are familiar with - forces become armies and electrons have personalities.  atext  aunmediated  avolume