Das Buch behandelt 130 Schlüsselkomponenten des Universums, von Zwerggalaxien bis zu Planeten, und erklärt deren Struktur und Entstehung. Es ist zugänglich und bildreich gestaltet, ohne Fachbegriffe, und bietet eine fesselnde Erzählung für Sterngucker und Amateur-Astronomen, die mehr über das Kosmos erfahren möchten.
Quantum physics is the most fundamental branch of science. Allowing for dead- and-alive cats, teleportation, antimatter and parallel universes, as well as underpinning all of our digital technology, it is as important as it is mind- bending. In this clear and compact book, Gemma Lavender demystifies the strange and beautiful quantum world, and hence the nature of reality itself.
What is the universe made of? How did it start? This Manual tells the story of how physicists are seeking answers to these questions using the world’s largest particle smasher – the Large Hadron Collider – at the CERN laboratory on the Franco-Swiss border. Beginning with the first tentative steps taken to build the machine, the digestible text, supported by color photographs of the hardware involved, along with annotated schematic diagrams of the physics experiments, covers the particle accelerator’s greatest discoveries – from both the perspective of the writer and the scientists who work there. The Large Hadron Collider Owners' Workshop Manual is a full, comprehensive guide to the most famous, record-breaking physics experiment in the world, which continues to capture the public imagination as it provides new insight into the fundamental laws of nature.
From the Big Bang to black holes and supernovas, this is the complete story of the universe unravelled into one concise narrative.