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008 160328s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2016005257
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020 _a9781250069528
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035 _a(OCoLC)936360689
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042 _apcc
092 _a523.1
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aGalfard, Christophe,
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe universe in your hand :
_ba journey through space, time, and beyond /
_cChristophe Galfard.
250 _aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bFlatiron Books,
_c2016.
300 _a386 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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520 _a"Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to picture ourselves floating in space in front of it. To get acquainted with the quantum world, we are shrunk to the size of an atom and then taken on a journey. Employing everyday similes and metaphors, addressing the reader directly, and writing stories rather than equations renders these astoundingly complex ideas in an immediate and visceral way." --
_cAmazon.com
500 _a"Originally published [in 2015] in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title-page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe cosmos -- Making sense of outer space -- Fast -- A dive into the quantum world -- To the origin of space and time -- Unexpected mysteries -- A step beyond what is known.
650 0 _aCosmology.
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651 0 _aUniverse.
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