The Physics Book : Big Ideas Simply Explained - DK - 9780241412725 - Dorling Kindersley

Using a bold, graphic-led approach The Physics Book sets out more than 80 key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject and influenced our technology since the beginning of time. Seven themed chapters examine the history and developments in areas such as energy and matter, and electricity and magnetism, as well as quantum, nuclear, and particle physics.

Eureka moments abound: from Pythagorass observations of the pleasing harmonies created by vibrating strings, and Galileos experiments with spheres, to Isaac Newtons apple and his conclusions about gravity and the laws of motion. Youll also learn about Albert Einsteins insights into relativity, how the accidental discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation confirmed the Big Bang theory, the search for the Higgs boson particle, and why most of our Universe is missing.