What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff - Hardcover

Marcus Chown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571278396 ISBN 13: 9780571278398

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2013

Synopsis

Why do we have sex? What is money? Does time exist? In this lucid, witty and hugely entertaining book, the bestselling author of We Need to Talk about Kelvin and Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You applies his deep understanding of complex systems to the mysteries of life, the universe and everything - from evolution to electricity, from the human brain to the cosmos. In an age of information overload, it offers a painless crash course in 21st-century existence.

About this title

About the Author:

Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is currently cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. He is the author of the bestselling Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, The Never Ending Days of Being Dead and The Magic Furnace. He also wrote The Solar System, the bestselling app for iPad, which won the Future Book Award 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0571278396
• ISBN 13: 9780571278398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424