Spectrums
Our Mind-Boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2013
192 pages
978-1-4088-3245-5 (ISBN)
Description
The universe is a mind-boggling place, full of things seemingly too big and too small to understand. How can we visualise the minuscule world of the atom and the vastness of our galaxy? How can we grasp a billionth of a second and a billion years? Or the freezing point of Helium and the heat generated by the blast of an atomic bomb?
David Blatner's solution is to put these and many other 'inconceivable' items on six spectrums - numbers, size, light, sound, heat and time - that put them into a human perspective. Full of facts, illustrations and anecdotes, Spectrums proves that we really can make sense of our extraordinary universe.
Visit spectrums.com for amazing interactive charts, videos and more
David Blatner's solution is to put these and many other 'inconceivable' items on six spectrums - numbers, size, light, sound, heat and time - that put them into a human perspective. Full of facts, illustrations and anecdotes, Spectrums proves that we really can make sense of our extraordinary universe.
Visit spectrums.com for amazing interactive charts, videos and more
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-3245-5 (9781408832455)
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Book
03/2013
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€36.08
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Person
David Blatner is internationally known for his popular science books The Joy of Pi , The Flying Book and, most recently, Spectrums, as well as for his award-winning books for graphic designers. He lectures worldwide on electronic publishing. More than half-a-million copies of his books are in print in fourteen languages. He lives with his family in Seattle.
www.spectrums.com / @spectrumsbook
www.spectrums.com / @spectrumsbook
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Numbers
- Chapter 2 Size
- Chapter 3 Light
- Chapter 4 Sound
- Chapter 5 Heat
- Chapter 6 Time
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Table of Prefixes
- Index
- By the same author
- Copyright page
