Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science

by Nigel Calder

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"Magic Universe brings current science to the general reader in an imaginative and wholly original way. It offers an exhilarating tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, presented as a set of self-contained stories. The stories are arranged as A-Z entries, but this is not a conventional encyclopedia: each story unfolds in a totally unpredictable way, seamlessly crossing disciplines, and told in engaging, accessible language."--Jacket.… (more)

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I am not a scientist but love to study and read science, especially regarding the cosmos and atomic/sub-atomic particles. This one was a perfect read, and the author makes these tough topics fun and easy to read. (

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travelster | Oct 23, 2013 |

This wonderful tome kept the lights burning late many a night as I moved every which way through the interrelated articles on everything under the sun... including the Sun itself! Nigel got his chops writing for New Scientist for a jillion years. No wonder I subscribe to the magazine! Great stuff. Only problem: the paper is too heavy. Wish there was an electronic version available. (

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Hoagy27 | Oct 5, 2009 |

756-page compendium of 119 short takes ("stories") on many areas of science.

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"Magic Universe brings current science to the general reader in an imaginative and wholly original way. It offers an exhilarating tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, presented as a set of self-contained stories. The stories are arranged as A-Z entries, but this is not a conventional encyclopedia: each story unfolds in a totally unpredictable way, seamlessly crossing disciplines, and told in engaging, accessible language."--Jacket.

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