Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics
by Benjamin Bahr and Boris Lemmer
Springer | March 2016 | ISBN-10: 3662495074 | True PDF | 319 pages | 62 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Quirky-Quarks-Cartoon-Fascinating-Physics/dp/3662495074
Do you love quantum physics, cosmology, and the humor behind the popular television show The Big Bang Theory? Have you been on the lookout for a fun, non-technical explanation of the science behind things like time travel, wormholes, antimatter, and dark energy? You'll find all of that, and more, inside this fact-filled, cartoon-packed book.
In Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics you'll get:
- The latest science behind the mysteries of our universe explained in common everyday language.
- A major dose of cartoons, comics, and humor.
- A good grasp on the often-bizarre nature of reality.
Start reading and you'll find that hard science does not have to be hard. Whether you're a teacher, a physicist, or just a lover of the curious, this is the book that delivers the facts in an engaging and entertaining cartoon world inhabited by two dogs, a cat, and some very quirky quarks which you might know from The Particle Zoo. With cutting edge science articles by physicists Boris Lemmer and Benjamin Bahr, and drawings by cartoonist Rina Piccolo, this may be the most fun science reading you're likely to find out there
About the Author
Dr. Boris Lemmer is an experimental elementary particle physicist, working at the University of Göttingen and on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN.
Before doing his PhD in Göttingen, he studied physics and mathematics in Gießen. He does not only love science, but also explaining it to laymen, either in books, in talks or on stage. In 2011, he won the German Science Slam championship.
CONTENTS
Preface V
The Characters XIII
The Particles XIV
Measure for Measure On the Units in Science XVI
I – Rocket Science 1
II – The Cosmos 71
III – Quantum Mechanics 141
IV – Particle Physics 203
V – Beyond the Boundaries of Our Knowledge 269
