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What really happened during the big bang -  and before it? Is the universe expanding? Is dark matter real? Do we  live in one of many worlds? What's more, how can we prove any of this?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  book is all about how we - any of us - can gain an understanding of the  Universe in all its awe-inspiring glory. Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw  take us on an epic journey of scientific exploration, revealing how the  biggest questions - from the size of the earth to the distance to the  stars - are answerable from our own back gardens. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou don't need a Large Hadron Collider or a Hubble Space Telescope to explore the cosmos. 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Along the way, we visit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted: the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator capable of re-creating conditions that existed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the United Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, \u003ci\u003eWhy Does E=mc2?\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232486895989,"sku":"9780306819117","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780306819117_db2b4749-4da4-42fb-8934-2bb4cd34aa61.jpg?v=1786012394"},{"product_id":"9780691153032","title":"The Quotable Feynman","description":"A treasure-trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from beloved physicist Richard P. Feynman\"Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.\"—Richard P. FeynmanNobel Prize–winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was that rarest of creatures—a towering scientific genius who could make himself understood by anyone and who became as famous for the wit and wisdom of his popular lectures and writings as for his fundamental contributions to science. The Quotable Feynman is a treasure-trove of this revered and beloved scientist's most profound, provocative, humorous, and memorable quotations on a wide range of subjects.   Carefully selected by Richard Feynman's daughter, Michelle Feynman, from his spoken and written legacy, including interviews, lectures, letters, articles, and books, the quotations are arranged under two dozen topics—from art, childhood, discovery, family, imagination, and humor to mathematics, politics, science, religion, and uncertainty. These brief passages—about 500 in all—vividly demonstrate Feynman's astonishing yet playful intelligence, and his almost constitutional inability to be anything other than unconventional, engaging, and inspiring. The result is a unique, illuminating, and enjoyable portrait of Feynman's life and thought that will be cherished by his fans at the same time that it provides an ideal introduction to Feynman for readers new to this intriguing and important thinker.   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