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Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you about the most shocking discovery in the history of science: that at its deepest level the world is ...

In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the ...

Provides insights into the future of technology, covering such topics as time travel, immortality, and the fifth dimension.

With wit, colour and clarity, What A Wonderful World quickly and painlessly brings us up to speed on how the world of the 21st century works. From economics to physics and ...