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02334aam a2200397Mi 4500 001 B26B2E04491811E8A2116E4897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180426011139 008 170928t20172017enkac e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1782405143 020 $a 9781782405146 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $e rda $d OCLCO $d JID $d SILO 245 00 $a 30-second physics : $b the 50 most fundamental concepts in physics, each explained in half a minute / $c editor, Brian Clegg ; contributors, Philip Ball [and others] ; illustrator, Steve Rawlings. 246 3 $a Thirty-second physics : $b the fifty most fundamental concepts in physics, each explained in half a minute. 264 1 $a London : $b The Ivy Press, $c 2017. 300 $a 160 pages : $b illustrations (mostly colour), portraits (some colour) illustrations ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a 30-second. 520 $a The bestselling 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. 30-Second Physics tackles the big ideas behind life as we know it, from electromagnetic waves that enable us to connect in an instant from opposite ends of the earth to the gravity that keeps our feet firmly on the ground. In a world where physics is an everyday essential and new quantum developments make headline news, you need to know your atoms from your anti-matter, and learn just enough to speak with fluidity about Fluid Dynamics and be certain about the Uncertainty Principle. Here is the fastest way to get up to speed with rocket science - and the rest. 650 0 $a Quantum theory $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Light $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Energy $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Thermodynamics $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Physics $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Light. 650 0 $a Energy. 650 0 $a Thermodynamics. 650 0 $a Quantum theory. 650 0 $a Physics. 700 1 $a Clegg, Brian, $e contributor. $e contributor. 700 1 $a Ball, Philip, $d 1962- $e contributor. 700 1 $a Rawlings, Steve, $e illustrator. 830 0 $a 30-second. 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20180426011457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B26B2E04491811E8A2116E4897128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search