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Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics
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 A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics you'll
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.
In Quirky A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics you'll
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.
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337 pages, Paperback
Published April 5, 2016
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May 10, 2019
3.5 stars
This book is a collection of articles on various physics phenomena, ranging from astrophysics to quantum mechanics, from particle physics to speculations on hypothesis about yet unexplained mysteries.
Oh man, I wanted to like that book more, I really did. I enjoyed reading it, it’s very interesting and I also learned quite a lot, but unfortunately I have a few issues with it. First, I think the idea to give almost every article the same amount of space (3 pages + a cartoon) is quite dubious. Not all phenomena described in this book are equally difficult to understand, so the easier ones get a lot more attention to detail than the more difficult ones. Second, as the articles often have overlapping themes, there are some repetitions (sometimes exactly identical), which is quite tedious. Furthermore, there are some errors (false names, numbers or wrong sentence structures) and unfortunately it’s noticeable (even for me, who has learned English as a third language) that the book was not written by native English speakers.
As a last, maybe a bit pedantic point, I have to ask: why add a female comic character and only use her for two or three quite lame jokes?
This book is a collection of articles on various physics phenomena, ranging from astrophysics to quantum mechanics, from particle physics to speculations on hypothesis about yet unexplained mysteries.
Oh man, I wanted to like that book more, I really did. I enjoyed reading it, it’s very interesting and I also learned quite a lot, but unfortunately I have a few issues with it. First, I think the idea to give almost every article the same amount of space (3 pages + a cartoon) is quite dubious. Not all phenomena described in this book are equally difficult to understand, so the easier ones get a lot more attention to detail than the more difficult ones. Second, as the articles often have overlapping themes, there are some repetitions (sometimes exactly identical), which is quite tedious. Furthermore, there are some errors (false names, numbers or wrong sentence structures) and unfortunately it’s noticeable (even for me, who has learned English as a third language) that the book was not written by native English speakers.
As a last, maybe a bit pedantic point, I have to ask: why add a female comic character and only use her for two or three quite lame jokes?
October 17, 2020
I thought this book was going to be easier to understand, but I had fun reading it anyway and I got to understand physics a little bit more. This book made me understand the importance of understanding physics and now i just want to read more books about physics.
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