Explaining Our Weird Universe, Book 1: Cool Stuff About Time, Black Holes and Quantum Magic

by Matthew Wright

Why is gravity an illusion? No really, it is! Einstein said so. And what about black holes - are they really one-way journeys? What happens if you fall into one? Check out the quick-read answers to this and more in this short and fun easy guide to some of the trickier questions about science - everything from black holes to why 'quantum' isn't an explanation for magic.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2016

About the author

Matthew Wright has qualifications in music, history and anthropology, among other fields, holds postgraduate degrees in history, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London. He published his first short story in 1976 and since the early 1980s has worked extensively as a writer, professional historian, reviewer and journalist. His work includes more than 500 articles, academic papers and reviews, and over 50 books on topics from travel guides to biography, engineering, earthquakes, transport, military and social history. He has a particular interest in the sciences.

Reviews

[Audrey Driscoll · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this short, well-written book, Matthew Wright does a good job of explaining some key concepts of physics to people like me, who have limited knowledge of mathematics. There are no equations in this book, aside from one that everybody recognizes. After reading this book, I have a better understanding of what that equation actually means. Each chapter focusses on a single topic, such as gravity, black holes, time, and quantum theories. Wright's style is informal and approachable, with touches of humour and references to science fiction and movies many readers will recognize. Reference to physicists and other scientists include their dates of birth and death, providing a timeline of scientific discoveries of the past couple of centuries. Wright emphasizes the difference between thinking up theories and testing them, and the differences between popular notions and true scientific weirdness. I came away from this book with an improved understanding of topics that used to be hazy and intimidating. Readers may be inspired to learn more about physics as a result of reading this book.

[Chris The Story Reading Ape · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short instructive / educational book packed full of relatively 'easy to follow' explanations about past and current scientific theories to 'explain / prove' the weirdness of The Universe.

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