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Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters.
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Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. His books include Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, (which was the Sunday Times 2017 Science Book of the Year), Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, What A Wonderful World, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, We Need to Talk About Kelvin and Afterglow of Creation. The latter two of which were runners-up for the Royal Society Book Prize. Marcus has also won the Bookseller’s Digital Innovation of the Year Award for Solar System for iPad.
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Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the twenty-first century in twenty-one accessible and engaging chapters.
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