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- catalog abstract ""Assume the cow is a sphere." So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples (like the cow as sphere, which illustrates the principle of simplifying the world in order to explain it), Fear of Physics nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.".
- catalog contributor b5003150.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description ""Assume the cow is a sphere." So begins this lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples (like the cow as sphere, which illustrates the principle of simplifying the world in order to explain it), Fear of Physics nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]) and index.".
- catalog description "Looking Where the Light Is -- The Art of Numbers -- Creative Plagiarism -- Hidden Realities -- The Search for Symmetry-- It Ain't Over Till It's Over.".
- catalog extent "xv, 206 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Fear of physics.".
- catalog identifier "0465057454".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fear of physics.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : BasicBooks,".
- catalog relation "Fear of physics.".
- catalog subject "530/.01 20".
- catalog subject "Physics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Physics.".
- catalog subject "QC 21.2 K91f 1993".
- catalog subject "QC21.2 .K73 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "Looking Where the Light Is -- The Art of Numbers -- Creative Plagiarism -- Hidden Realities -- The Search for Symmetry-- It Ain't Over Till It's Over.".
- catalog title "Fear of physics : a guide for the perplexed / Lawrence M. Krauss.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".