Since humanity first learned to predict eclipses, our understanding of the universe has often progressed through equations that predict future discoveries. Marcus Chown explains ten of the most remarkable mathematically based advances in physics, from electromagnetism to Einstein's gravitational waves and Wolfgang Pauli's neutrino, starting in 1846 when Johann Galle identified Neptune, the existence of which had already been calculated.
The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's astonishing predictive power.
'An excellent popular science book.'
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'A thoroughly informative and entertaining read.'
ANNA BURNS, Booker Prize-winning author of Milkman
'One of the best-written books about phsyics I have ever come across.'
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'Highly entertaining and accessible.' IRISH TIMES
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'Thoroughly enjoyable . . . Chown has down it again.' BBC SKY AT NIGHT
The Magicians takes us on a breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the eureka! moments of modern physics. Charting the spellbinding stories of the scientists who predicted and discovered the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space-time, unsuspected subatomic particles and even antimatter, Marcus Chown reveals science's greatest mystery: its astonishing predictive power.
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