Brian Clegg: 46 books
Light Years
The Extraordinary Story of Mankind's Fascination with Light
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
This is the story of light and the people who were determined to unlock the secrets of one of the greatest puzzles of the Universe. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg recounts how civilisations from the Ancient Egyptians to the Mayans understood light spiritually, and looks at the first scientific...
Sustainable Business
Strategies for Implementation (Collection)
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
A new collection of realistic, proven best practices for implementing sustainability and making it stick… 4 authoritative books, in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 4 authoritative Books show how to transform business sustainability from idea to profitable reality: Understanding...
Light Years and Time Travel
An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2007
PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL
"This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light,' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burning enemy ships with a giant array of mirrors) to a recent experiment that seems to have sent Mozart's 40th Symphony...
by Brian Clegg, Kevin Wilhelm, Eric Olson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
A brand new collection introducing today's highest-value sustainable business processes… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
3 authoritative Books help you drive real competitive advantage from sustainability -- from planning and strategy through...
Before the Big Bang
The Prehistory of Our Universe
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
According to a recent survey, the most popular question about science from the general public was: what came before the Big Bang? We all know on some level what the Big Bang is, but we don't know how it became the accepted theory, or how we might know what came before. In Before the Big Bang, Brian...
Dice World
Science and Life in a Random Universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 WINTON ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE FOR SCIENCE BOOKS As troubling as we pattern-seeking humans may find it, modern science has repeatedly shown us that randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. In Dice World, acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes readers on an incredible...
The God Effect
Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
The phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true
What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled, a change to one of them is reflected---*instantly---*in the other, be they in the...
Introducing Infinity
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and provoked and shocked others. The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician...
How to Build a Time Machine
The Real Science of Time Travel
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
A pop science look at time travel technology, from Einstein to Ronald Mallett to present day experiments. Forget fiction: time travel is real.
In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an understanding of what time is and how it can be manipulated. He explores the fascinating world...
Extra Sensory
The Science and Pseudoscience of Telepathy and Other Powers of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Extra Sensory is a pop-science look at the untapped abilities of human beings, from ESP to Telekenesis and other real life sciences that are currently being studied today, from physicist Brian Clegg.
We'd all love to have 'psi' abilities like telepathy, telekinesis, and remote viewing. But is there...
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?
Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its...
Big Data
How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data enable Netflix to forecast a hit, CERN to find the Higgs boson and medics to discover if red wine really is good for you? And how are companies...
Armageddon Science
The Science of Mass Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
An exploration of the terrifying threats to our world that fill today's headlines: from global warming epidemic to the threat of nuclear weapons and the risk posed by the leading edge devices like the Large Hadron Collider. Armageddon Science by Brian Clegg is everything you want to know about potential...
Gravitational Waves
How Einstein’s spacetime ripples reveal the secrets of the universe
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed for ever.
Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves –...