Brian Clegg: 46 books
The Universe Inside You
The Extreme Science of the Human Body from Quantum Theory to the Mysteries of the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Built from the debris of exploding stars that floated through space for billions of years, home to a zoo of tiny aliens, and controlled by a brain with more possible connections than there are atoms in the universe, the human body is the most incredible thing in existence. In the sequel to his bestselling...
The Quantum Age
How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The stone age, the iron age, the steam and electrical ages all saw the reach of humankind transformed by new technology. Now we are living in the quantum age, a revolution in everyday life led by our understanding of the very, very small. Quantum physics lies at the heart of every electronic device...
How Many Moons Does the Earth Have?
The Ultimate Science Quiz Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There’s a problem with the typical quiz. It always features far too much sport, 1980s pop and celebrity gossip – and not nearly enough science. How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? is the ultimate solution....
A Brief History of Infinity
The Quest to Think the Unthinkable
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
We human beings have trouble with infinity...
Science for Life
A manual for better living
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
In Science for Life acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg cuts through the vested interests and confusing contradictory statements that litter the media and the internet, to give a clear picture of what science is telling us right now about changing our lives for the better. Discover the much-advertised...
Final Frontier
The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Star Trek was right — there is only one final frontier, and that is space...
Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast.
In...
The Reality Frame
Relativity and our place in the universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Weaving together the great ideas of science, The Reality Frame takes us on a thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind.
Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the...
by Rhodri Evans, Brian Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists...
by Brian Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
He froze. It was the girl's voice again. The one he'd heard when the pain had struck. Clear and urgent, deep inside his head.
_That click was a Heckler and Koch MP7 personal defence weapon. It fires 950 armour piercing rounds per minute. The sound you heard was the safety catch coming off._
No!...
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
The Hidden 95% of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2019
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has ever faced.
Since the 1970s, astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them to account for the...
by Brian Clegg
Language: German
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Philosophen und Mathematiker hat das Nachsinnen über das Wesen des Unendlichen buchstäblich den Verstand geraubt – und dennoch ist es ein Konzept, das immer wieder unser Leben bestimmt. In diesem mit Anekdoten und Geschichten gespickten Buch nimmt uns Brian Clegg mit auf eine Reise durch das Grenzland...
Roger Bacon
The First Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Back in thirteenth-century Europe, in the early years of the great universities, learning was spiced with the danger of mob violence and a terrifyingly repressive religious censorship. Roger Bacon, a humble and devout English friar, seems an unlikely figure to challenge the orthodoxy of his day -...
Studying Creatively
A Creativity Toolkit to Get Your Studies Out of a Rut
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Are you stuck in a rut? Short of inspiration? Looking for a study guide that’s a break from the norm?
This innovative book will give you the tools and techniques you need to work a bit of creative magic into every aspect of your studying.
Clegg’s easy-to-read, entertaining book will...
by Brian Clegg, Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Scientific American's daily Sixty-Second Science podcast was such an unexpected success, with millions of downloads, that a spin-off site was created around the concept of bite-sized science. This new series of books will tackle the biggest topics in science by breaking them up into quick and easy...