Publisher's Synopsis
-MANO DERECHA DE HAWKING, GALFARD ES UN DIVULGADOR CLAVE DE LA CIENCIA ACTUAL, ÚNICO CONJUGANDO RIGOR Y ENTRETENIMIENTO.
-EL PRIMER LIBRO ACTUALIZADO CON LA ÚLTIMA GRAN NOTICIA CIENTÍFICA: LAS ONDAS GRAVITACIONALES.
-BEST-SELLER INTERNACIONAL PUBLICADO EN 15 PAÍSES. 100.000 EJEMPLARES VENDIDOS EN FRANCIA
-PREMIO AL MEJOR LIBRO DE CIENCIA EN FRANCIA EN 2015.
No estás solo en el universo. Y no estás solo en este viaje por el universo. Estás tumbado mirando el cielo en una playa cuando alguien te coge de la mano. Te guìa en una odisea alucinante hasta los agujeros negros, las galaxias más lejanas y el inicio mismo del cosmos.
Abandonas tu cuerpo y te desplazas a velocidades imposibles, te introduces en un núcleo atómico,viajas en el tiempo, entras en el Sol. No es que te expliquen el universo. Es que lo tocas. No es que por fin entiendas el universo.
Lo tienes en tu mano.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"If Ms. Frizzle were a physics student of Stephen Hawking, she might have written THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR HAND, a wild tour through the reaches of time and space, from the interior of a proton to the Big Bang to the rough suburbs of a black hole. It's friendly, excitable, erudite, and cosmic."
―Jordan Ellenberg, New York Times besteselling author of How Not To Be Wrong
Quantum physics, black holes, string theory, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, parallel universes: even if we are interested in these fundamental concepts of our world, their language is the language of math. Which means that despite our best intentions of finally grasping, say, Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, most of us are quickly brought up short by a snarl of nasty equations or an incomprehensible graph.
Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to picture ourselves floating in space in front of it. To get acquainted with the quantum world, we are shrunk to the size of an atom and then taken on a journey. Employing everyday similes and metaphors, addressing the reader directly, and writing stories rather than equations renders these astoundingly complex ideas in an immediate and visceral way.
Utterly captivating and entirely unique, The Universe in Your Hand will find its place among other classics in the field.
