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First You Build a Cloud - by  K C Cole (Paperback) - 1 of 1

First You Build a Cloud - by K C Cole (Paperback)

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  • For many of us, physics, like math, has always been a thing of mystery and complexity.
  • Author(s): K C Cole
  • 240 Pages
  • Science, History

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Demystifying physics in a fascinating read, "First You Build a Cloud" does for physics what the bestselling "The Universe and the Teacup" did for math.



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For many of us, physics, like math, has always been a thing of mystery and complexity. In First You Build a Cloud, K. C. Cole provides cogent explanations through animated prose, metaphors, and anecdotes, allowing us to comprehend the nuances of physics-gravity and light, color and shape, quarks and quasars, particles and stars, force and strength. We also come to see how the physical world is so deeply intertwined with the ways in which we think about culture, poetry, and philosophy. Cole, one of our preeminent science writers, serves as a guide into the world of such legendary scientific minds as Richard Feynman, Victor Weisskopf, brothers Frank Oppenheimer and J. Robert Oppenheimer, Philip Morrison, Vera Kistiakowsky, and Stephen Jay Gould.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Science
Sub-Genre: History
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: K C Cole
Language: English
Street Date: April 15, 1999
TCIN: 1002700831
UPC: 9780156006460
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-3122
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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