Out of Sight!: From Quarks to Living Cells

by Sven Kullander, Börje Larsson

Overview

Out of Sight! is an explorer's guidebook for excursions into elusive and invisible worlds that cannot be experienced directly with our senses. It is a popular introduction into modern natural science that provides insight into the advanced and expensive technology required to explore universes too small for the eye to see. These are the domains of cells, on which all life is based, and quarks, atoms, and molecules, the basic building blocks of matter. This book explains, in nontechnical language, how we obtain our knowledge of the micro-universe. With the help of many clear diagrams, it describes the structure of living cells, atoms, and molecules as they are found in everyday objects, as well as in more exotic and dramatic forms of matter, such as antimatter, stars, and black holes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521359269
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/11/2006
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.36(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Our microworld; 2. Light; 3. Darkness; 4. Invisible radiation; 5. Forces; 6. Matter; 7. Living matter; 8. Cosmic perspective; Postscript and outlook for the future; Appendix; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'… its ample virtues - not least the clarity and richness of its prose - mean that Out of Sight! deserves a wide audience among students and readers of all ages who want a bang up-to-date survey of all matter beyond the range of our immediate senses.' Endeavour

'Out of Sight! is refreshingly different. It is packed with information about the 'microworld', from the quarks to the living cell.' J. F. L. Simmons, The Observatory

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