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The Matter of Everything
- Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World
- Narrated by: Suzie Sheehy
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents The Matter of Everything by Suzie Sheehy, read by Suzie Sheehy.
The astonishing story of 20th-century physics, told through the 12 experiments that changed our world.
For millennia, people have asked questions about the nature of matter. In the 20th century, this curiosity led to an unprecedented outburst of scientific discovery that changed the course of history.
In The Matter of Everything, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the people who, through a combination of genius, persistence and luck, staged these groundbreaking experiments. From the physicists who soared in hot air balloons on the trail of new particles, to the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German lab, and from the race to split open the atomic nucleus to the quest to find the third generation of matter, Sheehy shows how these experiments informed innumerable aspects of how we live today. Radio, TV, the chips in our smartphones, MRI scanners, radar equipment and microwaves, to name a few: these were all made possible by our determination to understand, and control, the microscopic.
Pulling physics down from the theoretical and putting it in the hands of the people, The Matter of Everything is a celebration of human ingenuity, creativity and curiosity: a powerful reminder that progress relies on the desire to know.
Critic reviews
"A splendid idea, vividly carried out: I enjoyed this book enormously." (Philip Pullman)
"A magical tour of the great experiments defining the most incredible century in physics." (Andrew Steele, best-selling author of Ageless)
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- Mikey
- 01-06-22
An interesting book
A really good telling of the story of physics from the very first ideas right through to the LHC. The only critical comment I have is the accent of the narrator sometimes has you thinking you've misheard. A good example is the line... "He used arse crystals in water as a detector".
But the tale of physics shines through and does a really job of engaging even slower thinking brains than mine..
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- Thomas H.
- 01-08-22
Sheer brilliance
Packed full of extraordinary tales of world-changing science, this book is a masterpiece. Suzie Sheehy's style and content are a joy!
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- f prendiville
- 18-01-24
Excellent description of the story of science
Complicated ideas put forward in an easily understandable manner. Links the science and history very well, really entertaining and interesting.
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