Post by orzelc on Dec 11, 2018 8:42:02 GMT -5
Since I'm spending a lot of today self-promoting, I may as well drop a link here, too: my fourth book is out today in the US (the UK edition came out a little while back):
www.amazon.com/Breakfast-Einstein-Physics-Everyday-Objects/dp/1946885355/
This is another physics book for non-scientists, explaining some of the many ways that quantum physics manifests in the course of an ordinary morning: explaining why the heating element in your toaster glows that color red is the problem quantum mechanics was invented to explain, looking at cat photos on the Internet would be impossible without the particle nature of light (used in making digital cameras and lasers for fiber-optic telecom) and the wave nature of electrons (used to make computer chips), etc.
Not a lot of Hold Steady content in this one, though I did listen to a lot of their music while powering through final edits...
www.amazon.com/Breakfast-Einstein-Physics-Everyday-Objects/dp/1946885355/
This is another physics book for non-scientists, explaining some of the many ways that quantum physics manifests in the course of an ordinary morning: explaining why the heating element in your toaster glows that color red is the problem quantum mechanics was invented to explain, looking at cat photos on the Internet would be impossible without the particle nature of light (used in making digital cameras and lasers for fiber-optic telecom) and the wave nature of electrons (used to make computer chips), etc.
Not a lot of Hold Steady content in this one, though I did listen to a lot of their music while powering through final edits...