{"product_id":"black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-tales-from-the-annals-of-physics","title":"Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBlack Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJennifer Ouellette\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143036036\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003ePhysics, once known as \"natural philosophy,\" is the most basic science, explaining the world we live in, from the largest scale down to the very, very, \u003ci\u003every\u003c\/i\u003e smallest, and our understanding of it has changed over many centuries. In \u003ci\u003eBlack Bodies and Quantum Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, science writer Jennifer Ouellette traces key developments in the field, setting descriptions of the fundamentals of physics in their historical context as well as against a broad cultural backdrop. Newton's laws are illustrated via the film \u003ci\u003eAddams Family Values\u003c\/i\u003e, while \u003ci\u003eBack to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the finer points of special relativity. Poe's \"The Purloined Letter\" serves to illuminate the mysterious nature of neutrinos, and Jeanette Winterson's novel \u003ci\u003eGut Symmetries\u003c\/i\u003e provides an elegant metaphorical framework for string theory. An enchanting and edifying read, \u003ci\u003eBlack Bodies and Quantum Cats\u003c\/i\u003e shows that physics is not an arcane field of study but a profoundly human endeavor--and a fundamental part of our everyday world.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics | Jennifer Ouellette | Paperback | 9780143036036 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1785038","offer_id":67624479293592,"sku":"1785038","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71_zvzpnamL.jpg?v=1790982194","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/black-bodies-and-quantum-cats-tales-from-the-annals-of-physics","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}