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The Matter of Everything : A History of Discovery

Sheehy, Suzie
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: July 6, 2023
ISBN: 9781526618993
336 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£10.99

How did a piece of gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms? What part did a hot air balloon play in the discovery of cosmic rays? How do we know all that we know about the world today?

It’s not simply because we have the maths – it’s because we have done the experiments.

Accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the creative and curious people who, through a combination of genius, tenacity and luck, staged the groundbreaking experiments of the twentieth century. From the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German laboratory, to the scientists trying to prove Einstein wrong (and inadvertently proving him right), The Matter of Everything takes us on a journey through the history of experiments that transformed our world.

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