Do Aliens Speak Physics?

And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

Daniel Whiteson, Andy Warner (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2025
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-1-324-06464-0 (ISBN)

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A hilarious, mind-bending investigation into how much humans and aliens might have in common, scientifically speaking—from a best-selling cartoonist and acclaimed physicist

When aliens finally arrive on Earth, they might enslave us—or maybe, they might just share the secrets of the universe. Will we be able to receive those precious jewels of knowledge? Is the common idea that maths and physics are a universal language really true? In Do Aliens Speak Physics?, Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner ask and answer questions both light-hearted and profound. Would aliens even need science to build the technology that brings them to Earth? Is it possible that they could experience the universe very differently, tasting electrons and smelling photons or are these particles only convenient concepts in our minds? With cartoons, deep insight and dad jokes, Whiteson and Warner explode the ideas you had about science and reality, leaving the universe—and humanity—stranger and more marvellous than before.

Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist and professor at UC Irvine and the coauthor of We Have No Idea and Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe. He lives in Irvine, California. Andy Warner is a cartoonist, editor, and teacher at the California College of the Arts and Stanford University. His work has been published by American Public Media, Popular Science, KQED, and more. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.10.2025
Zusatzinfo	300 black-and-white illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 236 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-10	1-324-06464-1 / 1324064641
ISBN-13	978-1-324-06464-0 / 9781324064640
Zustand	Neuware