Journey by starlight : a time traveler's guide to life, the universe, and everything

9781935548232
1935548239

204 pages ; 23 cm

The power of thought
Light-years, chicken tails, and armpits
Stars, atoms, and Lego®
Albert Einstein and the atom bomb
Let there be light!
The big bang and the microwave oven
Dark matter and how wimps may save the universe
The story of gravity : the weakling, the plague, and the apple
Isaac Newton's link to Harry Potter and how to weigh a planet
Exploding stars and why everyone has a little star quality
Little green men and black holes
The end of the Dark Ages and the invention of frozen chicken
A brief history of light
Why you should never trust a quantum mechanic
Quantum mechanics for cat lovers : Isaac Newton strikes back
Clocking the speed of the fastest thing in the universe
Relatively simple : an easy guide to relativity
Relatively weird : how to grow younger, shorter, and heavier at the same time
Yes, but is it true? Albert Einstein's theories under the micrscope
Life in the galactic suburbs and why news takes so long to get there
Dear aliens, may we present President Jimmy Carter
To be or not to be? Is that a planet I see before me?
If I have seen further : the nose, the moose, and the telescope
Are there planets around other stars?
The outer, bigger planets of the solar system
The inner, smaller planets of the solar system
A close encounter of the solar kind
What is life and where did it come from?
Eating sunlight : the importance of light for life
Are we alone? Listening for extraterrestrial life
Why greenhouse gases are good for the planet
Blue skies, rainbows, and the meaning of life
More black holes and why the speed of light isn't constant after all
The curious sensation of being seen
What happens in your brain and what happened to Albert Einstein's brain
Albert Einstein's lost secret revealed : the one thing that can travel faster than light

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Spencer, Britt