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From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.
Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with a...
In this book, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its core. Quantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not exist. Yet for 60 years most physicists...
Quarks
In the build-up to the Christmas Lectures in 2012, the Royal Institution published a new video for every day of advent revealing the elements that really excite and inspire people.
Professor Brian Cox ponders whether an advanced knowledge of sub-atomic particles will one day allow us to dispense with the...
This self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of cosmology bridges the gap between non-technical popular accounts and textbooks for advanced students. It concentrates on presenting the...
This book is designed to introduce pupils to STEM related careers with some engaging graphics and unusual occupations like climatologist and polar scientist.
Queen Elizabeth’s School
Queen Elizabeth’s School in Dorset looked to embed problem solving skills to students in lower school, which allowed students taking the Core Maths course adjusted well to the problem solving focus of Core Maths and a teaching strategy which supports and guides them to find solutions to problems independently....
Queen Mary University of London and the South East Physics Network have produced three particle physics kits for use in schools: Building the Universe; Fisson and Fusion and an A-level Particle Physics kit. All the kits use Lego bricks as fundamental particles, so that students can build atoms and look at the...
Providing answers to some of children's most commonly-asked questions, the 'Question & answer encyclopedia' series covers many different topics, using photographs, diagrams and clear and concise text to explain...
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