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|title=Gravity, Cracking the Cosmic Code
|author=Nicholas Mee
|rating=4.5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=Dr Mee’s quest begins with raw data used by Thales of Miletus to make an accurate prediction of a solar eclipse as early as 585 BC recorded in an the account of a battle by Herodotus. Thales analysed the highly accurate data provided by the skilled observations of the Babylonians. Early theories of the heavens are explored in detail with puzzles provided to encourage the reader, for example, to grasp the importance of Galileo’s experiments, Kepler’s revolutionary theories and the towering work of Newton. Midway through this engaging account Dante and the State of Denmark have all been touched upon. This book is a determined attempt to counter the ignorance of the public about basic science, famously propounded by C.P.Snow, and to introduce them to the latest theories about black holes, string theory and to convey the beautiful links between gravity and the theory of small particles, like leptons, with the grand structure of galaxies.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1901579484</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Doughnuts for a Dragon
|summary=We have all heard of a ''Pride of Lions'', a ''Herd of Cattle'' and a ''Flock of Birds'', but what about the less common, long forgotten collective nouns, like: a ''Bloat of Hippopotami'', a ''Mutation of Thrushes'', a ''Herd of Harlots'' or a ''Superfluity of Nuns''? If you are interested in the English language and the origin of words, then you will really enjoy browsing this book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433082</amazonuk>
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