The unimaginably strange behaviour of free electrons -- Quantum beats and giant atoms -- And yet it moves: exotic atoms and the invariance of charge -- Reflections on light -- Two worlds, large and small: earth and atom -- The Wirbelrohr's roar (... or rather whistle) -- Science…
The unimaginably strange behaviour of free electrons -- Quantum beats and giant atoms -- And yet it moves: exotic atoms and the invariance of charge -- Reflections on light -- Two worlds, large and small: earth and atom -- The Wirbelrohr's roar (... or rather whistle) -- Science…
A miscellany of odd stories and facts about the ancient Greeks, demonstrating how much they were--and were not--like us.
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre,…
"The Art of Tinkering is a collection of exhibits, artwork, and projects that celebrate a whole new way to learn, in which people create their own knowledge through making and doing, working with readily available materials, getting their hands dirty, collaborating with others, …
"What kind of person is curious? What makes a person or thing an object of curiosity? From Gulliver to Frankenstein, from detectives to hot air baloonists, curious and inquiring characters have been portrayed as themselves curiosities, as social upstarts, and as spectacles to be…
"What kind of person is curious? What makes a person or thing an object of curiosity? From Gulliver to Frankenstein, from detectives to hot air balloonists, curious and inquiring characters have been portrayed as themselves curiosities, as social upstarts, and as spectacles to b…
