BIG NUMBERS: A MIND-EXPANDING TRIP TO INFINITY AND BACK

Book ID/图书代码： 06556005B11066

English Summary/英文概要： Big Numbers is a brilliant and imaginative book for 10 to 12 year olds which paints a fascinating picture of the comparative scale of phenomena in our world, from the vast to the infinitesimal. The reader is taken on a roller-coaster ride through maths, physics, chemistry, biology and technology:
* from zero to infinity in maths and time
* from subatomic particles to galaxies * from the speed and size of the Big Bang to the size and age of the universe
* from the speed of light to the power of gravity
* from the size of a White Dwarf to that of a Black Hole * from a strand of DNA to the evolution of life on Earth
* from the Hubble telescope to nanotechnology …
Combining words and pictures Big Numbers will fire the imagination of any bright youngster.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书针对十至十二岁的读者，介绍了大千世界中丰富的自然科学现象，涵盖了数学、物理、化学、生物及科技等多方面的知识：
数学及时间中的零到无限
从亚原子粒子到银河系
宇宙大爆炸的规模和速度，以及宇宙的历史和大小
关于光速和重力
白矮星和黑洞的大小
从DNA序列到地球生物进化
从哈勃望远镜到纳米技术
这是一本图文并茂的绝佳启蒙书籍。(WHL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： John and Mary Gribbin are hugely respected popularisers of science for adults and children alike. John’s adult books include In Search Of Schrödinger’s Cat and their Time and the Universe (Hodder) won the Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award; Mary is the author of the massively successful Eyewitness Guide to Time and Space (Dorling Kindersley). They live in Sussex.
作者 John 和 Mary Gribbin 是知名的大众科普作家。John 的作品包括有 In Search Of Schrödinger’s Cat ，他们的 Time and the Universe 一书荣获泰晤士报教育增刊最佳信息图书奖(Times Educational Supplement Information Book Award); Mary 笔下著作 Eyewitness Guide to Time and Space 等作品。他们现在生活在苏塞克思郡。

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