<p><b>From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know to get to grips with the subject.<br></b><br>Rather than trying to bend your mind around all the vast and confounding details of things such as gravitational waves, electricity and black holes, wouldn’t it be easier to <b>understand just one central concept </b>from which everything else follows?<br><br>If you’ve ever found yourself fascinated by the idea of <b>quantum computing</b> but feel a little overwhelmed by the mindblowing subject of quantum mechanics or concerned by climate change but haven’t been able to get to grips with the details of <b>global warming</b>, this book is for you. Let’s take <b>atoms</b>, for example
