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Science hacks : 100 clever ways to help you understand and remember the most important theories / Colin Barras ; [illustrators, Design 23].

Summary:

With Science Hacks, you no longer need a PhD to understand the fascinating ideas behind science's greatest theories and discoveries. This latest addition to the ingenious new Hacks series will show you a technique for understanding and, crucially, remembering 100 of the most important and most interesting scientific theories from throughout the ages. On each topic, you'll start with a helicopter overview of the subject, which will give you an introduction to the idea and some context surrounding it. Next, you'll zoom in on the core elements of the theory, with clear explanation of each point to make sure you really understand the concept before finally, you'll be given a one-liner hack to really make the theory stick in your mind.

Record details

ISBN: 9781844039845
ISBN: 1844039846
Physical Description: 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: London, England : Cassell Illustrated, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Evolution -- Genetics -- Human origins -- Natural world -- Medicine and physiology -- Physics -- The atomic world -- Space.