ANDREW MAY went to the same Cambridge college, Trinity, as Sir Isaac Newton. After gaining his first degree in Natural Sciences he went on to do a Ph D in astrophysics at Manchester University. This was on the subject of galactic dynamics, and the only physics he needed to know he was a Newtonian. He continued as a postdoc in the same area for four years, before moving into the more lucrative if shadowy world of defence science. He worked first in private industry, then in the Civil Service and then in private industry again, for a total of 24 years. He now earns his living as a freelance writer and defence consultant.He is author of Isaac Newton: pocket GIANTS (2015).
19 Ebooks par Andrew May
Dr Andrew May: Isaac Newton: pocket GIANTS
Isaac Newton had an extraordinary idea. He believed the physical universe and everything in it could be described in exact detail using mathematical relationships. He formulated a law of gravity that …
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€4.99
Dr Andrew May: Albert Einstein: pocket GIANTS
Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deep …
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€4.99
Dr Andrew May: Bloody British History: Somerset
Horrors of the caves! The ghastly true story of the Cheddar cannibals! Twilight of the Empire! Romans, Saxons and the legends of King Arthur! Swords against the Vikings! The Somerset heroes who defie …
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€13.99
Andrew May: Destination Mars
Mars is back. Suddenly everyone – from Elon Musk to Ridley Scott to Donald Trump – is talking about going to the Red Planet. When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagine …
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€6.98
Andrew May: Astrobiology
Extraterrestrial life is a common theme in science fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiology is the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question. The possi …
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€6.98
Andrew May: Cosmic Impact
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability only in the last decade of the 20th century with the realisati …
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€6.98
Frank Close & Leon Clifford: 30-Second Quantum Theory
The bestselling 30-Second… series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the …
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€7.99
Andrew May: Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science
People are used to seeing “fake physics” in science fiction – concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF …
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€32.09
Andrew May: Pseudoscience and Science Fiction
Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and scienc …
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€24.60
Andrew May: The Telescopic Tourist’s Guide to the Moon
Whether you’re interested in visiting Apollo landing sites or the locations of classic sci-fi movies, this is the tourist guide for you! This tourist guide has a twist – it is a guide to a whole diff …
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€48.14
Gabriele Coppi & Andrew May: Miniature Sorption Coolers
In recent years, there have been significant developments in detector technologies in the field of astrophysics, requiring lower temperatures with simple self-contained refrigerators. Temperatures in …
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€59.16
Gabriele Coppi & Andrew May: Miniature Sorption Coolers
In recent years, there have been significant developments in detector technologies in the field of astrophysics, requiring lower temperatures with simple self-contained refrigerators. Temperatures in …
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€59.28
Andrew May: The Science of Sci-Fi Music
The 20th century saw radical changes in the way serious music is composed and produced, including the advent of electronic instruments and novel compositional methods such as serialism and stochastic …
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€28.88
Andrew May: Welsh missionaries and British imperialism
In 1841, the Welsh sent their first missionary, Thomas Jones, to evangelise the tribal peoples of the Khasi Hills of north-east India. This book follows Jones from rural Wales to Cherrapunji, the wet …
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€29.99
Andrew May: The Space Business
Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce. Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history whi …
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€8.39
Andrew May: The Science of Music
Music is shaped by the science of sound.How can music – an artform – have anything to do with science? Yet there are myriad ways in which the two are intertwined, from the basics of music theory and …
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€9.59
Andrew May: How Space Physics Really Works
There is a huge gulf between the real physics of space travel and the way it is commonly portrayed in movies and TV shows. That’s not because space physics is difficult or obscure – most of the detai …
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€26.74
Andrew May: Astrobiología
– Una guía sobre una apasionante materia científica, que muestra que los signos que revelan que hay vida en la Tierra pueden ser la clave para detectarla también fuera de nuestro planeta. – Un análi …
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€11.99
Andrew May: Eyes in the Sky
Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope to gaze further into outer space to examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets …
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€9.59
