CLEGG BRIAN

Παιχνίδια τύχης και στρατηγικής (σκληρόδετη έκδοση)
Πώς μπορούμε να καταλάβουμε το αληθινό πρόσωπο κάποιου εύκολα και γρήγορα; Πώς θα αποφύγουμε την ήττα αν υποψιαστούμε ότι ο "κολλητός" μας είναι έτοιμος να μας προδώσει προκειμένου να απολαύσει τα οφέλη της νίκης του; Όταν παίζουμε χαρτιά ή τάβλι, όταν ποντάρουμε στη ρουλέτα, όταν ρίχνουμε ζάρια, όταν στοιχηματίζουμε στη λοταρία, όταν "ανεβάζουμε" την προσφορά μας σε μια δημοπρασία, όταν παζαρεύουμε σε μια αγοραπωλησία, όταν, ως χώρα, καταστρώνουμε στρατηγική εμβολιασμού, όταν, γενικώς, παίζουμε ένα παιχνίδι τύχης, πάντα κάτι κρυφό ξεφεύγε...
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(P/B) DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has ever faced. Since the 1970s, astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them to account for the way they spin around: they should fly apart, but something concealed holds them together. That 'something' is dark matter - invisible material in five times the quantity of the familiar stuff of stars and planets. By the 1990s we also knew that the expa...
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(P/B) 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 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in 30 seconds. 30-Second Quantum Theory tackles a mindbendingly mysterious area of physics, introducing the 50 most significant quantum quandaries and ideas. In a world where the quantum physics of electronics is a...
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(P/B) GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed for ever. Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space and time - are unrelenting, passing through barriers that stop light dead. At the two 4-kilometre long LIGO observatories in the US, scientists developed incredibly sensitive detectors, capable of spotting a movement 100 tim...
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