Chad Orzel

Learn the basics of quantum physics with this clever, fun, and lighthearted introduction to modern physics based on a series of conversations with Chad Orzel and his dog Emmy.When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasnt just a friendly mutt who needed a home. Soon she was trying to use the strange ideas of quantum mechanics for the really important things in her life: chasing critters, getting treats, and going for walks. She peppered Chad with questions: Could she use quantum tunneling to get through the neighbors fence and chase bunnies? What about quantum teleportation to catch squirrels before they climb out of reach? Where are all the universes in which Chad drops steak on the floor? With great humor and clarity, Chad Orzel explains to Emmy, and to human readers, just what quantum mechanics is and how it worksand why, although you cant use it to catch squirrels or eat steak, its still bizarre, amazing, and important to every dog and human.

La física es una de las disciplinas científicas más interesantes y escurridizas: ¿quién iba a decirnos que explicar física a un perro iba a hacerla tan clara como divertida? Cuando el profesor Chad O

When it comes to science, too often people say "I just dont have the brains for it" -- and leave it at that. Why is science so intimidating, and why do people let themselves feel this way? What makes one person a scientist and another disinclined even to learn how to read graphs? The idea that scientists are people who wear lab coats and are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception that puts science on an intimidating pedestal. How did science become so divorced from everyday experience? In Eureka, science popularizer Chad Orzel argues that even the people who are most forthright about hating science are doing science, often without even knowing it. Orzel shows that science is central to the human experience: every human can think like a scientist, and regularly does so in the course of everyday activities. The common misconception is that science is a body of (boring, abstract, often mathematical) facts. In truth, science is a process: Looking at the world, Thinking about what makes it work, Testing your mental model by comparing it to reality, and Telling others about your results -- all things that people do daily. By revealing the connection between the everyday activities that people do -- solving crossword puzzles, playing sports, or even watching mystery shows on television -- and the processes used to make great scientific discoveries, Eureka shows that this process is one everybody uses regularly, and something that anyone can do.

Entertaining and engrossing Sean CarrollPress the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekeeping. That need to tell the time connects you to over five thousand years of human history, from the first solstice markers at Newgrange to quartz crystal oscillating in your watch today. Science underpins time: measuring the movement of Sun, Earth and Moon, and unlocking the mysteries of quantum mechanics and relativity theory the key to ultra-precise atomic clocks.Yet time is also socially decided: the Gregorian calendar we use today came out of fraught politics, while the ancient Maya used sophisticated astronomical observations to produce a calendar system unlike any other. In his quirky and accessible style, Chad Orzel reveals the wondrous physics that makes time something we can set, measure and know.

They say you cant teach an old dog new tricks. But this "witty and clear thinking" (New York Times) book wonders, what about relativity? Physicist Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einsteins physics. Through armchair, and sometimes passenger-seat, conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds of dog and cat motion or the logistics of squirrel-chasing, Orzel translates complex Einsteinian ideas into examples simple enough for a dog to understand. A lively romp through one of the great theories of modern physics, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about space, time, and anything else you might have slept through in high school physics class.

A Sunday Times Book of the YearFrom the author of the international bestseller How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your DogYour humble alarm clock, digital cameras, the smell of coffee, the glow of a grill, fibre broadband, smoke detectors all hold secrets about quantum physics.Beginning at sunrise, Chad Orzel reveals the extraordinary science that underpins the simplest activities we all do every day, from making toast to shopping online. Its all around us, the wonderful weirdness of quantum you just have to know where to look.

A witty and informative guide to the fundamental laws which govern the universe that s so simple that even a dog can understand

¿Quién iba a decirnos que explicar física a un perro iba a hacerla tan clara como divertida?Cuando el profesor Chad Orzel fue a la perrera a adoptar a un perro, nunca imaginó que encontraría a Emmy. Ademas de ser una perrita simpatica que necesitaba un hogar, descubrio que era muy parlanchina y que tenia mucha curiosidad por saber como se ganaba la vida su nuevo dueño y como podia sacarle partido. Al poco tiempo, Emmy intento aplicar las extrañas ideas de la mecanica cuantica a lo que de verdad importa en la vida: perseguir bichos, conseguir golosinas y dar paseos. Derrochando humor y claridad, Chad Orzel explica a Emmy y a los lectores que es la mecanica cuantica, como funciona y por que sigue siendo extraña, sorprendente e importante para cualquier perro o humano aunque no pueda usarse para cazar ardillas o comer carne.

Chad Orzel trae buenas noticias para quienes piensan que la ciencia no es lo suyo: ¡sí lo es! Coleccionar sellos no es mucho más complejo que lo que hizo Darwin a bordo del Beagle. Jugar al Bridge e