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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire: The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta

Contributor(s): Lin, Thomas (Editor), Carroll, Sean (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780262536349

Publisher: MIT Press

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Pub Date: November 20, 2018

Dewey: 530

LCCN: 2018013315

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 1.25 lbs) 328 pages

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Description: Accessible and essential coverage of today's challenging, speculative, cutting-edge science from Quanta Magazine.

Brief description: Thomas Lin is the founding editor-in-chief of Quanta Magazine, an online publication that reports on developments in science and mathematics, with content syndicated in publications such as Wired, The Atlantic, Scientific American and The Washington Post. Lin previously worked for The New York Times, where he edited online features and wrote about science, technology and tennis. He has also written for Quanta, The New Yorker, Tennis, and other publications.

Review Quotes: Quanta Magazine, from which the essays for this book were drawn, received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting!

"If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and The Prime Number Conspiracy from Quanta Magazine and Thomas Lin."--Bill Gates

"An enjoyable collection that offers a glimpse into new knowledge about our universe."--Library Journal

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