The Matter of Everything: A History of Discovery, Suzie Sheehy

The Matter of Everything: A History of Discovery, Suzie SheehyNew Paperback How did a piece of gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms? What part did a hot air balloon play in the discovery of cosmic rays? How do we know all that we know about the world today? It's not simply because we have the maths it's because we have done the experiments. Accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the creative and curious people who, through a combination of genius, tenacity and luck, staged the

being their nation's goodwill ambassadors as they encounter completely different cultures

met with a school friend

Wehrmach toilet paper

lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash

cold-blooded creatures that enjoy eating humans

Australian and German soldiers and airmen who were captured during the First World War

Despite occasional political conflict and public disputes between the two nations

otherworldly beauty

Histories of the major battles often reduce the role of the big guns to a few paragraphs

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fieldfares and skylarks soared through the endless skies over the chalk hills of the North Wessex Downs: the ancient land of Greenham Common which she called home

Katherine Rundell shows us the many sides of Donne's extraordinary life