In this marvelous book, the reader is introduced to the bizarre concepts of modern physics as the only way to solve a casebook of otherwise impossibly paradoxical crimes. Murder on a royal train. Divers dead of heatstroke at the bottom of an icy sea. An epidemic of insanity among the world’s top scientists. This is the story of the great paradigm shifts of science, told as never before: in Sherlock Holmes adventures set amid the grandeur and squalor of Victorian London. Holmes, Watson, and other beloved characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle are challenged by mysteries, each of which hinges on a scientific paradox or principle. Colin Bruce has recreated the atmosphere of the original Sherlock Holmes stories to give a truly compulsive read. You won’t even realize you’ve learned something until it’s too late!
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Colin Bruce is a physicist and science writer living in Oxford, England. He is an expert in mathematical paradoxes and a lover of mysteries.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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A good book - much more interesting than the usual way,
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This review is from: The Einstein Paradox: And Other Science Mysteries Solved By Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)
I have read the first several chapters of this book. It is very good. The way it was written is much more interesting than the traditional way of writing physics books. Although it was somewhat difficult to understand in places, I could usually figure them out after I read them again. Also provides some of the history of physics. A good book for beginners.
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modern physics that makes sense to my ten-year-old,
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Serious Sherlock Holmes fans may be offended by the use of their favorite characters, but the characters are well done and make the subject vastly more accessible. I've been reading this aloud to my ten-year-old, with only occasional asides explaining an unfamiliar word or pointing out an anachronism, and he now knows more about relativity than most adults. The explanation of how an atomic bomb works is wonderfully clear. The plots and characters retain my son's interest, keeping this firmly among the ranks of "fun" rather than "improving" books, while explaining important material in an easily understood way.
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I like this book. The character of Sherlock Holmes is one with whom the author is obviously well familiarised; Holmes' mannerisms and methods are well displayed. Arthur Conan Doyle would, I believe, approve. The concepts presented are well written and set before the reader in a most interesting way. The conversational nature in which each case is solved provides maximum clarity and renders otherwise difficult topics easily grasped. The only thing wrong with the book is that it at present has no sequel, at least none that I know of.
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"I HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE, WATSON, that popular science does not rot the brain." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sherlock Holmes, Professor Summerlee, Professor Challenger, Doctor Illingworth, Doctor Watson, Baker Street, Doctor Adams, Miss Latham, Royal Society, Scotland Yard, British Museum, Devil's Point, Foreign Office, Matilda Briggs, Quantum Theory, Hudson's Cat, Lord Uxbridge, North Sea, Royal Train, The Case of the Flying Bullets, Euston Road, Good Lord, Hyde Park, Inspector Lestrade, Lord Forleigh New!
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"I HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE, WATSON, that popular science does not rot the brain." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sherlock Holmes, Professor Summerlee, Professor Challenger, Doctor Illingworth, Doctor Watson, Baker Street, Doctor Adams, Miss Latham, Royal Society, Scotland Yard, British Museum, Devil's Point, Foreign Office, Matilda Briggs, Quantum Theory, Hudson's Cat, Lord Uxbridge, North Sea, Royal Train, The Case of the Flying Bullets, Euston Road, Good Lord, Hyde Park, Inspector Lestrade, Lord Forleigh New!
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- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells on page 1, and page 150
- The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells on page 1, and page 150
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells on page 1, and page 150
- The Time Machine by H G Wells on page 1, and page 150
- The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells on page 1, and page 150
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