Pocket Knowledge Guide: Science and Math, Hardcover

From counting systems to chaos theory and from digital coding to the periodic table, this guide puts the infinite world of math and science at your fingertips. It brings together key topics across the fields of math, physics, chemistry, computing, and cosmology into one accessible and comprehensive guide. Informative, intricate, and illuminating.

Where do Numbers come from? How are some infinities bigger than others? Can speed affect the passage of time? What is dark matter? Find out the answers to all these questions and many more.

This book contains fascinating facts and helpful explanations of all this math and science, from the early history of numbers right up to the most recent discoveries in astrophysics. Filled with easy-to-understand breakdowns of complex concepts, it is the perfect way to expand your mathematical and scientific horizons. Includes algebra, geometry, trigonometry, atoms and elements, subatomic particles, cosmology theories, and infinity.

About the Authors

Mike Flynn is a science and mathematics expert who has worked as a freelance writer for the British Science Museum. He has published widely in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics and was also a consultant on the Illustrated Oxford English Dictionary. He currently serves twice yearly as Technical Editor of the Science Museum Group Journal, a biannual on-line publication presenting peer-reviewed papers that are of relevance to the international science museum and global research community. 

Mark Frary studied astronomy and physics at University College London before studying nuclear physics at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. He writes about advances in technology, space exploration, and codebreaking. His work has been published by The Times, Reuters and Random House.