Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic

Author: Matt Strassler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of motion. When we drive at highway speeds with the windows down, the wind beats against our faces. Yet our planet hurtles through the cosmos at 150 miles per second, and we feel nothing of it. How can our voyage be so tranquil when,...Read more