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The Great Unknown : Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
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The Great Unknown : Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science Hardcover - 2017

by du Sautoy, Marcus

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  • Title The Great Unknown : Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
  • Author du Sautoy, Marcus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 2017-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 15719775-6
  • ISBN 9780735221802 / 0735221804
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6 x 1.7 in (23.62 x 15.24 x 4.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in science, Knowledge, Theory of
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016056835
  • Dewey Decimal Code 500

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About the author

Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, a position previously held by Richard Dawkins, and the bestselling author of The Music of the Primes. He has received the Berwick prize, given to Britain's most outstanding young mathematician, and the Royal Society's Faraday Prize for excellence in communicating science. Amember of a theatre group who is speaks frequently about the ties between art and science, he contributed thoughts on time to Simon McBurney's Encounter and created the codes for Lauren Child's Ruby Redfort detective series. He has written and presented more than a dozen popular television series, including The Story of Maths, The Code, and Music of the Primes. He was made an Officer of the British Empire by the Queen for his services to Science.