{"product_id":"only-the-longest-threads-tasneem-zehra-husain-9781589880887","title":"Only the Longest Threads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Part fiction, part overview of 'Aha!' moments in the forward march of physics, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Longest Threads\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers dramatically through scientific fields such as quantum field theory, electromagnetism, relativity, quantum mechanics, and string theory. Each idea or concept is explored in an inventive chapter, each told from a different first-person narrator; the faux emails, letters, and diary entries take place from 1728 to the present day.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Science is done by real human beings, with human concerns. \u003ci\u003eOnly the Longest Threads\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story that conveys the human side of science in a way that is as moving as it is accurate.\"--\u003cb\u003eSean Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e, theoretical physicist at Caltech and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Particle at the End of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly the Longest Threads\u003c\/i\u003e will thrill readers with its dramatic and lucid accounts of the great breakthroughs in the history of physics--classical mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity, quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and string theory, each from the viewpoint of a (fictional) witness to the events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTasneem Zehra Husain re-imagines the pivotal moments in the history of physics when radical new theories shifted our perception of the universe, and our place in it. Husain immerses the reader in the immediacy and excitement of the discoveries--and she guides us as we begin to understand the underlying science and to grasp the revolutionary step forward each of these milestones represents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tasneem Zehra Husain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589880889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589880887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015","brand":"Tasneem Zehra Husain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939838755071,"sku":"9781589880887","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bcf0c7da-5ded-4042-a8cc-eb5a749dc0c6.jpg?v=1681443786","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-the-longest-threads-tasneem-zehra-husain-9781589880887","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}