Motion Mountain: The Adventure of Physics – Vol.V : Motion Inside Matter - Pleasure, Technology and the Stars

Which quantum effects are at the basis of life?

How many motors does a human contain?

How do our senses work?

What crystals are used in everyday life?

What is vacuum energy?

How does magnetic resonance work?

Where do the atoms in our body come from?

Why do stars shine?

Which problems in physics are unsolved?

Answering these and other questions on motion, this series gives an entertaining and mind-twisting introduction into modern physics – one that is surprising and challenging on every page. Starting from everyday life, the adventure provides an overview of modern results in mechanics, heat, electromagnetism, relativity, quantum physics and unification.

Christoph Schiller, PhD Université Libre de Bruxelles, is a physicist and physics popularizer. He wrote this book for his children and for all students, teachers and readers interested in physics, the science of motion.