Author(s): Paul Callaghan (ed.); Bill Manhire (ed.)

Science

Are Angels OK?ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàasked Bill the poet.Angels are just fine,ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàsaid Paul the physicist.And thus began an extraordinary blind date between New Zealand writers and physicists.In this remarkable book, ten leading New Zealand writers (with some help from leading New Zealand scientists) wing their way through:the sandpile phenomenon,the curvature of space, time wave particle duality,the untimely death of SchrodingerÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs cat,HeisenbergÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Uncertainty Principle,dark energy entropy,the arrow of time,quarks,anti-matter,The Death of the Sun and The End of the Universe . . .
With contributions from Catherine Chidgey, Glenn Colquhoun, Dylan Horrocks, Witi Ihimaera, Lloyd Jones, Elizabeth Knox, Margaret Mahy, Vincent OÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂSullivan, Chris Price and Jo Randerson.