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Edition · 2026-11-17 · Softcover

Do Aliens Speak Physics?

DWDaniel Whiteson
2026
year of publication
272
pages
English (United States)
language
Softcover
cover
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
ISBN-13
978-13-2413-431-2
EAN
9781324134312
Publication date
2026-11-17
Book
Do Aliens Speak Physics? · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition

When aliens finally arrive on Earth, they might enslave us—or maybe, they might just share the secrets of the universe. Will we be able to receive those precious jewels of knowledge? Is the common idea that maths and physics are a universal language really true? In Do Aliens Speak Physics?, Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner ask and answer questions both light-hearted and profound. Would aliens even need science to build the technology that brings them to Earth? Is it possible that they could experience the universe very differently, tasting electrons and smelling photons or are these particles only convenient concepts in our minds? With cartoons, deep insight and dad jokes, Whiteson and Warner explode the ideas you had about science and reality, leaving the universe—and humanity—stranger and more marvellous than before.