Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
A hilarious, mind-bending investigation into how much humans and aliens might have in common, scientifically speaking—from a best-selling cartoonist and acclaimed physicist.

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 math and physics are a universal language really true?

In Do Aliens Speak Physics?, Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner ask and answer questions both lighthearted 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 marvelous than before.

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Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality
A hilarious, mind-bending investigation into how much humans and aliens might have in common, scientifically speaking—from a best-selling cartoonist and acclaimed physicist.

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 math and physics are a universal language really true?

In Do Aliens Speak Physics?, Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner ask and answer questions both lighthearted 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 marvelous than before.

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Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

by Daniel Whiteson, Andy Warner
Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality

by Daniel Whiteson, Andy Warner

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A hilarious, mind-bending investigation into how much humans and aliens might have in common, scientifically speaking—from a best-selling cartoonist and acclaimed physicist.

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 math and physics are a universal language really true?

In Do Aliens Speak Physics?, Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner ask and answer questions both lighthearted 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 marvelous than before.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781324064640
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 11/04/2025
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Daniel Whiteson is a professor of physics at UC Irvine and coauthor of We Have No Idea and Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe

Andy Warner is the author of five books. He teaches comics at Stanford University and the California College of the Arts. He lives in Berkeley.
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