Julian Brown Livres

The book offers a revisionist perspective on the Soweto Uprising, emphasizing the vibrant political activity leading up to the event rather than a period of silence. It highlights how students at segregated universities organized as a political force, fostering new ideas about race and protest strategies. The narrative showcases grassroots movements, including workers' actions in Durban, which connected various struggles and revitalized public protest. This groundwork ultimately influenced the dynamics of the uprising on June 16, 1976, reshaping South Africa's political landscape.

Exploring the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography, this book reveals how quantum machines can revolutionize code breaking by defeating current encryption methods. It also highlights the potential for creating new, unbreakable codes, showcasing the dual nature of quantum technology as both a threat and a safeguard for information security. Through its insights, the book delves into the implications of these advancements for the future of secure communication.

A lively and argumentative analysis of contemporary South African politics that shows how the dream of a 'rainbow nation' consensus has fractured, making space for new political possibilities to emerge.

Angels are the winged and radiant messengers of God, who fly between heaven and earth, mediating between God and man. In the Purgatorio, Dante describes them as the bright birds of God, indicating their heavenly role and nature. In art, too, angels appear with the wings of a bird, but with the figure of a perfect man.

Superstring theory is one of the most exciting and actively pursued branches of physics today. The far-reaching claims made for this theory would, if correct, provide the much sought-after Theory of Everything, the unification of physics. It would enable the fundamental building blocks of matter to be identified and amalgamated in a common description, with a unified theory of all the forces of nature. This book explains the theory for laymen, in an introduction to the subject which originated in the BBC Radio programme, Desperately Seeking Superstrings. A clear, concise, non-mathematical explanation of the theory and its profound implications is followed by transcripts of interviews with all the most important physicists involved in its development. Superstrings makes a fascinating topic at the forefront of modern scientific research accessible to physicists, philosophers and general readers alike.

Exploring the revolutionary advancements in quantum computing, the narrative highlights the 1998 achievement of creating the first quantum computer in chloroform. Julian Brown delves into the foundational concepts of physics, mathematics, and computer science that enabled this breakthrough. The book examines the profound implications of quantum technology, presenting a compelling case for its significance in shaping the future of science and technology in the twenty-first century.

In-depth account of the Marikana massacre, based on the voices of the miners and their families themselves