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Something Deeply Hidden

Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

door Sean Carroll ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you are being created.**Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how ... Meer lezen

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you are being created.**Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how
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Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Journey to Quantum Gravity

door Carlo Rovelli ...

Vertaald door Simon Carnell, Erica Segre ...

'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' Financial Times'An utter joy' Adam RutherfordDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed ... Meer lezen

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'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' Financial Times'An utter joy' Adam RutherfordDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Space, Time, and Motion

door Sean Carroll ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Most appealing... technical accuracy and lightness of tone... Impeccable.”—Wall Street Journal*“A porthole into another world.”—Scientific American*“Brings science dissemination to a new level.”—ScienceThe most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blo... ... Meer lezen

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Black Holes

The Key to Understanding the Universe

door Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw ...

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes ... Meer lezen

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By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes
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The Universe

Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

door John Brockman ...

Serie Boek 7 - Best of Edge Series
John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it, ... Meer lezen

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John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it,
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A Brief History of Black Holes

And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

door Dr Becky Smethurst ...

**In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many pop-culture references' – BBC Sky At Night Magazine**Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre ... Meer lezen

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**In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many pop-culture references' – BBC Sky At Night Magazine**Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre
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The Planets

door Dava Sobel ...

After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.This groundbreaking work traces the ‘lives’ of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.Whether revealing what hides behind ... Meer lezen

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After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.This groundbreaking work traces the ‘lives’ of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.Whether revealing what hides behind
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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

door Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman ...

In the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimum series, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical and quantum mechanics, offering readers not an oversimplified introduction, but the real thing - everything you need to start doing physics, and nothing more. Now, thankfully, Susskind and his former student Art Friedman are back, this ... Meer lezen

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In the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimum series, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical and quantum mechanics, offering readers not an oversimplified introduction, but the real thing - everything you need to start doing physics, and nothing more. Now, thankfully, Susskind and his former student Art Friedman are back, this
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The Elegant Universe

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

door Brian Greene ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA new edition of the iconic bestseller that introduced legions to modern physics and the quest for the ultimate understanding of the cosmos, featuring a new preface and epilogue.**With a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as graceful as the theories it so deftly explains, The Elegant Universe remains the unrivaled account of the modern ... Meer lezen

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA new edition of the iconic bestseller that introduced legions to modern physics and the quest for the ultimate understanding of the cosmos, featuring a new preface and epilogue.**With a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as graceful as the theories it so deftly explains, The Elegant Universe remains the unrivaled account of the modern
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Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

door Lee Smolin ...

"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." -- Scientific AmericanIn Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the ... Meer lezen

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"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." -- Scientific AmericanIn Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the
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The Arrows of Time

A Debate in Cosmology

Bewerkt door Laura Mersini-Houghton, Rudy Vaas ...

Serie series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The concept of time has fascinated humanity throughout recorded history, and it remains one of the biggest mysteries in science and philosophy. Time is clearly one of the fundamental building blocks of the universe and thus a deeper understanding of nature at a fundamental level also demands a comprehension of time. Furthermore, the origins of the universe are closely intertwined with the puzzle ... Meer lezen

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The concept of time has fascinated humanity throughout recorded history, and it remains one of the biggest mysteries in science and philosophy. Time is clearly one of the fundamental building blocks of the universe and thus a deeper understanding of nature at a fundamental level also demands a comprehension of time. Furthermore, the origins of the universe are closely intertwined with the puzzle
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

door Janna Levin ...

The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Sunday Times*'This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too' Robin InceIn 1916 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves: miniscule ripples ... Meer lezen

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The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Sunday Times*'This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too' Robin InceIn 1916 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves: miniscule ripples
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Escaping Gravity

My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age

door Lori Garver ...

“Former NASA official Lori Garver offers a front-row seat to the decades-long struggles within and among space bureaucrats and space billionaires. Bring popcorn, as you bear witness to an untold slice of space history.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate FrontierHow Lori Garver's Battle Against the Greed and Corruption of the US Space Program ... Meer lezen

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“Former NASA official Lori Garver offers a front-row seat to the decades-long struggles within and among space bureaucrats and space billionaires. Bring popcorn, as you bear witness to an untold slice of space history.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate FrontierHow Lori Garver's Battle Against the Greed and Corruption of the US Space Program
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Gravity

door George Gamow ...

Understanding gravity is not only essential for understanding the motion of objects on Earth, but also the motion of all celestial objects, and even the expansion of the Universe itself. In this book George Gamow takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely the process of free and ... Meer lezen

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Understanding gravity is not only essential for understanding the motion of objects on Earth, but also the motion of all celestial objects, and even the expansion of the Universe itself. In this book George Gamow takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely the process of free and
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

Space, Time and Motion

door Sean Carroll ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!’Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the WorldImmense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks, ... Meer lezen

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!’Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the WorldImmense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks,
... Meer lezen
Gravity

How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives

door Brian Clegg ...

A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the ... Meer lezen

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A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the
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The Ascent of Gravity

The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything

door Marcus Chown ...

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian CleggGravity was the first force to be recognised and described yet it is still the least understood. If we can unlock its secrets, the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to ... Meer lezen

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The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian CleggGravity was the first force to be recognised and described yet it is still the least understood. If we can unlock its secrets, the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to
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Introducing Stephen Hawking

A Graphic Guide

door J.P. McEvoy ...

Serie series Graphic Guides
'An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]' - Independent'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' - FocusStephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of ... Meer lezen

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'An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]' - Independent'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' - FocusStephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of
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Space-time Symmetry And Quantum Yang-mills Gravity: How Space-time Translational Gauge Symmetry Enables The Unification Of Gravity With Other Forces

door Leonardo Hsu, Jong-ping Hsu ...

Serie Boek 11 - Advanced Series On Theoretical Physical Science
Yang-Mills gravity is a new theory, consistent with experiments, that brings gravity back to the arena of gauge field theory and quantum mechanics in flat space-time. It provides solutions to long-standing difficulties in physics, such as the incompatibility between Einstein's principle of general coordinate invariance and modern schemes for a quantum mechanical description of nature, and Noether ... Meer lezen

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Yang-Mills gravity is a new theory, consistent with experiments, that brings gravity back to the arena of gauge field theory and quantum mechanics in flat space-time. It provides solutions to long-standing difficulties in physics, such as the incompatibility between Einstein's principle of general coordinate invariance and modern schemes for a quantum mechanical description of nature, and Noether
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Inflativity The Origin of Time

General Unifying Theory of Universe Dynamics

door Kevin Jonathan Warne ...

Inflativity is a groundbreaking new theory of universal 4D inflation that solves many of the fundamental problems currently existing in modern Physics. The reasoning follows from simple fundamental principles and develops one's thorough understanding and the revelatory implications. Requiring only a basic understanding of Physics, one is taken on an amazing journey that ultimately leads to a full ... Meer lezen

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Inflativity is a groundbreaking new theory of universal 4D inflation that solves many of the fundamental problems currently existing in modern Physics. The reasoning follows from simple fundamental principles and develops one's thorough understanding and the revelatory implications. Requiring only a basic understanding of Physics, one is taken on an amazing journey that ultimately leads to a full
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The Science Behind Alien Encounters

door Robert Farrell ...

Serie Boek 1 - The Science Behind
Astronomers agree the universe has more stars in it then there are grains of sand on Earth. They would also agree that we are within only decades of discovering that the universe is teeming with life and probably intelligent life. Given that there are stars billions of years older than our own sun, it is probable that there is intelligent life more advanced than that on Earth. Fifty years ago ... Meer lezen

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Astronomers agree the universe has more stars in it then there are grains of sand on Earth. They would also agree that we are within only decades of discovering that the universe is teeming with life and probably intelligent life. Given that there are stars billions of years older than our own sun, it is probable that there is intelligent life more advanced than that on Earth. Fifty years ago
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Philadelphia-Experiment: Ein teleportiertes Schiff des Zweiten Weltkriegs Die unglaublichste Waffe von Einstein

door Robert J. Williams ...

Oktober 1943. Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist in vollem Gange. Inzwischen ist es 2 Jahre her, dass sich die Vereinigten Staaten in diesen Krieg einmischten. Zwischen den amerikanischen Zerstörern und den berühmten U-Boot-U-Booten der Nazis tobt eine riesige Wasserschlacht. Um den Krieg zu gewinnen, plant die US-Regierung ein überraschendes Experiment. Ein Experiment, um den Augen des Feindes auszuweichen ... Meer lezen

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Oktober 1943. Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist in vollem Gange. Inzwischen ist es 2 Jahre her, dass sich die Vereinigten Staaten in diesen Krieg einmischten. Zwischen den amerikanischen Zerstörern und den berühmten U-Boot-U-Booten der Nazis tobt eine riesige Wasserschlacht. Um den Krieg zu gewinnen, plant die US-Regierung ein überraschendes Experiment. Ein Experiment, um den Augen des Feindes auszuweichen
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The Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo: 80th Anniversary Celebration

Bewerkt door Gabriele Gionti, S. J., Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya Eluo, S.J. ...

Serie series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents contributions from an internal symposium organized to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Specola Vaticana, or Vatican Observatory, in the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo. The aim is to provide an overview of the scientific and cultural work being undertaken at the Observatory today and to describe the outcomes of important recent investigations. The contents cover interesting ... Meer lezen

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This book presents contributions from an internal symposium organized to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Specola Vaticana, or Vatican Observatory, in the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo. The aim is to provide an overview of the scientific and cultural work being undertaken at the Observatory today and to describe the outcomes of important recent investigations. The contents cover interesting
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Unified Field Theory (Word-for-Word Translation)

door Zhang XiangQian ...

Dive into the foundational work of Zhang XiangQian with this faithful, word-for-word translation of his groundbreaking Unified Field Theory. Preserving the original text in its entirety, this edition offers an unfiltered glimpse into Zhang's revolutionary ideas, including the Grand Unified Equation of the Universe and his theories on time, space, energy, and motion.This meticulous translation ... Meer lezen

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Dive into the foundational work of Zhang XiangQian with this faithful, word-for-word translation of his groundbreaking Unified Field Theory. Preserving the original text in its entirety, this edition offers an unfiltered glimpse into Zhang's revolutionary ideas, including the Grand Unified Equation of the Universe and his theories on time, space, energy, and motion.This meticulous translation
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Something Deeply Hidden

Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Black Holes

The Universe

A Brief History of Black Holes

The Planets

Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

The Elegant Universe

Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

The Arrows of Time

Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

Escaping Gravity

Gravity

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

Gravity

The Ascent of Gravity

Introducing Stephen Hawking

Space-time Symmetry And Quantum Yang-mills Gravity: How Space-time Translational Gauge Symmetry Enables The Unification Of Gravity With Other Forces

Inflativity The Origin of Time

The Science Behind Alien Encounters

Philadelphia-Experiment: Ein teleportiertes Schiff des Zweiten Weltkriegs Die unglaublichste Waffe von Einstein

The Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo: 80th Anniversary Celebration

Unified Field Theory (Word-for-Word Translation)