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Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Journey to Quantum Gravity

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Translated by 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 ... Read more

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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 Planets

by 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 ... Read more

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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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The Ascent of Gravity

The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything

by 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 ... Read more

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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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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

Space, Time and Motion

by 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, ... Read more

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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,
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein ...

RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORYBY ALBERT EINSTEINWritten: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924)Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1920)First Published: December, 1916Table of ContentsALBERT EINSTEIN REFERENCE ARCHIVECONTENTSPart II: The General Theory of RelativityPart III: Considerations on the Universe as a WholePREFACEPART ITHE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATESSPACE AND TIME... ... Read more

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RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORYBY ALBERT EINSTEINWritten: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924)Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1920)First Published: December, 1916Table of ContentsALBERT EINSTEIN REFERENCE ARCHIVECONTENTSPart II: The General Theory of RelativityPart III: Considerations on the Universe as a WholePREFACEPART ITHE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATESSPACE AND TIME...
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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

by Lee Smolin ...

Series series SCIENCE MASTERS
A leading theoretical physicist describes the search for a 'theory of everything'.The Holy Grail of modern physics is the search for a 'quantum gravity' view of the universe that unites Einstein's general relativity with quantum theory. Until recently, these two foundational pillars of modern science have seemed incompatible: relativity deals exclusively with the universe at the large scale ... Read more

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A leading theoretical physicist describes the search for a 'theory of everything'.The Holy Grail of modern physics is the search for a 'quantum gravity' view of the universe that unites Einstein's general relativity with quantum theory. Until recently, these two foundational pillars of modern science have seemed incompatible: relativity deals exclusively with the universe at the large scale
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Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

by 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 ... Read more

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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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The Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Physics

by Balungi Francis ...

Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics.Although this ... Read more

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Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics.Although this
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The God Equation

The Quest for a Theory of Everything

by Michio Kaku ...

'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial TimesFrom the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the FutureThis is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the ... Read more

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'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial TimesFrom the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the FutureThis is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the
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The Universe

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

by John Brockman ...

Series Book 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, ... Read more

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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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The Edge of Physics

Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology

by Anil Ananthaswamy ...

A scientific and globetrotting exploration of the physics experiments changing the ways we understand our universe.Why is the universe expanding? What is the nature of dark matter? Do other universes exist? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy embarks on a global journey to some of the world’s most inhospitable and dramatic research sites to witness first-hand the ... Read more

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A scientific and globetrotting exploration of the physics experiments changing the ways we understand our universe.Why is the universe expanding? What is the nature of dark matter? Do other universes exist? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy embarks on a global journey to some of the world’s most inhospitable and dramatic research sites to witness first-hand the
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Stumbling Blocks Against Unification: On Some Persistent Misconceptions In Physics

by Matej Pavsic ...

The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of ¾ in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well. ... Read more

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The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of ¾ in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well.
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Breakdown of Einstein's Equivalence Principle

by Andrei G Lebed ...

An equality between inertial and gravitational masses was established by Galileo Galilei more than 400 years ago and was accepted by Albert Einstein as a key point of his theory of gravitation — General Relativity. The above mentioned equality is called the Equivalence Principle. In this pioneering book, some unusual situations are described, where the Equivalence Principle is theoretically broken ... Read more

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An equality between inertial and gravitational masses was established by Galileo Galilei more than 400 years ago and was accepted by Albert Einstein as a key point of his theory of gravitation — General Relativity. The above mentioned equality is called the Equivalence Principle. In this pioneering book, some unusual situations are described, where the Equivalence Principle is theoretically broken
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L'hypothèse ultra-atomiste

Une autre histoire de l'espace-temps

by Maxime PÈRE ...

Qu’est-ce que l’espace-temps ?Quelle est son origine ?Pourquoi semble-t-il se dilater depuis la naissance de l’univers ?Nous ignorons presque tout du milieu qui accueille la construction de notre réalité et nous savons désormais qu’il faut faire évoluer la théorie de la relativité générale qui révèle ses limites cosmologiques et ne permet pas d’intégrer la physique quantique dans un assemblage ... Read more

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Qu’est-ce que l’espace-temps ?Quelle est son origine ?Pourquoi semble-t-il se dilater depuis la naissance de l’univers ?Nous ignorons presque tout du milieu qui accueille la construction de notre réalité et nous savons désormais qu’il faut faire évoluer la théorie de la relativité générale qui révèle ses limites cosmologiques et ne permet pas d’intégrer la physique quantique dans un assemblage
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A UNITARY THEORY OF NUCLEAR, ELECTROMAGNETIC AND GRAVITAȚIONAL FIELDS

by BALTATEANU TRAIAN ...

This theory physically explains: relativity, gravity, mass, inertia, the notion of antiparticle and antimatter, gravitational waves, the fine structure constant, the formation and stability of atomic nuclei,The theory provides researchers with the tools to create the structural model for all the nuclei of atoms and their isotopes, to calculate the resonance energy and frequency of nuclear ... Read more

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This theory physically explains: relativity, gravity, mass, inertia, the notion of antiparticle and antimatter, gravitational waves, the fine structure constant, the formation and stability of atomic nuclei,The theory provides researchers with the tools to create the structural model for all the nuclei of atoms and their isotopes, to calculate the resonance energy and frequency of nuclear
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THE POWER OF METAPHYSICS

A Change in Lifestyle in Just 27 Days. Make Use of the Principles of Attraction and Manifestation (2022 Guide for Beginners)

by Alger Jordan ...

Are you an out-of-the-box thinker looking for methods to harness the power of your ideas and beliefs?Do you want to comprehend your sensations and emotions genuinely?Are you looking for solutions to life's most important questions?If you can relate to those questions, you should buy The Power Of Metaphysics right now.This book will disclose the secrets to, among other things:</... ... Read more

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Are you an out-of-the-box thinker looking for methods to harness the power of your ideas and beliefs?Do you want to comprehend your sensations and emotions genuinely?Are you looking for solutions to life's most important questions?If you can relate to those questions, you should buy The Power Of Metaphysics right now.This book will disclose the secrets to, among other things:</...
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What is Real?

Space Time Singularities or Quantum Black Holes?Dark Matter or Planck Mass Particles? General Relativity or Quantum Gravity? Volume or Area Entropy Law?

by Balungi Francis ...

What exactly is physical reality? In elegant and accessible prose, theoretical physicist Balungi Francis leads us on a wondrous journey from space-time singularities to Quantum Black Holes without information loss, from the Bekenstein-Hawking Area entropy law to his famous Volume entropy law of Black holes, from Modified Newtonian Dynamics, Dark Matter to Planck mass particles, from White Dwarfs ... Read more

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What exactly is physical reality? In elegant and accessible prose, theoretical physicist Balungi Francis leads us on a wondrous journey from space-time singularities to Quantum Black Holes without information loss, from the Bekenstein-Hawking Area entropy law to his famous Volume entropy law of Black holes, from Modified Newtonian Dynamics, Dark Matter to Planck mass particles, from White Dwarfs
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Fundamental ideas and problems of the theory of Relativity

by Einstein Albert ...

Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity is based on two principles:The laws of physics are constant, even when objects move at constant speeds relative to each other.The speed of light is the same for everyone, regardless of how they move relative to the light source.One fundamental problem with Einstein's theory of relativity is that relative spacetime is not true. Special relativity also ... Read more

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Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity is based on two principles:The laws of physics are constant, even when objects move at constant speeds relative to each other.The speed of light is the same for everyone, regardless of how they move relative to the light source.One fundamental problem with Einstein's theory of relativity is that relative spacetime is not true. Special relativity also
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Understanding Time and Space

An Invitation to the Theory of Relativity for Anyone Who is Now, or Has Ever Been, an Inquisitive High School Student

by Steven E Landsburg ...

Understanding Time and Space is an invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone who is now or has ever been an inquisitive high school student.Relativity can seem violently counterintuitive. It says that different observers can describe the world in very different ways and they can all be correct. It helps to be reminded that you've known this since childhood, when you learned that the ... Read more

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Understanding Time and Space is an invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone who is now or has ever been an inquisitive high school student.Relativity can seem violently counterintuitive. It says that different observers can describe the world in very different ways and they can all be correct. It helps to be reminded that you've known this since childhood, when you learned that the
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The Inverse Problem of the Calculus of Variations

Local and Global Theory

Edited by Dmitry V. Zenkov ...

Series Book 2 - Atlantis Studies in Variational Geometry
The aim of the present book is to give a systematic treatment of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations, i.e. how to recognize whether a system of differential equations can be treated as a system for extremals of a variational functional (the Euler-Lagrange equations), using contemporary geometric methods. Selected applications in geometry, physics, optimal control, and general ... Read more

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The aim of the present book is to give a systematic treatment of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations, i.e. how to recognize whether a system of differential equations can be treated as a system for extremals of a variational functional (the Euler-Lagrange equations), using contemporary geometric methods. Selected applications in geometry, physics, optimal control, and general
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Compact Objects in the Universe

Edited by Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, Nikolaos Mavromatos ...

The main objective of this volume is to discuss the physical properties, observational signals and various probes of compact objects in the Universe. These include black holes, neutron stars, and exotic objects studied in alternative theories of gravity. The text is mainly addressed to postgraduate students and young researchers with the aim of introducing them to these very challenging topics. ... Read more

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The main objective of this volume is to discuss the physical properties, observational signals and various probes of compact objects in the Universe. These include black holes, neutron stars, and exotic objects studied in alternative theories of gravity. The text is mainly addressed to postgraduate students and young researchers with the aim of introducing them to these very challenging topics.
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Beyond Einstein’s Space - The Case for Pressure Driven Gravity

by Ylia Callan ...

What if gravity isn't pulling you down — but space itself is pushing you in?Beyond Einstein's Space challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: that gravity is caused by spacetime curvature alone. In this book we introduce a bold new theory — that gravity emerges from pressure gradients in a compressible vacuum medium.Drawing from quantum field theory, vacuum energy phenomena like ... Read more

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What if gravity isn't pulling you down — but space itself is pushing you in?Beyond Einstein's Space challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern physics: that gravity is caused by spacetime curvature alone. In this book we introduce a bold new theory — that gravity emerges from pressure gradients in a compressible vacuum medium.Drawing from quantum field theory, vacuum energy phenomena like
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Modern Physics

Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, Relativity, and Quantum Physics

by Luca Salasnich ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers an introduction to statistical mechanics, special relativity, and quantum physics. It is based on the lecture notes prepared for the one-semester course of "Quantum Physics" belonging to the Bachelor of Science in Material Sciences at the University of Padova.The first chapter briefly reviews the ideas of classical statistical mechanics introduced by James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig ... Read more

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This book offers an introduction to statistical mechanics, special relativity, and quantum physics. It is based on the lecture notes prepared for the one-semester course of "Quantum Physics" belonging to the Bachelor of Science in Material Sciences at the University of Padova.The first chapter briefly reviews the ideas of classical statistical mechanics introduced by James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig
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