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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
12 CDs (13 hrs. 49 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Discusses recent discoveries in physics and cosmology to explore a range of multiverse proposals, and examines how the knowledge that some aspects of reality may lie beyond human comprehension might affect scientific progress.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xi, 370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Discusses recent discoveries in physics and cosmology to explore a range of multiverse proposals, and examines how the knowledge that some aspects of reality may lie beyond human comprehension might affect scientific progress.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The laws of physics have been invoked on both sides of the debate over the existence of God. Professor Gimbel closes the series by tracing the history of this dispute, from Newton’s belief in a Creator to today’s discussion of the “fine-tuning” of nature’s constants and whether God is responsible. Such big questions in physics inevitably bring us back to the roots of physics: philosophy.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
208 pages
Description
"Before the discovery of quarks, we hadn't imagined anything smaller than protons and neutrons. Are quarks the end of the line, the smallest imaginable objects in nature? Can the universe be divided into infinitely smaller units in the same way the universe is ever-expanding? Alan Lightman explores these questions in his characteristic accessible and lyrical prose, considering the igniting element behind consciousness, the origin of life, the anatomy...
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Formats
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"From the world-renowned physicist, co-founder of the World Science Festival, and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this utterly captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse. He shows us how, from its original orderly state the universe has been...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xviii, 284 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
"Sagan sets down his detailed thoughts on the relationship between religion and science and describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. In 1985, Sagan was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland on the grand occasion of the lectureship's centennial. The result is this delightfully intimate discussion of his views on topics ranging from the likelihood of intelligent life on other...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
This Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific investigations that have revealed the nature of reality at its smallest, at its largest, and at the scale of our daily lives. The enigmas that Professor Michael Dine discusses are like landmarks on a fantastic journey to the edge of the universe. Asked where to find out about the Big Bang, Dark Matter, the Higgs boson particle--the long cutting edge of physics right now--Dine...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe to modern massive international projects that hunt down fundamental particles and industrial laboratories that manufacture marvels? John Heilbron's...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 172 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
"Time is as mysterious as it is familiar ..." An exploration of the mysteries of why time works the way it does "addressed by physics, philosophy, biology, neuroscience, and cosmology"--p. 1.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
430 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm
Description
Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this "beautiful question." With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek's groundbreaking work in quantum physics was inspired by his intuition to look for a deeper order of beauty in nature. In fact, every major advance in his career came from...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 322 pages : photographs, illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
In a work of scientific history, author Lawrence Krauss leads us to the furthest reaches of space and time, to scales so small they are invisible to microscopes, to the birth and rebirth of light, and into the natural forces that govern our existence. His unique blend of rigorous research and engaging storytelling invites us into the lives and minds of the remarkable, creative scientists who have helped to unravel the unexpected fabric of reality?with...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
xii, 321 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"This books takes us into the heart of the quantum revolution. He tells the story of Schr©œdinger's surprisingly colorful life (he arrived for a position at Oxford University with both his wife and mistress). And with his trade mark accessible style and popular touch explains the fascinating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins all of modern science"--
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