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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...
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
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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