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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"How scientists are using simulations to recreate the universe, revealing the hidden nature of reality Cosmology is a tricky science-no one can make their own stars, planets, or galaxies to test its theories. But over the last few decades a new kind of physics has emerged to fill the gap between theory and experimentation. Harnessing the power of modern supercomputers, cosmologists have built simulations that offer profound insights into the deep...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation has...
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar's final thoughts on the cosmos--a dramatic revision of the theory that made him the heir to Einstein's legacy. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this mystery led Hawking to study the big bang origin of the universe, but his early...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and ground-breaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories (his website gives a...
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
532 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of anecdotes and personal histories describing the Big Bang theory of how the universe came to be and explains why some scientists believe it and why some have fought against it.
16) The zoomable universe: an epic tour through cosmic scale, from almost everything to nearly nothing
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xi, 206 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Publisher
Reality Films
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn about and explore the mystery surrounding the 2012 prophecy in a different way. Go deeper than vague predictions made by ancient prophets and understand how the world is changing around us right now.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook
Language
English
Description
520 Everyone loves to see the beauty of the star-studded night sky, but how many of us understand what makes stars shine, where Saturn's rings come from, or why galaxies have their distinctive shapes. Observational astronomy excels at cataloging celestial objects, but it takes a more rigorous discipline to come up with physical explanations for them. That field is astrophysics, which uses the laws of physics to investigate everything beyond Earth....
Author
Publisher
Park Street Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A rare in-depth look at the inner workings of Huichol shamanism. Describes the five sacred sites of the Huichol and their peyote ceremonies . Explains how the Huichol teachings of awareness, centered on the five points of attention, connect you to your true essence. Reveals the deep relationship between Huichol cosmology, Gnosticism, and Christianity, especially Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. Taking place in the heart of the Huichol homeland in...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 336 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Here's what it is about: For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. In the glow of today's artificial lighting, when even professional astronomers study the universe by staring at screens rather than through eyepieces, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos. Roberto Trotta is here to remind us: one of our species' most enduring and (literally) universal relationships has been with the night sky itself. In Starborn,...
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