Author: Frederic Golden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671822965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Quasars, Pulsars and Black Holes
Author: Frederic Golden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671822965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671822965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Night Sky, Updated and Expanded Edition
Author: Richard Grossinger
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583947116
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
Ever since Homo sapiens first looked up at the stars, we as a species have been looking for meaning in the mysteries of the night sky. Over the millennia, as our knowledge, science, and technology developed, the stories we told ourselves about the universe and our place in it developed as well. In The Night Sky, Richard Grossinger traces those developments, covering multiple aspects of humanity's complex relationship to the cosmos. Covering not only astronomy but also cosmology, cosmogony, astrology, and science fiction, he offers us a revelatory look at the firmament through his own telescope, fitted with an anthropological lens. Throughout his explorations, Grossinger continually reflects on the deeper meaning of our changing concepts about the universe and creation, offering insight into how each new discovery causes us to redefine the values, moralities, and aesthetics by which we live. He also calls into question the self-aggrandizing notion that humanity can and will conquer all, and injects our strident confidence in science with a healthy dose of humility and wonder. Filled with poetic observation and profound questions, The Night Sky is a brilliant reflection of humanity's relationship with the cosmos--a relationship fed by longing, doubt, and awe.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583947116
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
Ever since Homo sapiens first looked up at the stars, we as a species have been looking for meaning in the mysteries of the night sky. Over the millennia, as our knowledge, science, and technology developed, the stories we told ourselves about the universe and our place in it developed as well. In The Night Sky, Richard Grossinger traces those developments, covering multiple aspects of humanity's complex relationship to the cosmos. Covering not only astronomy but also cosmology, cosmogony, astrology, and science fiction, he offers us a revelatory look at the firmament through his own telescope, fitted with an anthropological lens. Throughout his explorations, Grossinger continually reflects on the deeper meaning of our changing concepts about the universe and creation, offering insight into how each new discovery causes us to redefine the values, moralities, and aesthetics by which we live. He also calls into question the self-aggrandizing notion that humanity can and will conquer all, and injects our strident confidence in science with a healthy dose of humility and wonder. Filled with poetic observation and profound questions, The Night Sky is a brilliant reflection of humanity's relationship with the cosmos--a relationship fed by longing, doubt, and awe.
How the World Works
Author: Boyce Rensberger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780688072933
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
For the layman, an explanation of the important theories in science from big bang to evolution.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780688072933
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
For the layman, an explanation of the important theories in science from big bang to evolution.
The Collapsing Universe
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Walker & Company
ISBN: 9780802704863
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In a time of spectacular developments in the new astronomy, the concept of black holes captures top honors. As scientific evidence for them mounts, black holes loom as an ominous development in the life, measured in billions of years, of the universe.
Publisher: Walker & Company
ISBN: 9780802704863
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In a time of spectacular developments in the new astronomy, the concept of black holes captures top honors. As scientific evidence for them mounts, black holes loom as an ominous development in the life, measured in billions of years, of the universe.
The Face of the Enemy
Author: Carol Balizet
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
ISBN: 9780800791865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
ISBN: 9780800791865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
NASA EP.
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Black Holes and Time Warps
Author: Kip S Thorne
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393312768
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393312768
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work, Dr. Rhorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, leads readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, answering the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know what they know? Features an introduction by Stephen Hawking.
Smithsonian Year
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The New Astronomy
Author: Paul Murdin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Blanket Knowledge
Author: Peter Payack
Publisher: Zoland Books, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The author of NO FREE WILL IN TOMATOES, Peter Payack is a poet, environmental artist, and self-described conceptual anarchist. This latest fanciful collection of poems reflects Payack at his pithy and perceptive best.
Publisher: Zoland Books, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The author of NO FREE WILL IN TOMATOES, Peter Payack is a poet, environmental artist, and self-described conceptual anarchist. This latest fanciful collection of poems reflects Payack at his pithy and perceptive best.