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Written by a professional astronomer who has worked on a wide spectrum of topics throughout his career, this book gives a popular science level description of what has become known as multimessenger astronomy. It links the new with the traditional, showing how astronomy has advanced at increasing pace in the modern era.
In the second decade of the twenty-first century astronomy has seen the beginnings of a revolution. After centuries when all our...
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“The Little Book of Stars” tells the story of stellar science and what the stars mean to us from a variety of perspectives. Beginning with the ‘big picture,' the book moves through progressively more and more intimate views until we feel we can hold the stars in our hands, from which we can then throw them back to the sky to see our place among them. The book opens with a summary of the events that created our Universe, the Big Bang, and then...
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An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own?
What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical...
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Anna Frebel is associate professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Twitter @annafrebel
A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeology
Astronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth. Anna Frebel takes readers into the far-flung depths of space and time to provide a gripping...
65) The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
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"One of Booklist's Editors' Choice for Best Adult Titles for 2008" "Finalist for the 2008 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society" Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning science writer and historian whose work has appeared in Natural History, the Wall Street Journal, and Astronomy, among other leading publications. His books include Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary...
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Small telescopes have a lot to recommend them.
Cost is of course a consideration, but their most positive feature is sheer portability. Some manufacturers have tried to make large telescopes more portable (with mixed success), but the opposite approach, that of making small telescopes more effective, is what this book is all about.
Good 2-inch (60mm) telescopes are now available for beginners, and major American manufacturers now offer small, affordable...
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The story of Hubble and Humason is one for the ages-and in particular, the Cosmic Age. In this compelling book, science writer Ron Voller digs deep into how and why the two scientists continued to investigate their theory of universal expansion in the face of persistent doubt, contrary theories, and calamitous world events.
The evolution of this dynamic duo's tenuous friendship and professional partnership is in many ways as intriguing as their groundbreaking...
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An insider's guide to astronomy reveals everything you need to know about the planets, their satellites, and our place in the solar system.
We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale, it is. But, seen from a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events. For example, did you know that Saturn's moon, Titan, boasts lakes...
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Experience our universe as you've never seen it before 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light-years across. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite, vast and complex Universe has been the subject of human fascination and scientific exploration for thousands of years. The wonders of the Universe might seem alien to us and impossible to understand, but away from the telescopes, the labs and...
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La fascinación por los astros es una característica común de los seres humanos. Desde la antigüedad, todas las culturas han manifestado interés por explicar el universo y el lugar que ocupamos en él. Todos queremos enterarnos de los últimos descubrimientos sobre el cosmos; sin embargo, el torrente de información científica y la jerga que la acompaña nos intimida. En estas páginas el lector encontrará una presentación clara y pedagógica...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. This thoughtful, extensive conversation gives a window into the world of what a practicing, theoretical physicist cosmologist is doing all day long and examines a wide range of fascinating topics that his research covers such as the early universe, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, Cosmic Microwave...
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From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into the 'prehistory' of the universe, Bothwell shows us the universe as we've never seen it before – literally.
Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world have gazed in awe at the night sky. But for all the beauty and wonder of the stars, when we look with just our eyes we are seeing and appreciating only a tiny fraction of the Universe. What does the cosmos have...
73) Absolutely Small
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Absolutely Small presents (and demystifies) the world of quantum science like no book before.
Physics is a complex, daunting topic, but it is also deeply satisfying?even thrilling. When liberated from its mathematical underpinnings, physics suddenly becomes accessible to anyone with the curiosity and imagination to explore its beauty. Science without math? It's not that unusual.
For example, we can understand the concept of gravity without solving...
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In the last twenty years, cosmology has unexpectedly emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of modern science. From astoundingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background to the ongoing mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, modern cosmology is unquestionably in the midst of its Golden Age.
And yet, one of the most eminent mathematical physicists of our age, Roger Penrose is convinced that there is one fundamental...
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Embark on a captivating odyssey into the cosmos with "Exploring the Fabric of the Cosmos: A Journey into the Intricacies of String Theory." This enlightening exploration navigates the complex terrain of theoretical physics, unraveling the profound mysteries that underlie the very essence of our universe.Delve into the heart of string theory, a revolutionary framework that redefines our understanding of reality. From the enigmatic vibrations of strings...
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Welcome to the world of cutting-edge math, physics, and neuroscience, where the search for the ultimate vacuum, the point of nothingness, the ground zero of theory, has rendered the universe deep, rich, and juicy. Every time scientists and mathematicians think they have reached the ultimate void, something new appears: a black hole, an undulating string, an additional dimension of space or time, repulsive anti-gravity, universes that breed like bunnies....
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"Winner of the 2012 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award, American Astronomical Society" Abraham Loeb is professor of astronomy and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at Harvard University.
A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe
Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those...
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Esta serie de entregas de Astronomía de Bolsillo, incluida en la Colección Biblioteca Comunidad UIS: Un libro para todos, es una iniciativa de la Escuela de Física de la Universidad Industrial de Santander para divulgar la Astronomía y la Astrofísica como complemento impreso al proyecto de convergencia de medios (microprogramas radiales, blog y microblog) transmitidos diariamente por las emisoras UIS y retransmitidos a través de varias emisoras...
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A renowned astrophysicist's approachable introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and its application in our daily lives.
It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's...
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"Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy, Association of American Publishers" "One of Symmetry Magazine's Physics Books of 2016" J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. He is the coauthor of Welcome to the Universe (Princeton).
A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structure
J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose...