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  • Universe

    A Guide to Everything

    by Helge Kragh ...
    The physical universe is a most peculiar concept, not only different from the objects it contains but also from space itself. Cosmology – the science that seeks to explain it – has always differed from other sciences, drawing on philosophy and even theology. These influences remain, even in today’s data-driven cosmological models. This accessible and far-reaching book traces the development of ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Cosmology and Controversy

    The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe

    by Helge Kragh ...
    For over three millennia, most people could understand the universe only in terms of myth, religion, and philosophy. Between 1920 and 1970, cosmology transformed into a branch of physics. With this remarkably rapid change came a theory that would finally lend empirical support to many long-held beliefs about the origins and development of the entire universe: the theory of the big bang. In this ... Read more

    $79.19 CAD

  • Quantum Generations

    A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century

    by Helge Kragh ...
    At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among other fields. These ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • Simply Dirac

    by Helge Kragh ...
    Series Book 1 - Great Lives
    “What a fantastic entrée into the life of Paul Dirac and the exotic world of Quantum Mechanics, of which he was one of the great pioneers. With its cast of some of the most important scientists of the modern age, this is both an entertaining and an enlightening read.”—Michael White, Bestselling author of 39 books including Isaac Newton: The Last SorcererPaul Dirac (1902–1984) was a brilliant ... Read more

    $11.30 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Transuranic to Superheavy Elements

    A Story of Dispute and Creation

    by Helge Kragh ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists. But it is a most interesting story which deserves to be known also to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science and indeed to the general public. This is what the present work aims at. It tells the story or rather parts ... Read more

    $89.69 CAD

  • Masters of the Universe

    Conversations with Cosmologists of the Past

    by Helge Kragh ...
    How did our modern picture of the universe come into being? Masters of the Universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format that blends factual and fictional elements. It is based on a series of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading astronomers and physicists between 1913 and 1965. Among the interviewed scientists are giants such as Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, and ... Read more

    $46.39 CAD

  • Varying Gravity

    Dirac’s Legacy in Cosmology and Geophysics

    by Helge Kragh ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The main focus of this book is on the interconnection of two unorthodox scientific ideas, the varying-gravity hypothesis and the expanding-earth hypothesis. As such, it provides a fascinating insight into a nearly forgotten chapter in both the history of cosmology and the history of the earth sciences.The hypothesis that the force of gravity decreases over cosmic time was first proposed by Paul ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom

    The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925

    by Helge Kragh ...
    Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it. At the same time it offers new insight into Bohr's peculiar way of thinking, what Einstein once called his 'unique instinct and tact'. Contrary to most other accounts of the Bohr atom, the book presents it in a broader perspective ... Read more

    $68.79 CAD

  • Entropic Creation

    Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology

    by Helge S. Kragh ...
    Entropic Creation is the first English-language book to consider the cultural and religious responses to the second law of thermodynamics, from around 1860 to 1920. According to the second law of thermodynamics, as formulated by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius, the entropy of any closed system will inevitably increase in time, meaning that the system will decay and eventually end in a dead ... Read more

    $116.99 CAD

  • Between The Earth And The Heavens: Historical Studies In The Physical Sciences

    by Helge Kragh ...
    Series Book 5 - History Of Modern Physical Sciences
    Consisting of separate cases organized by chapter and divided into independent sections, this is no ordinary history of science book. Between the Earth and the Heavens is an episodic history of modern physical sciences covering the chronological development of physics, chemistry and astronomy since about 1860. Integrating historical authenticity and modern scientific knowledge, the cases within ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Weight of the Vacuum

    A Scientific History of Dark Energy

    by Helge S. Kragh, James M. Overduin ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of cosmic acceleration due to dark energy, a discovery that is all the more perplexing as nobody knows what dark energy actually is. We put the modern concept of cosmological vacuum energy into historical context and show how it grew out of disparate roots in quantum mechanics (zero-point energy) and relativity theory (the cosmological ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Early Responses to the Periodic System

    Edited by Masanori Kaji, Helge Kragh, Gabor Pallo ...
    The reception of the periodic system of elements has received little attention among scientists and historians alike. While many historians have studied Mendeleev's discovery of the periodic system, few have analyzed the ways in which the scientific community perceived and employed it. American historian of science Stephen G. Brush concluded that the periodic law had been generally accepted in the ... Read more

    $49.59 CAD