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  • Cosmic Discovery

    The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy

    par Martin Harwit ...
    Martin Harwit's influential book, Cosmic Discovery, is rereleased after more than thirty-five years, with a new preface written by the author. The work chronicles the astronomical discoveries up to the late twentieth century and draws conclusions that major discoveries have often been unexpected, unrelated to prevailing astronomical theories and made by outsiders from other fields. One trend alone ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD

  • Cosmic Messengers

    The Limits of Astronomy in an Unruly Universe

    par Martin Harwit ...
    Martin Harwit, author of the influential book Cosmic Discovery, asks key questions about the scope of observational astronomy. Humans have long sought to understand the world we inhabit. Recent realization of how our unruly Universe distorts information before it ever reaches us reveals distinct limits on how well we will ultimately understand the Cosmos. Even the best instruments we might ... En savoir plus

    $44.99 CAD

  • In Search of the True Universe

    The Tools, Shaping, and Cost of Cosmological Thought

    par Martin Harwit ...
    Astrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially ... En savoir plus

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    par Stephen Hawking ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?Told in language we all ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $13.99 CAD

  • A Briefer History of Time

    The Science Classic Made More Accessible

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORSThe science classic made more accessible• More concise • IllustratedFROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEASStephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $16.99 CAD Maintenant $13.99 CAD

  • Higgs Discovery

    The Power of Empty Space

    par Lisa Randall ...
    On July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For forty years, physicists searched for this capstone to the Standard Model of particle physics—the theory that describes both the most elementary components that are known in matter and the forces through ... En savoir plus

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  • Endless Universe

    Beyond the Big Bang

    **Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that “steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.” —**Wall Street JournalThe Big Bang theory—widely regarded as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe—posits that space and time sprang into being about 14 billion years ago in a hot, expanding fireball of nearly infinite density. Over the last three ... En savoir plus

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  • Understanding Cosmology

    Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cosmology. ... En savoir plus

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  • Particle Physics

    A Beginner's Guide

    par Brian Martin ...
    Collections series Beginner's Guides
    Gaining notoriety as the science behind the controversial experiments of the Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most fundamental and mind-blowing problems: How did the Universe start? What are we made of? How small is the smallest thing? Without presuming any prior scientific knowledge, Brian R. Martin takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Higgs & Bosons & Fermions .... Oh My

    par Robert Piccioni ...
    Collections series Everyone's Guide Series
    This book explores the Micro-World of subatomic particles and forces, including the recently discovered Higgs boson.The pursuit of nature’s smallest parts is one of mankind’s oldest quests, beginning at least 26 centuries ago. But, just in our lifetimes it seems we’ve finally “hit bottom.” Each step deeper into the Micro-World has revealed surprises, and expanded our understanding of nature on all ... En savoir plus

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  • The First Three Minutes

    A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe

    par Steven Weinberg ...
    A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know**“Science writing at its best.” ―**New York Review of BooksOur universe has been growing for nearly fourteen billion years. But almost everything about it can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of its existence.In this book, Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg ... En savoir plus

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  • Heart of Darkness

    Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe

    Collections series Science Essentials
    "A new and welcome perspective on modern cosmology that any reader can easily grasp and appreciate . . . this is one of the very best books on the topic." — ChoiceHeart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past forty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components—dark matter and dark energy ... En savoir plus

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