Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Space Science - Cosmology

• Are we living in the "golden age" of cosmology?
• Are we close to understanding the nature of the unknown ingredients of the currently most accepted cosmological model and the physics of the early Universe? Or are we instead approaching a paradigm shift?
• What is dark matter and does it exist? How is it distributed around galaxies and clusters?
• Is the scientific community open to alternative ideas that may prompt a new scientific revolution - as the Copernican revolution did in Galileo's time?
• Do other types of supernovae exist that can be of...

One in a million doesn't even come close.

Not when we're talking about the odds that you would happen to be alive today, on this particular planet, hurtling through space. Almost fourteen billion years of cosmic history, over four billion years of Earth history, a couple million years of human history, the rise and fall of nations, the unbroken string of generations necessary to lead to you--it's staggering to consider. Yet behind everything in our world, from the phone in your pocket to even the force of gravity itself, lies a similarly grand procession of highly improbable...

This compilation is part of a book, a Scientific Romance, entitled: 'The Travel in Time -21 Solutions for 21 Questions of the XXI Century Physics-'( original version ). The book portrays the story of a scientist, a researcher of Theoretical Physics, Professor at the most prestigious university in London, the Imperial College. In recent years this teacher has been completely and exclusively dedicated to the compilation of an almost secret project, which consists in formulating a "Final Theory of Time' and with it create a real chance to build a Time Machine and thus achieve the first travel...

The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory of relativity. Throughout the book, examples, worked-out problems, and exercises (with hints and solutions) are furnished. Topics in this book include, but are not limited to:

tensor analysis
the special theory of relativity
the general theory of relativity and Einstein's field equations
spherically symmetric solutions and experimental confirmations
static and stationary space-time domains
black holes
cosmological...

"Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than nothing?"

One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate not only can something arise from nothing, something will always...

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone interested in the history, literature and scientific developments of the Renaissance, or the occult.

John Dee has fascinated successive generations. Mathematician, scientist, astrologer and magus at the court of Elizabeth I, he still provokes controversy. To some he is the genius whose contributions to navigation made possible the feats of Elizabethan explorers and colonists,...