The book introduces the general theory of relativity and includes applications to cosmology. The book contains a thorough introduction to …
Nobel Laureate Leon M Lederman and physicist Christopher T Hill explain the supremely elegant concept of symmetry and all its …
From the reviews:"It survives the pitfalls of this fashion-conscious era by pursuing a rigorously independent-minded attitude to contemporary ideas. The …
Contents Prelude: Setting the scene. The standard model. Aspects of the theory of relativity. Quantum theory. The leptons. Antimatter. Hadrons. …
This compelling book describes how the Big Bang theory arose, how it has evolved, and why it is the best …
In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their …
This volume follows the chemical history of matter from the Big Bang to the present.
Cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole, has become a precise physical science, the foundation of which is …
Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term Big Bang as a description of the origin of …
A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject. * Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics. …
A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject.* Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics.* Includes …
The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Sixth Edition retains all of the features that have made this text so popular and effective. …
One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led …
One of the great paradoxes of modern times is that the more scientists understand the natural world, the more we …
THE TIME HAD come to look inside the box. On November 5, 2009, scientists at sixteen institutions around the world …
Since the dawn of humankind, people have looked upward to the heavens and tried to understand them. This encyclopedia takes …
This ... book presents evidence that our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but actually cosmic. [The …
The "Non-Sleeping Universe" was a conference conceived to commemorate the opening of the new building of the Centro de Astroffsica …
This book provides a tour of the “greatest hits” of cosmological discoveries—the ideas that reshaped our universe over the past …
Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary field that asks profound scientific questions. How did life originate on the Earth? How has life …
This new series is aimed at the same people as the Practical Astronomy Series - in general, active amateur astronomers. …
The Series This new series is aimed at the same people as the Practical Astronomy Series - in general, active …
Nature's Constants. Holy cow, what are those? Are they the inch, the foot, the yard, the mile? The answer to …
The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of …
