Boasting more than three hundred illustrations, the majority in full color, The Particle Odyssey takes us on an exhilarating tour …
Proceedings of the international workshop on Mach's Principle and the Origin of Inertia, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, Feb. …
In this extraordinarily accessible and enormously witty book, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman guides us on a fascinating tour …
This book aims to present the history and developments of particle physics from the introduction of the notion of particles …
What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? Using clear and plain language, the author …
Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively …
René Descartes (1596-1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm "Cogito, ergo …
This is simply another great book on the cosmos by Brian Greene. I previously read Greene's book "The Elegant Universe" …
What is superstring theory and why is it important? Can superstrings offer the fulfilment of Einstein's lifelong dream of a …
One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable …
Even as a 'left-brainer,' I was able to grapple with the hard math problems that I never understood before. Why? …
George Hall - teacher, historian, engineer, and computer analyst - uniquely draws upon the competing perspectives of traditional science, the …
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW …
Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time …
A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in world-wide acclaim and …
For over ten years, the dark side of the universe has been headline news. Detailed studies of the rotation of …
These proceedings provide the latest results on dark matter and dark energy research. The UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy …
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter―and shows how that search has helped us …
This is a concise introduction to modern astrophysics for physicists, with a focus on galaxy dynamics and the discovery of …
Princeton University Press, USA, 2016. – 272 p. – ISBN: 069115726X.J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose …
This book brings together reviews from leading international authorities on the developments in the study of dark matter and dark …
In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep …
How math helps us solve the universe's deepest mysteriesOne of the great insights of science is that the universe has …
This highly interdisciplinary book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an …
This report is the result of a study encompassing astrophysical phenomena that give insight into fundamental physics, as well as …
In Masks of the Universe, Edward Harrison brings together fundamental scientific, philosophical and religious issues in cosmology and raises thought …
This book tells the fascinating story of fusion. As the process that fuels the stars and galaxies lighting up the …
Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos is an accessible introduction to the key principles and theories underlying the subject. It takes a …
Calibrating the Cosmos describes hard science, but is gently written. It explains in clear, non-mathematical language the measurements and the …
Origins of Life on the Earth and in the Cosmos suggests answers to the age-old questions of how life on …
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was …
How old is the universe? What do the atoms in our bodies, our very existence, tell us about the history …
Astrobiology–the study of life in space–is one of today’s fastest growing and most popular fields of science. In this compelling, …
From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a …
Begelman (astrophysical and planetary science, University of Colorado- Boulder) offers a vivid narrative of a voyage across the galaxy and …