Cosmology and the universe

We read in order to know we are not alone, I once heard, and perhaps it could also be suggested that we write in order not to be alone, to endorse, to promote continuity.

New fundamental forces of Nature?

This thesis presents the state of the art in the study of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) symmetry and its applications in the simplified setting of three dimensions.

'This is a nicely produced book which should appeal to a wide readership.

'Gravity, a Geometrical Course' presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution.

Astronomy in the Inca Empire was a robust and fundamental practice.

Two controversial authors debate the nature and methods of science, its dogmas, and its future.

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This book provides a concise introduction to the physics of gravitational waves.

*; Explores how we naturally project consciousness onto machines and how this is reflected in human culture, science, artificial intelligence, and literature *; Demonstrates a direct connection between consciousness and the history of machines in American history *; Looks at the contributions and influence of Grace Hopper, Richard Feynman, Philip K.

Imagine that two people have been chosen to be observers in a scien- tific experiment involving two photons, or quanta of light.

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Since Einstein first described them nearly a century ago, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics.

This book discusses searches for Dark Matter at the CERN's LHC, the world's most powerful accelerator.

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars' STEPHEN FRY'Trotta writes like a poet' WALL STREET JOURNAL'Illuminating' Robin Ince'Will leave readers viewing the stars with fresh eyes' MARTIN REESA sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped what it means to be human.

Observational and experimental data pertaining to gravity and cosmology are changing our view of the Universe.

Cosmology and astroparticle physics have seen an avalanche of discoveries in the past decade (IceCube - high energy neutrinos, LIGO - gravitational waves, Fermi- gamma-ray telescope, Xenon-1T - dark matter detection, PLANCK- cosmic microwave radiation, EHT picture of black hole, SDSS -galaxy surveys), all of which require a multidisciplinary background for analyzing the phenomena.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Future Prospects in Neutrino and Astroparticle Physics (ICFPNAP 2024), held on Jan 23-24 at Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, India.

Originally published in 1971 Evolution - Revolution is an interdisciplinary volume examining inquiry around the central topic of evolution and revolution.

What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common?

Trente ans après l’immense succès de Conversations sur l’invisible, voici Du nouveau dans l’invisible.

This book comprehensively describes recent developments in the research of renormalizable quantum gravity, focusing on its application to physics beyond the Planck scale, particularly in inflationary cosmology.

This book tells the story of how, over the past century, dedicated observers and pioneering scientists achieved our current understanding of the universe.

Bereits seit der Antike ist der Himmel ein zentraler Raum, der jenseits von festen Orts-, Zeit- und Identitätszuschreibungen das Verhältnis von Individuum und Kosmos und die damit in Zusammenhang stehenden Grundfragen der menschlichen Existenz und deren Wertkonzepte aushandelt.

Aimed at graduate students and young researchers, this volume presents observational techniques, tools, and models for studying Local Group galaxies.

The main objective of this volume is to discuss the physical properties, observational signals and various probes of compact objects in the Universe.

This book presents gravitational lensing as an essential tool in astrophysics for tracking dark matter at all scales in the Universe.

This book presents the basics of gravitational lensing, accessible to students and researchers with a wide range of backgrounds.

This book provides an introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions.

The aim of this book is to analyze the all important implications of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle for a finite universe with very large mass-energy content such as ours.

This book explores the mechanics of star formation, the process by which matter pulls together and creates new structures.

The book is based on the author's PhD thesis, which deals with the concept of time in quantum gravity and its relevance for the physics of the early Universe.

What should the average person know about science?

A comprehensive examination of nearly fourteen billion years of galaxy formation and evolution, from primordial gas to present-day galaxies.

Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all.

This book takes a reader on a tour of astronomical phenomena: from the vastness of the interstellar medium, to the formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems, through to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, the final objects of the stellar graveyard.

Discover how we got to where we are, in this multidisciplinary approach to 13.

Keeping in mind that we can only see the universe from the comfort of our home galaxy, Bascom begins his text by meticulously laying the necessary groundwork to understand the Big Bang's mathematics without using any equations.

This thesis studies the properties of the Higgs particle, discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012, in order to elucidate its role in electroweak symmetry breaking and cosmological phase transition in the early universe.

Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic process in the universe.

Author is winner of 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth $1 million dollars.

The idea of a black hole goes back to Laplace or maybe even earlier to Englishman John Michell, referring to these bodies as 'dark stars', way back in 1783.

This third edition of Malcolm Longair's highly acclaimed textbook is an up-to-date text on astrophysical cosmology expounding the structure of classical cosmological models from a contemporary viewpoint.

In this compendium of essays, some of the world's leading thinkers discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the lens of their own discipline.

Answers to science's most enduring questions from "e;Can I break the light-speed barrier like on Star Trek?

A sweeping tour of the infrared universe as seen through the eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeAstronomers have been studying the heavens for thousands of years, but until recently much of the cosmos has been invisible to the human eye.