Cosmology and the universe

An extraordinary discovery has recently shaken the foundations of Cosmology and Particle Physics, sparking a scientific revolution that has profoundly modified our understanding of our Universe and that is still far from over.

This book explores concepts within general relativity in the context of the particular space-times in which they arise.

This thesis studies various aspects of non-critical strings both as an example of a non-trivial and solvable model of quantum gravity and as a consistent approximation to the confining flux tube in quantum chromodynamics (QCD).

A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structureJ.

Big History is a new field on a grand scale: it tells the story of the universe over time through a diverse range of disciplines that spans cosmology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and archaeology, thereby reconciling traditional human history with environmental geography and natural history.

Scientists have collected a wealth of physical and chemical data for the Sun, planets, and small bodies in our solar system, but until now this information has been scattered throughout the technical literature.

Humanity's ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energyHeart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe.

Distant galaxies, dark matter, black holes elusive, incomprehensible and inhospitable these are the building blocks of modern physics.

This book provides a remarkable and complete survey of important questions at the interface between theoretical particle physics and cosmology.

Die Reise führt in Zehnerpotenzen von der Oberfläche der Erde an den Nachbarplaneten vorbei, hinein in die unendliche Tiefe des Weltraums, mit ihren Abermilliarden von Galaxien und Galaxienhaufen, bis zum sphärisch leuchtenden Rand des Universums.

Since 1975, the Marcel Grossmann Meetings have been organized to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests.

One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age.

"e;Modern physics is rife with provocative and fascinating ideas, from quantum mechanics to the multiverse.

Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching.

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics,  cosmology and planetary science.

The Fourth Edition of Introduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level.

A complete text on the physics of gamma-ray bursts, the most brilliant explosions since the Big Bang.

This book offers a new approach to design theory and practice that draws on Indigenous knowledges, methodologies and methods, presenting concepts of decolonising and Indigenous design that are interweaved as theory, storytelling, and practices.

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

"e;The Library of Babel"e; is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp.

This book explores a wide range of topics relating to scientific and religious learning in the work of Bishop Robert Grosseteste (c.

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Over the past few years we have seen remarkable, and at times independent advances in the understanding of extended objects like strings, black holes and membranes at the 'microscopic' level.

Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Opportunities in Chemistry is based on the contributions of hundreds of American chemists in academia and industry and should be taken as the best available consensus of the chemical community regarding its intellectual frontiers and the economic opportunities that lie beyond them,"e; says Science.

An account of classic and contemporary aspects of astrophysics, with an emphasis on analytical calculations and physical understanding.

The Earth is not the world it once was, and it is not the world it will always be.

Digital sky surveys, high-precision astrometry from satellite data, deep-space data from orbiting telescopes, and the like have all increased the quantity and quality of astronomical data by orders of magnitude per year for several years.

The effective theory of quantum gravity coupled to models of particle physics is being probed by cutting edge experiments in both high energy physics (searches for extra dimensions) and cosmology (testing models of inflation).

This book aims to integrate, in a pedagogical and technical manner, with detailed derivations, all essential principles of fundamental theoretical physics as developed over the past 100 years.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book is a treatise on time and on background independence in physics.

Working physicists, and especially astrophysicists, value a good `back-of-the-envelope' calculation, meaning a short, elegant computation or argument that starts from general principles and leads to an interesting result.

The presentations at this NASA-hosted Symposium in honor of Mino Freund will touch upon the fields, to which his prolific mind has made significant contributions.

This book celebrates the investigative power of phenomenology to explore the phenomenological sense of space and time in conjunction with the phenomenology of intentionality, the invisible, the sacred, and the mystical.

Die Kosmochemie befasst sich mit der Entstehung der Elemente, ihrer Isotope, und ihrer Verteilung im Universum.

In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy.

The wealth of recent cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure data has transformed the field of cosmology.

A comprehensive study of William Herschel''s pivotal discoveries, including an extensive biographical section, eight original papers and full notes.

The military, political, and economic preeminence of the United States during the post-World War II era is based to a substantial degree on its superior rate of achievement in science and technology, as well as on its capacity to translate these achievements into products and processes that contribute to economic prosperity and the national defense.

This book explores the role of singularities in general relativity (GR): The theory predicts that when a sufficient large mass collapses, no known force is able to stop it until all mass is concentrated at a point.

This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end.

Cosmology's journey to the present day has been a long one.

When predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity are compared against observations of our Universe, a huge inconsistency is found.

A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts.

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

This book offers an updated comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of GRMHD simulations.