És un llibre amè i divulgatiu, en què l'autor explica curiositats com la formació de les primeres galàxies o perquè l'aigua és salada, o la hipòtesi de quan es preveu que s'esgotin les reserves del petroli.
From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmosA beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful infrared space observatory, along with expert insights into their revelations.
In The Universe Within, Neil Shubin, one of the world's leading experts, reveals to us the extraordinary cosmic and evolutionary adventure of our own bodies.
The profound influence of ancient cosmologies on our ideas about the human spirit *; Shows how ancient myths contain a sophisticated understanding of our relationship to the cosmos, derived from thousands of years of observation of the night sky *; Explains how ideas of the mind and spirit are still entwined with these ancient cosmologies despite the disruptive effects of modern astronomy *; Reveals how ancient ideas and contemporary cosmology might be combined into a new model for spiritual meaning Thousands of years before the first written records, humans were turning to the night sky as a source of meaning for existence and their place within it.
Your Word is Your Wand Florence Scovel Shinn - Miss Shinn was an artist, an author and a metaphysics teacher in New York in the early part of the 20th century.
Diese Monographie bietet Raum, den Innovationen in der Geschichte der Astronomie gebündelt nachzugehen, seien es instrumentelle Entwicklungen, neue Meß- oder Auswertemethoden, neue Weltbilder oder revolutionäre Entwicklungen und spektakuläre Entdeckungen, und damit Material für weitere wissenschaftstheoretische und philosophische Überlegungen bereitzustellen.
The Theory of Everything es va publicar per primera vegada l'any 2007, i ha estat traduït a 15 llengües Amb La teoria del tot , Stephen Hawking ofereix una breu història de l'univers, des del big bang fins als forats negres.
Examines how the similarities of symbols and wisdom across many cultures point to an ancient civilizing plan and system of ancient instruction *; Reveals the shared cosmological knowledge of Dogon and Maori cultures, ancient Egypt, Gobekli Tepe, Vedic India, the pre-Indian Sakti civilization, Buddhism, the Tibetan Bon religion, and the kabbalistic tradition of the Hebrews *; Explores symbols and techniques used to frame and preserve instructed knowledge as it was transmitted orally from generation to generation *; Explains how this shared ancient knowledge relates to the precessional year and the cycles of time known as the yugas Exploring the mystery of why so many ancient cultures, separated by time and distance, share remarkably similar cosmological philosophies and religious symbolism, Laird Scranton reveals how this shared creation tradition upholds the idea that ancient instruction gave birth to the great civilizations, each of which preserves fragments of the original knowledge.
Stephen Hawking described it as 'the discovery of the century, if not of all time', yet the scientists who first detected the cosmic radiation that was identified as the afterglow of the big bang had to admit that it was more by accident than intention.
Con la solvencia de quien ha realizado importantes aportes a la Física y a la Cosmología modernas, el autor invita a acompañarlo en este viaje a través de la evolución del Universo.
A tour through the new science of the Omniverse, its spiritual and physical dimensions, and its incalculable intelligent civilizations *; Reveals the key travel and communication technologies of the Omniverse: time travel, teleportation, and telepathy *; Unveils newly disclosed state secrets about these technologies, about the findings of the NASA Mars rover missions, and about a secret colony and life on Mars *; Explains through science how souls are holographic fragments of God and how they help create planets, solar systems, galaxies, and universes in the multiverse We are all citizens of the Omniverse, the overarching matrix of energy, spirit, and intelligence that encompasses all that exists: all universes within the multiverse as well as the spiritual dimensions centered on the divine Source that many call God.
Journey into the Depths of the UnexplainedIn a world teeming with scientific advancements, there remain questions so profound and perplexing that they defy the very fabric of our understanding.