A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.
A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.
A graduate-level textbook on the astrophysics of binary star systems and their evolutionPhysics of Binary Star Evolution is an up-to-date textbook on the astrophysics and evolution of binary star systems.
After the huge national and international success of 'Longitude' and 'Gallileo's Daughter', Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.
En la presente obra se exponen algunos de los aspectos fundamentales de la relatividad general, con énfasis en el fenómeno astrofísico que haría posible para el ser humano viajar a través del universo: los agujeros de gusano, una estructura que hipotéticamente podría conectar dos puntos del espacio-tiempo —dos agujeros negros, por ejemplo—, que mantiene a los científicos en un conflicto constante y cuya existencia parece sacada de novelas de ciencia ficción pero que convertiría en una posibilidad real los viajes interdimensionales e, inclusive, los viajes en el tiempo.
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NEW SCIENTIST, BBC FOCUS, INDEPENDENT AND WASHINGTON POST 'A rollicking tour of the wildest physics.
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.
An introduction to the universe covering everything from the big bang and our understanding of the universe over time, to the earth's formation, the Sun and how it affects us, the Moon and planets, black holes and galaxies.
Most things you ';know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.
Georg Joachim Rheticus: Ein Name, der in den Schatten seines berühmten Lehrers Nikolaus Kopernikus gerückt ist – und dennoch ein unverzichtbarer Architekt der modernen Astronomie.
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 ›Die Erfindung der Prä-Astronautik‹ nimmt der Autor den Leser mit auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte und Entwicklung einer der kontroversesten Ideen des 20.
Als Giuseppe Racca in den 1970er Jahren sein Physikstudium begann, war von Dunkler Energie noch keine Rede – sie wurde erst mehr als 20 Jahre später postuliert.
If you want to remember why you once fell in love with the idea of the cosmos, or want to fall in love with it for the first time, then this book is for you ObserverFrom Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, this is a story of wonder, new worlds and why the end is just the beginningLet us journey into the heart of a black hole.
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 - 5 March 1827) was a French researcher and polymath whose work was critical to the advancement of designing, science, measurements, physical science, cosmology, and reasoning.
Discover hidden secrets about the Sun, our local star, and learn about eclipses and the Northern LightsThe Sun is incredibly dynamic and shrouded in mystery, despite its apparent unchanging appearance in our daytime sky.
El 11 de febrero de 2016, el anuncio de un descubrimiento sacudió el mundo y fue tapa de los principales diarios: por primera vez se habían detectado ondas gravitacionales.
El avance implacable del consumo y la reducción de la acción humana a la esfera económica han suscitado, en los últimos tiempos, la necesidad de repensar la relación entre las personas.
Este trabajo monumental de Max Caspar (1880-1956), la biografia mas completa y fidedigna del padre de las leyes del movimiento planetario, abarca todos los aspectos de la vida de Johannes Kepler, la figura mas atractiva entre las que protagonizaron la revolucion copernicana y la fundacion de la astronomia moderna en la Europa del siglo XVII.
Todas las cuestiones esenciales de la ciencia del universo: Instrumentación astronómica, misiones espaciales, el sistema solar, física estelar, exoplanetas, física galáctica, extragaláctica y cosmología.
Liebe Astronomiebegeisterte, die Vorstellung überwältigt mich immer wieder: Ein Stecknadelkopf, mit ausgestrecktem Arm in den Nachthimmel gehalten, bedeckt tausende Galaxien jenseits unserer Milchstraße!
Written by an internationally renowned expert author and researcher, this monograph fills the need for a book conveying the sophisticated tools needed to calculate exo-planet motion and interplanetary space flight.
Written by an internationally renowned expert author and researcher, this monograph fills the need for a book conveying the sophisticated tools needed to calculate exo-planet motion and interplanetary space flight.
Drawing on a wealth of new evidence, pioneering research psychologist David DeSteno shows why religious practices and rituals are so beneficial to those who follow themand to anyone, regardless of their faith (or lack thereof).
