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Stars and Nebulae (The Universe and Our Place in It)


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English | 2018 | ISBN: 1508106029 | 128 pages | MOBI | 9.96 Mb
Following the Next Generation Science Standards focusing on the universe and its stars, this enlightening book delves deep into the scientific study of stars, analyzing their behavior and composition, as well as their life cycles. Readers will learn fascinating facts, such as just how big they can get, how many there are in the universe, and the spectacular fashion in which some die. Readers can explore the universe of nebulae, the interstellar dust from which stars are born. Treat your star-gazers to a terrific guide.

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Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets (Universe and Our Place in It)


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English | December 30, 2018 | ISBN: 1680488732 | 126 pages | MOBI | 8.65 Mb
This fascinating text is a perfect companion for any student interested in a more authoritative source on the subject of asteroids, meteors, meteorites, and comets. Readers will learn, following the Next Generation Science Standards in the area of the Earth and the solar system, the scientific differences between these four celestial objects. They’ll also study their features, compositions, characteristics, classifications, and history of their observation. This book is perfect for the student doing a report on the subject or one who is curious about the space sciences and would like detailed information instead of a general overview.

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Poetry of the Universe A Mathematical Exploration of the Cosmos


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English | 1996 | pages: 210 | ISBN: 0385474296 | EPUB | 5,5 mb
In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas’s Lives of a Cell and James Watson’s The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores the leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have helped pioneer our understanding of the world around us.

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The Accidental Universe The World You Thought You Knew


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English | 2017 | ISBN: B00HULB5MO | M4b@64 kbps | 3h 51m + EPUB | 106 Mb
From the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams and Mr. g comes a meditation on the unexpected ways in which recent scientific findings have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos.
With all the passion, curiosity, and precise yet lyrical prose that have marked his previous books, Alan Lightman here explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind. He looks at the difficult dialogue between science and religion, the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature, the possibility that our universe is simply an accident, the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world, and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. And behind all of these considerations is the suggestion – at once haunting and exhilarating – that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.

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The Miracle of Our Universe A New View of Consciousness, God, Science, and Reality


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by Haisch, Bernard;Sims, Marsha;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 1637480148 | 198 pages | True PDF EPUB | 19.1 MB
Is our physical universe actually a virtual simulation that is thought into existence by consciousness? Noted astrophysicist, Bernard Haisch explores the frontiers of science, consciousness, and God, revolutionizing our understanding of the Universe and what’s behind it all.

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The Dream Universe How Fundamental Physics Lost Its Way


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English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B084Y8NRZG | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:07:00 | 204 Mb
A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots
In the early 17th century, Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically changed the framework through which we view the natural world when he asserted that we should base our theory of reality on what we can observe rather than pure thought. In the process, he invented what we would come to call science. This set the stage for all the breakthroughs that followed – from Kepler to Newton to Einstein. But in the early 20th century when quantum physics, with its deeply complex mathematics, entered into the picture, something began to change. Many physicists began looking to the equations first and physical reality second. As we investigate realms further and further from what we can see and what we can test, we must look to elegant, aesthetically pleasing equations to develop our conception of what reality is. As a result, much of theoretical physics today is something more akin to the philosophy of Plato than the science to which the physicists are heirs.

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