Astronomy/AstroPhysics
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle - John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler, John A. Wheeler
Title: The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Authors: John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler, John A. Wheeler
Pages: 726 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 6, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198519494
ISBN-13: 978-0198519492
Book Description
What is the significance of mankind in the Universe? Ever since Copernicus, scientists have been moving man further and further from his lofty position at the center of Creation. [...]
Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity - Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler
Title: Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
Authors: Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler
Pages: 352 pages
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings (July 22, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 020138423X
ISBN-13: 978-0201384239
Book Description
A concise, direct examination of general relativity and black holes, Exploring Black Holes provides tools that motivate tools that motivate readers to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations [...]
Hidden Unity in Nature’s Laws - John C. Taylor
Title: Hidden Unity in Nature’s Laws
Author: John C. Taylor
Pages: 504 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (October 15, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521659388
ISBN-13: 978-0521659383
Book Description
One of the paradoxes of the physical sciences is that as our knowledge has progressed, more and more diverse physical phenomena can be explained in terms of fewer underlying principles. In Hidden Unity, [...]
Chaos In The Cosmos: New Insights Into The Universe - Barry Parker
Title: Chaos In The Cosmos: New Insights Into The Universe
Author: Barry Parker
Pages: 320 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (September 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738206318
ISBN-13: 978-0738206318
Book Description
The concept of chaos has brought a revolution to modern science. In place of their once confident pretensions to complete knowledge of the universe–at least theoretically–scientists have been forced by chaos to admit that [...]
Stars and Planets (Read It Yourself - Level 2) - Lorraine Horsley
Title: Stars and Planets (Read It Yourself - Level 2)
Author: Lorraine Horsley
Pages: 32 pages
Publisher: Ladybird Books Ltd (August 26, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1844222764
ISBN-13: 978-1844222766
From Cosmos to Chaos: The Science of Unpredictability - Peter Coles
Title: From Cosmos to Chaos: The Science of Unpredictability
Author: Peter Coles
Pages: 224 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 10, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198567626
ISBN-13: 978-0198567622
Book Description
Cosmology has undergone a revolution in recent years. The exciting interplay between astronomy and fundamental physics has led to dramatic revelations, including the existence of the dark matter and the dark energy [...]
Cosmology and Astrophysics through Problems - T. Padmanabhan
Title: Cosmology and Astrophysics through Problems
Author: T. Padmanabhan
Pages: 512 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 28, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521467837
ISBN-13: 978-0521467834
Book Description
This innovative book provides a clear and pedagogical introduction to research through a series of problems and answers. The author has designed the problems to develop each core topic in a simple and coherent way, and [...]
Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae - Maurice H. P. M. van Putten
Title: Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae
Author: Maurice H. P. M. van Putten
Pages: 326 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 9, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521849608
ISBN-13: 978-0521849609
Book Description
Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes - discovered by Roy P. Kerr as [...]
Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century - Committee on the Physics of the Universe, National Research Council
Title: Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century
Authors: Committee on the Physics of the Universe, National Research Council
Pages: 222 pages
Publisher: National Academies Press (March 12, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0309074061
ISBN-13: 978-0309074063
Book Description
This report is the result of a study encompassing astrophysical phenomena that give insight into fundamental physics, as well as fundamental [...]
CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Michael Beyer
Title: CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Author: Michael Beyer
Pages: 334 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 11, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540437053
ISBN-13: 978-3540437055
Book Description
This book provides a collection of up-to-date lectures on the physics of CP violation. As such it covers all relevant modern fields of elementary particle, nuclear and astrophysics. Special attention [...]