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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Av John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler
Häftad, 1988
197 kr
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Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind's place in the …
Origin Of The Universe
E-bok, 2014
51 kr
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A leading cosmologist explains our current understanding of space and time There was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the COBE space probe sent back data that proved not only that the Big Bang had happened but also that it had happened at more or less …
Constants Of Nature
Häftad, 2003
187 kr
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The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They encode the deepest …
Book Of Nothing
Häftad, 2001
155 kr
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How do you begin to understand the concept of nothing? Where does it begin and where does it end?From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers, from Shakespeare to the empty set, from the ether to the quantum vacuum, from being and nothingness to creatio ex nihilo, there is …
Infinite Book
A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
Häftad, 2005
155 kr
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‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us …
Impossibility
The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits
Häftad, 1999
187 kr
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What can we never do? Barrow looks at what limits there might be to human discovery, and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Science is a big success story, but where will it end? And, indeed, will it end? Weaving together a tapestry of surprises, Barrow …
Between Inner Space and Outer Space
Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy
Häftad, 2000
471 kr
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In this fascinating and entertaining collection of essays, acclaimed cosmologist and writer John D. Barrow addresses the many questions that we ponder in our quest to discover the universe. Key topics are: the popularity of Big Science, and physics and cosmology in particular; life on other …
Impossibility
The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits
Häftad, 1998
779 kr
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In Impossibility, John D. Barrow--one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers--argues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable. Barrow first examines the limits of the human mind: our brain …
The Book of Nothing: Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe
Häftad, 2002
277 kr
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Cosmic Imagery
Key Images in the History of Science
Inbunden, 2008
386 kr
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We live in a visual age, an age of images—iconic, instant, and influential—that have crystallized our conception of the large, the small, and the complex, of both inner and outer space. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, arose because of new technical …
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know
Math Explains Your World
Häftad, 2010
169 kr
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Have you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two’s company but three’s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena …
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts
Häftad, 2016
238 kr
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Science and Ultimate Reality
Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity
Av John D. Barrow, Paul C. W. Davies m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
1520 kr
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This volume provides a fascinating snapshot of the future of physics, covering fundamental physics, at the frontiers of research. It comprises a wide variety of contributions from leading thinkers in the field, inspired by the pioneering work of John A. Wheeler. Quantum theory represents a unifying …
Fitness of the Cosmos for Life
Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning
Av John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1970 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary 2007 book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and constants of nature lie within a narrow range …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Ruth M. Lynden-Bell, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
750 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Charles Harper, John L. Finney m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
779 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
The Philosophy of Cosmology
Av Khalil Chamcham, Joseph Silk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
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1074 kr
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Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology. Space missions …
Fitness of the Cosmos for Life
Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning
Av John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1322 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary 2007 book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and constants of nature lie within a narrow range …
Philosophy of Cosmology
Av Simon Saunders, John D. Barrow m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1060 kr
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Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology. Space missions …
Philosophy of Cosmology
Av Simon Saunders, John D. Barrow m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1060 kr
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Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology. Space missions …
The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
Häftad, 2006
297 kr
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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know
E-bok, 2010
170 kr
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'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a …
Book Of Nothing
E-bok, 2011
125 kr
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How do you begin to understand the concept of nothing? Where does it begin and where does it end?From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers, from Shakespeare to the empty set, from the ether to the quantum vacuum, from being and nothingness to creatio ex nihilo, there is …
Constants Of Nature
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They encode the deepest …
Infinite Book
A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
E-bok, 2010
122 kr
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‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us …
Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot
E-bok, 2010
170 kr
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'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a …
Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot
Ljudbok, 2010
115 kr
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''If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.'' John von Neumann Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can''t be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers …
