Book Description
Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?
Author : Alain Connes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 31,12 MB
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107641683
Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?
Author : Jeffrey Brown
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553534386
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes the first in a hilarious space-themed graphic novel series about a floating classroom and the students who show human and alien kids alike have a flair for finding mischief and know how to have a BLAST! Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Petra has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Jide, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet. What is meant to be an intra-species bonding experience soon turns to hijinx as the kids discover The Potato orbiting around their new space classroom and accidentally launch a mission of their own without any adult commanders around to supervise--or help! From New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Brown comes an out-of-this-world adventure perfect for the astronaut-in-training in your life.
Author : Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3839447135
Video games are temporal artifacts: They change with time as players interact with them in accordance with rules. In this study, Federico Alvarez Igarzábal investigates the formal aspects of video games that determine how these changes are produced and sequenced. Theories of time perception drawn from the cognitive sciences lay the groundwork for an in-depth analysis of these features, making for a comprehensive account of time in this novel medium. This book-length study dedicated to time perception and video games is an indispensable resource for game scholars and game developers alike. Its reader-friendly style makes it readily accessible to the interested layperson.
Author : Lawrence Sklar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 1977-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520031746
In this book, Lawrence Sklar demonstrates the interdependence of science and philosophy by examining a number of crucial problems on the nature of space and time—problems that require for their resolution the resources of philosophy and of physics. The overall issues explored are our knowledge of the geometry of the world, the existence of spacetime as an entity over and above the material objects of the world, the relation between temporal order and causal order, and the problem of the direction of time. Without neglecting the most subtle philosophical points or the most advanced contributions of contemporary physics, the author has taken pains to make his explorations intelligible to the reader with no advanced training in physics, mathematics, or philosophy. The arguments are set forth step-by-step, beginning from first principles; and the philosophical discussions are supplemented in detail by nontechnical expositions of crucial features of physical theories.
Author : Jeffrey Brown
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553534394
Travel to planets unknown in book two of the Space-Time graphic novel series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books! Jide, Petra, and their intergalactic friends are back on the Potato (their orbiting classroom) for another out-of-this-world adventure. Their latest space mission brings them to the home planets of their schoolmates, where pranks must be avenged, new terrains must be explored, and the patience of Commander G must be tested! Buckle up! The next Space-Time series mission from New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Brown is ready for blast off!
Author : Norman Sperling
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0740798545
The Journal of Irreproducible Results is the funniest thing to happen to science since Archimedes ran naked through the streets of Syracuse." --Discover Science humor magazine The Journal of Irreproducible Results has targeted "hypocrisy, arrogance, and ostentatious sesquipedalian circumlocution" since 1955. JIR editor Norman Sperling presents humorous and quirky tidbits relating to science, math, academia, bureaucracy, and witty word play. More than 250 entries ponder and pun the practical and peculiar. Consider OSHA's definition of the word "exit" as compared to Merriam Webster's: OSHA states, "Exit is the portion of a means of egress which is separated from all other spaces of the building or structure by construction or equipment as required in this subpart to provide a protected way to travel to exit discharge." Webster's defines "exit" as, "A way out of an enclosed place or space." If you've ever questioned the warning label on your hand drill that reads, "This product is not intended for use as a dental drill," or wonder what the "punishable by law" penalty is for snipping off that warning label on your pillow or mattress, then this book is for you.
Author : Romi Nijhawan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 27,32 MB
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 052186318X
Brings together cutting edge experiments and theoretical treatments regarding space, time and motion in visual neuroscience and psychophysics.
Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404855343
Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.
Author : Philip Bunting
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,33 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338772753
One girl's mission to find life in space leads to an out-of-this-world adventure perfect for the astronaut-in-training in your life. Una loves imagining a life in space. Life on Earth is just so-so. But how will she get there? Can she complete her mission to discover life in space? Oh! And did she remember to feed her goldfish? From award-winning creator Philip Bunting, Give Me Some Space is a delightful story that expertly merges nonfiction facts with imaginative play. Readers will love blasting off with Una, and learning along the way!
Author : Barry Dainton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1134944047
The first edition (2001) of this title quickly established itself on courses on the philosophy of time and space. This fully revised and expanded new edition sees the addition of chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and dynamic time, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Surveying both historical debates and the ideas of modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way and is careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses.