Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Cosmology
ISBN : 9780571226146
Book Two in an action-packed adventure series - which also explores the three great physics theories of Albert Einstein!
Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher : Faber & Faber Children's Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2005-04
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : 9780571226153
Gedanken's eccentric uncle sends her into outer space in a spacecraft to help him conduct a series of experiments regarding the law of relativity as it affects time and space.
Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher :
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 1994-01
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780571170661
This is the final volume in the trilogy for young readers investigating the three great physics explorations of Albert Einstein. Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken drinks from a magic bottle and shrinks into the tiny world of quarks and electrons where she confronts the riddle of the quantum.
Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher :
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 26,20 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780571194360
'Where is the centre of the universe?' 'Why is water wet?' 'What are atoms made of?' 'Will the sun ever blow up?' Fresh from Uncle Albert's postbag here are 100 science questions from children on subjects including Black Holes, atoms, clouds, colour and volcanoes.
Author : Arthur I. Miller
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 37,50 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780618341511
A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
Author : George Gamow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521639927
An inspirational introduction to the physics of the twenty-first century.
Author : Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1632896478
Budding astronomers and scientists will love this humorous introduction to the extremely complex concept of black holes. With space facts and answers about the galaxies (ours, and others) A Black Hole is NOT a Hole takes readers on a ride that will stretch their minds around the phenomenon known as a black hole. In lively and text, the book starts off with a thorough explanation of gravity and the role it plays in the formation of black holes. Paintings by Michael Carroll, coupled with real telescopic images, help readers visualize the facts and ideas presented in the text, such as how light bends, and what a supernova looks like. Back matter includes a timeline which sums up important findings discussed throughout, while the glossary and index provide a quick point of reference for readers. Children and adults alike will learn a ton of spacey facts in this far-out book that’s sure to excite even the youngest of astrophiles.
Author : Russell Stannard
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 2008-07-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0199236224
Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics - replacing Newtonian ideas of space and time with bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: a world of slowing clocks and stretched space, black holes and curved space-time. This Very Short Introduction explores and explains the theory in an accessible and understandable way.
Author : Barry Parker
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9391019927
Understanding Einstein’s Creative Genius Not since Isaac Newton had anyone conceived the universe in such a revolutionary, startling new way. Given the fervent renewed appreciation for the contributions Albert Einstein has bestowed on humanity, physicist and popular science writer Barry Parker dedicates a book to explaining in the clearest possible terms to the broadest possible audience the meaning and beauty of Einstein’s theories. While tracing the story of Einstein’s life, Parker seizes on the crucial groundbreaking theories that Einstein envisioned. Through Parker's eloquence, eye for detail, and clever use of Einsteinian cartoons and vivid illustrations, he enables the reader to see and appreciate for perhaps the first time the full meaning and scope of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity. Parker then guides the reader to the next step in Einstein's revelations: the possibility of time travel. Parker’s incomparable gift for language captures Einstein’s uniqueness, singular brilliance, and stunning theories. The clarity of the writing coupled with the many illustrations will drive home the point why so many consider Einstein to be the greatest scientist who ever lived and Time magazine named Albert Einstein “Person of the Century.” BARRY PARKER (Pocatello, ID) is an award-winning science writer and the author of 27 highly acclaimed popular science books. He is professor emeritus of physics at Idaho State University.
Author : Marcia Bartusiak
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300213638
The award-winning science writer “packs a lot of learning into a deceptively light and enjoyable read” exploring the contentious history of the black hole (New Scientist). For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The strange notion of a space-time abyss from which not even light escapes seemed to confound all logic. Now Marcia Bartusiak, author of Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony and The Day We Found the Universe, recounts the frustrating, exhilarating, and at times humorous battles over one of history’s most dazzling ideas. Bartusiak shows how the black hole helped revive Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, after decades of languishing in obscurity. Not until astronomers discovered such surprising new phenomena as neutron stars and black holes did the once-sedate universe transform into an Einsteinian cosmos, filled with sources of titanic energy that can be understood only in the light of relativity. Black Hole explains how Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and other leading thinkers completely changed the way we see the universe.
