Author : Jayant Narlikar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521865042
Thought-provoking book for undergraduate students and general readers on the evolution of cosmology.
Author : George Gamow
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486165485
Lively and authoritative, this survey by a renowned physicist explains the formation of the galaxies and defines the concept of an ever-expanding universe in simple terms. 1961 edition. 40 figures.
Author : Viatcheslav Mukhanov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139447114
Inflationary cosmology has been developed over the last twenty years to remedy serious shortcomings in the standard hot big bang model of the universe. This textbook, first published in 2005, explains the basis of modern cosmology and shows where the theoretical results come from. The book is divided into two parts; the first deals with the homogeneous and isotropic model of the Universe, the second part discusses how inhomogeneities can explain its structure. Established material such as the inflation and quantum cosmological perturbation are presented in great detail, however the reader is brought to the frontiers of current cosmological research by the discussion of more speculative ideas. An ideal textbook for both advanced students of physics and astrophysics, all of the necessary background material is included in every chapter and no prior knowledge of general relativity and quantum field theory is assumed.
Author : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191003344
Throughout history, people have tried to construct 'theories of everything': highly ambitious attempts to understand nature in its totality. This account presents these theories in their historical contexts, from little-known hypotheses from the past to modern developments such as the theory of superstrings, the anthropic principle, and ideas of many universes, and uses them to problematize the limits of scientific knowledge. Do claims to theories of everything belong to science at all? Which are the epistemic standards on which an alleged scientific theory of the universe - or the multiverse - is to be judged? Such questions are currently being discussed by physicists and cosmologists, but rarely within a historical perspective. This book argues that these questions have a history and that knowledge of the historical development of 'higher speculations' may inform and qualify the current debate on the nature and limits of scientific explanation.
Author : Brian Greene
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0307428532
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. From Newton’s unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein’s fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics’ entangled arena where vastly distant objects can instantaneously coordinate their behavior, Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world.
Author : Hubert Reeves
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2011-04-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781611452044
Three eminent scientists ponder the basic questions that have obsessed humankind for ages and offer enlightening answers.
Author : Roy C. Martin
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780761814221
Quite a few people disagree with the Big Bang model--some of them (unlike Martin) are even scientists. Still, he presents a quite thorough review of articles from the Bangor Daily News, Discover, Time, Insight, Science News, Newsweek, Nature, Scientific American and other popular sources, as well as books such as Cold Fusion; the scientific fiasco of the century and Guth and Steinhardt's The Inflationary Universe. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : James J Kolata
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1681741644
Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is traced from the early Greek philosophers to the most modern 21st century view. After a brief introduction to the concept of the scientific method, the first part of the book describes the way in which detailed observations of the Universe, first with the naked eye and later with increasingly complex modern instruments, ultimately led to the development of the "Big Bang" theory. The second part of the book traces the evolution of the Big Bang including the very recent observation that the expansion of the Universe is itself accelerating with time.
Author : Alex Vilenkin
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0374707146
A Leading Figure in the Development of the New Cosmology Explains What It All Means Among his peers, Alex Vilenkin is regarded as one of the most imaginative and creative cosmologists of our time. His contributions to our current understanding of the universe include a number of novel ideas, two of which—eternal cosmic inflation and the quantum creation of the universe from nothing—have provided a scientific foundation for the possible existence of multiple universes. With this book—his first for the general reader—Vilenkin joins another select group: the handful of first-rank scientists who are equally adept at explaining their work to nonspecialists. With engaging, well-paced storytelling, a droll sense of humor, and a generous sprinkling of helpful cartoons, he conjures up a bizarre and fascinating new worldview that—to paraphrase Niels Bohr—just might be crazy enough to be true.
Author : Daniel Graham
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199959781
In Science before Socrates, Daniel W. Graham argues against the belief that the Presocratic philosophers did not produce any empirical science and that the first major Greek science, astronomy, did not develop until at least the time of Plato. Instead, Graham proposes that the advances made by Presocratic philosophers in the study of astronomy deserve to be considered as scientific contributions.
