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Mathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babyloniansbut does dark matter exist? could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? these are among the questions ian stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmologyhe describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will endoxfam shop macclesfield as new copy of ian stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos which moves from the formation of the earth and its moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universehe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroidthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otherhe describes how kepler's work on planetary orbits led newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of mars inspired einstein's theory of general relativity
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Stars planets galaxies cosmology images of the cosmos presentation read moreopen university s books
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The intricate fluidity of blake’s anti-newtonian universe eludes the fixity of definitions and schema
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It draws together every important aspect of his vast cosmology in over 500 alphabetic entries covering five subject areas - historypub date: pages: 280 language: english publisher: bounty books this encyclopaedia offers guidance to tolkiens world of middle earth and the undying landsthe entries are intended to offer readers a detailed background to the characters and creatures of his extraordinary imaginationby drawing on tolkiens workssee oxfam website for delivery information read morenatural history anad biographyoxfam shop ulverston hardcover
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This is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologyfinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignorebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at allunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessthe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timein the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionalthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'
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Chapters are authored by leading scholars from diverse disciplines-anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, cosmology, engineering, history of science, law, philosophy, psychology, public policy, and sociologythe foreword is by frank drakethis question of whether extraterrestrials will be altruistic has become increasingly important in recent years as seti scientists have begun contemplating transmissions from earth to make contactbut does this make biological sense? should we expect altruism to evolve throughout the cosmos, or is this only wishful thinking? is it dangerous to send messages to other worlds, as stephen hawking has suggested, or might humankind benefit from an exchange with intelligence elsewhere in the galaxy? would extraterrestrial societies be based on different ethical principles, or would we see commonalities with earthly notions of morality? extraterrestrial altruism explores these and related questions about the motivations of civilizations beyond earth, providing new insights that are critical for setitechnological civilizations that transmit signals for the benefit of others, but with no immediate gain for themselves, certainly seem to be altruisticthe book is carefully edited by douglas vakoch, director of interstellar message composition at the seti institute and professor of clinical psychology at the california institute of integral studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street extraterrestrial altruism examines a basic assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (seti): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefitvery good condition with only some minor creasing to the corners of the coverthis interdisciplinary book will benefit everybody trying to understand whether evolution and ethics are unique to earth, or whether they are built into the fabric of the universe
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Anyone who has watched or listened to murray perform will recognise the range of his work, from whimsical comedy to darker pieces through satire, cosmology and metaphysicsso open it up, find the beat and enter the strange and marvellous world of murray lachlan youngoxfam bookshop cheltenham how freakin' zeitgeist are you is the definitive collection of murray lachlan young's poems from to the present daysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis incurable addiction to rhyme is evident from the first page and the whole collection is designed to be read aloud and shared with friends
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Oxfam bookshop newport it traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtontext-block is clean/intact - no highlighting or noteshe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingnot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoverex-library with usual markings and stampsfirst published ; this is the scarcer danube edition of nd impressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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If materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmologysince minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incompleteno such explanation is available, and the physical sciences, including molecular biology, cannot be expected to provide onethe book explores these problems through a general treatment of the obstacles to reductionism, with more specific application to the phenomena of consciousness, cognition, and valuethe mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodiesthe conclusion is that physics cannot be the theory of everythingan adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as suchoxfam bookshop preston in mind and cosmos thomas nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenablesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history
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Why there is something rather than nothing offers an explanation of fundamental facts of existence in purely philosophical terms, without appeal either to theology or cosmologyhowever, this can also be explained on the basis of a weaker claimnot that there is some particular being that has to be, but simply that there has to be something or otherrundle argues that a creator of physical reality is not required, since there is no alternative to its existencehe supports this claim by eliminating rival contenders; he dismisses the supernatural, and argues that, while other forms of being, notably the abstract and the mental, are not reducible to the physical, they presuppose its existencetraditionally, the existence of the physical universe is held to depend on god, but the theist faces a major difficulty in making clear how a being outside space and time, as god is customarily conceived to be, could stand in an intelligible relation to the world, whether as its creator or as the author of events within itoxfam bookshop preston why should there be anything at all? why, in particular, should a material world exist? bede rundle advances clear, non-technical answers to these perplexing questionsit will provoke and intrigue anyone who wonders about these questionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some superficial scuffing to the dust jacket, but this book is otherwise as newif, as the theist maintains, god is a being who cannot but exist, his existence explains why there is something rather than nothingthe question whether ultimate explanations can ever be given is forever in the background, and the book concludes with an investigation of this issue and of the possibility that the universe could have existed for an infinite timeother topics discussed include causality, space, verifiability, essence, existence, necessity, spirit, fine tuning, and laws of naturerundle proffers arguments for thinking that that is indeed how the question is to be put to restthere has to be something, and a physical universe is the only real possibility
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It's no wonder that the media refers to it grandly as the "god particle" yet behind closed doors, physicists are admitting that there is much more to this story, and even years of gunning the large hadron collider and herculean number crunching may still not lead to a deep understanding of the laws of natureunzicker and jones systematically unpack the recent hot theories such as "parallel universes," "string theory," and "inflationary cosmology," and provide an accessible explanation of eachthey argue that physics has abandoned its evidence-based roots and shifted to untestable mathematical theories, and they issue a clarion call for the science to return to its experimental foundationthe two scientists take us on a tour of contemporary physics and show how a series of highly publicized theories met a dead endin very good conditionthey question whether the large-scale, multinational enterprises actually lead us to the promised land of understanding the universesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this fascinating and eye-opening account, theoretical physicist alexander unzicker and science writer sheilla jones offer a polemicoxfam bookshop birmingham the recently celebrated discovery of the higgs boson has captivated the public's imagination with the promise that it can explain the origins of everything in the universe
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It traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonhe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingexcellent pages, some edge and board wearnot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestler
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