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Flatland

Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
Published: 2005-09-19
book: 103 pages
ISBN:0691123667
ISBN:9780691123660
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Subject: Fiction

In his introduction, Thomas Banchoff points out that there is no better way to begin exploring the problem of understanding higher-dimensional slicing phenomena ...

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Conflict in the cosmos

Author: Simon Mitton
Published: 2005
book: 401 pages
ISBN:0309093139
ISBN:9780309093132
Publisher: Joseph Henry Pr
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A biography of Sir Fred Hoyle explores his major contributions to the fields of astrophysics and astronomy, as well as his role in bringing science to the ...

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Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology

Author: Peter Schneider
Published: 2006
book: 459 pages
ISBN:3540331743
ISBN:9783540331742
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject: Science

Starting with a detailed description of our Milky Way, and a review of modern observational and theoretical cosmology, the book goes on to examine the formation ...

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The Day Without Yesterday

Author: John Farrell
Published: 2006-10-05
book: 262 pages
ISBN:1560259027
ISBN:9781560259022
Publisher: Basic Books
Subject: Science

The Day Without Yesterday covers the modern history of an evolving universe, and how Georges Lemaitre convinced a generation of thinkers to embrace the notion ...

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The little book of the big bang

Author: Craig J. Hogan
Published: 1998
book: 181 pages
ISBN:0387983856
ISBN:9780387983851
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Subject: Science

Astrophysicist Craig Hogan has contained the entire story of the universe in this small book, leading back to the Big Bang, the beginning of all things.

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The runaway universe

Author: Donald Goldsmith
Published: 2000-12-06
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0738204293
ISBN:9780738204291
Publisher: Basic Books
Subject: Science

The story of rival groups of brilliant astronomers seeking two mysterious numbers that will reveal the future of the universe.

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The expanding universe

Author: Arthur Eddington
Published: 1987
book: 127 pages
ISBN:0521349761
ISBN:9780521349765
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Subject: Science

Long out of print, this classic book investigates the experimental determination of one of the fundamental constants of astrophysics and its significance for ...

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The universe before the big bang

Author: Maurizio Gasperini
Published: 2008
book: 208 pages
ISBN:3540744193
ISBN:9783540744191
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject: Science

The aim of this book is to convey this picture in non-technical language accessibile also to non-specialists.

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Flatland/Sphereland

Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
Published: 1994-01-06
book: 352 pages
ISBN:0062732765
ISBN:9780062732767
Publisher: Collins
Subject: Fiction

In the first work, A. Square meets a tragic fate when he dares to inform the inhabitants of his two-dimensional universe that there is a third and fourth ...

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Kinetic theory in the expanding universe

Author: Jeremy Bernstein
Published: 1988-08-26
book: 149 pages
ISBN:0521360501
ISBN:9780521360500
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Subject: Science

Kinetic Theory in the Expanding Universe is a self-contained exposition of the applications of kinetic theory to basic problems in modern cosmology, such as the ...

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The Oskar Klein memorial lectures

Author: Gösta Ekspong
Published: 1994-04
book: 149 pages
ISBN:9810214502
ISBN:9789810214500
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

THEORY OF NEUTRINOS FROM THE SUN HANS A. BETHE Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA. Introduction I knew Oskar ...

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Scientific information about the universe and the scientific theories of the evolution of the universe

Author: Rick Adair
Published: 2005-08
book: 192 pages
ISBN:1404203974
ISBN:9781404203976
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Most of the articles gathered in this anthology were selected to capture the revolution that has shaken cosmology and our understanding of the universe in ...

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The big bang

Author: David Michael Harland
Published: 2003-07-15
book: 262 pages
ISBN:1852337133
ISBN:9781852337131
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject: Science

The first up-to-date book written for the popular enthusiast market which describes the development of modern particle physics and its importance in improving ...

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La formación del universo

Author: Alfonso Pérez de Laborda
Published: 1984-06
book: 36 pages
ISBN:8474901014
ISBN:9788474901016
Publisher: Encuentro
Subject: Science

DE IZQUIERDA A DERECHA: LAS FASES SUCESIVAS DE LA FORMACIÓN DE UNA ESTRELLA. DEL CENTRO DE LA NUBE DE GAS Y POLVO CONTENIDO EN EL DISCO DE LA GALAXIA SE ...

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