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2019.
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An astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world's most innovative planetary geologists. In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of the far side of the moon. Even in their poor resolution, the images stunned scientists: the far side is an enormous mountainous expanse, not the vast lava-plains seen from Earth. Subsequent missions have confirmed this in much greater detail. How could this be,...
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2016.
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Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all--from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel. Describing the latest discoveries in astrophysics, the informative and entertaining...
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Conversing with the Planets is the first popular work of astronomical anthropology, a field pioneered by Anthony Aveni, who has taught anthropology and astronomy at Colgate University for over twenty-five years. It interweaves the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient cultures by showing how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky. Modern scientists often dismiss the scientific contributions of archaic...
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Pub. Date
2012
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"Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? And how is it all going to end? Why is there something rather than nothing?" is asked of anyone who says there is no God. Yet this is not so much a philosophical or religious question as it is a question about...
49) The big bang
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Pub. Date
c2006
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Explains how scientists' observations of the stars led to the development of the big bang theory, a theory of how our universe was formed.
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Travel through spacetime. Copious four-color illustrations help calrify this journey into a surreal wonderland where particles, sheets, and strings move in eleven dimensions, where black holes evaporate and disappear, taking their secret with them, and where the original cosmic seed from which our own universe sprang was a tiny nut.
51) The universe
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Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides information about the universe discussing such topics as the Milky Way, galaxies, black holes, and superclusters.
52) The Cosmos
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Examines the forces at work in the universe from classical Newtonian physics to the implications of relativity, theories on the cosmos, and the end of the universe.
53) Planetarium
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Showcases dozens of full-color space images in a gallery format, complemented by scientific information and brief descriptions.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces the big bang theory, describing how the universe began and how elementary particles combined to form our solar system and eventually Earth's simplest organisms, which in turn evolved to becomes complex forms of life and human beings.
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c2010
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Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the rest of the solar system, and how these connections have created the haven we call Earth.
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Princeton Science Library volume Isaac Newton Institute Series of Lectures
Pub. Date
©1996
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Presents essays based on lectures given by mathematics professors Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose in which they debate the foundations of quantum mechanics, discussing in mathematical and physical terms how to combine quantum theory with the theory of general relativity.
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2022.
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"After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, the Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma...
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2011
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Despite the steady avalanche of scientific discovery, scientists still only understand 4% of the mass that makes up the universe. A science journalist documents the recent efforts to explain the ninety-six percent of the universe not comprised of known matter, drawing on interviews with leading figures to describe the rivalries, collaborations, and discoveries that are redefining current understandings. .
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