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Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond by Laura Mersini-Houghton
Mersini-Houghton's groundbreaking research suggests that we sit in a quantum landscape whose peaks and valleys hide a multitude of other universes, and even hold the secret to the origins of existence itself. Recent evidence has revealed the signatures of such sibling universes in our own night sky, confirming Mersini-Houghton's theoretical work and offering humbling evidence that our universe is just one member of an unending cosmic family.
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ISBN: 9780063268524
Publication Date: 2023
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything by Michio Kaku
The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science--the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe--from renowned theoretical physicist and author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been placing new forces into ever-grander theories. But perhaps the ultimate challenge is achieving a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories--relativity and the quantum theory.
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ISBN: 9780385542746
Publication Date: 2021
The Clocks Are Telling Lies by Scott Alan Johnston
Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered.
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ISBN: 9780228008439
Publication Date: 2022
On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject by Anthony Zee
A brief introduction to gravity through Einstein's general theory of relativity Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most intimate.
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ISBN: 9780691174389
Publication Date: 2018
Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter of science denial" (Bill McKibben). Galileo's story may be more relevant today than ever before.
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ISBN: 9781501194733
Publication Date: 2020
The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos by Tom Siegfried
The award-winning former editor of Science News shows that one of the most fascinating and controversial ideas in contemporary cosmology--the existence of multiple parallel universes--has a long and divisive history that continues to this day. We often consider the universe to encompass everything that exists, but some scientists have come to believe that the vast, expanding universe we inhabit may be just one of many. The totality of those parallel universes, still for some the stuff of science fiction, has come to be known as the multiverse.
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ISBN: 9780674975880
Publication Date: 2019
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation by Alan Burdick
"Time" is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it's always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we're bored and speed by as we get older? How and why does time fly?
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ISBN: 9781416540281
Publication Date: 2018
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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. by
Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780358278146Publication Date: 2021
