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  • Socio-Technical Futures Shaping the Present

    Empirical Examples and Analytical Challenges

    Edited by Andreas Lösch, Armin Grunwald, Martin Meister, Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The exploration of ways to conceptualize the shaping of the present by socio‐technical futures is the aim of this volume. Therefore it brings together contributions from Science and Technology Studies and Technology Assessment, which focus all on the question how socio-technical images of the future shape present processes of innovation and transformation starting from empirical case studies and ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • What is Life? On Earth and Beyond

    On Earth and Beyond

    Edited by Andreas Losch ...
    Approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging field of astrobiology, can provide fresh perspectives to the age-old question 'what is life?'. Has the secret of life been unveiled and is it nothing more than physical chemistry? Modern philosophers will ask if we can even define life at all, as we still don't know much about its origins here on Earth. Others regard ... Read more

    $146.79 USD

  • Our Common Cosmos

    Exploring the Future of Theology, Human Culture and Space Sciences

    Edited by Zoë Lehmann Imfeld, Dr Andreas Losch ...
    Series series Religion and the University
    This volume collects an international body of voices, as a timely response to a rapidly advancing field of the natural sciences. The contributors explore how the disciplines of theology, earth and space sciences contribute to the debate on constantly expanding ethical challenges, and the prospect of humanity's future.The discussions offered in this volume see the 'community' as central to a ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • The Science of Interstellar

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    A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar, from executive producer and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne.Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who assisted Nolan on the ... Read more

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  • How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

    by Mike Brown ...
    The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that culminated in the demotion of Pluto from ... Read more

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  • Welcome to the Universe

    An Astrophysical Tour

    by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott ...
    The New York Times bestselling tour of the cosmos from three of today's leading astrophysicistsWelcome 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 ... Read more

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  • Miss Leavitt's Stars

    The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe

    by George Johnson ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    "A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." —Simon Singh, New York Times Book ReviewGeorge Johnson brings to life Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who found the key to the vastness of the universe—in the form of a “yardstick” suitable for measuring it. Unknown in our day, Leavitt was no more recognized in her own: despite her enormous achievement, she was employed by ... Read more

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  • Decoding the Message of the Pulsars

    Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy

    by Paul A. LaViolette, Ph.D. ...
    A new interpretation of nearly 40 years of interstellar signals and the prophetic message they contain• Contains extensive analysis of pulsar data, revealing new ideas about the origins and functions of pulsars• Provides proof of an extraterrestrial communication network• Includes information about the formation of crop circles and force-field-beaming technologyIn 1967, astronomers began receiving ... Read more

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  • Into the Black

    The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

    by Rowland White ...
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  • The Infinite Cosmos

    Questions from the frontiers of cosmology

    by Joseph Silk ...
    From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too, as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In The Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, ... Read more

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  • We Are Not Alone

    Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life

    by Dirk Schulze-Makuch, David Darling ...
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