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“paul steinhardt”

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  • The Second Kind of Impossible

    The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

    by Paul Steinhardt ...
    *Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize*One of the most fascinating scientific detective stories of the last fifty years, an exciting quest for a new form of matter. “A riveting tale of derring-do” (Nature), this book reads like James Gleick’s Chaos combined with an Indiana Jones adventure.When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Failed Globalisation: Inequality, Money, And The Renaissance Of The State

    by Heiner Flassbeck, Paul Steinhardt ...
    Globalisation is considered a success story. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the political divides between East and West Germany, nothing seemed to stand in the way of peaceful cooperation between people everywhere. Under the precepts of economic liberalism, by removing institutional obstacles to international trade and capital flows, a spontaneous global order would ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

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  • The Universe in the Rearview Mirror

    How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality

    by Dave Goldberg ...
    “A great read… Goldberg is an excellent guide.”—Mario Livio, bestselling author of The Golden RatioPhysicist Dave Goldberg speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies—is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Aliens

    The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

    Edited by Jim Al-Khalili ...
    In these lively and fascinating essays edited by theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like.Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence); and SETI ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe

    by Alexandre Koyre ...
    Time and again, when studying the history of scientific and philosophical thought in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries-they are, indeed, so closely interrelated and linked together that, separated, they become ununderstandable-I have been forced to recognize, as many others have before me, that during this period human, or at least European, minds underwent a deep revolution which ... Read more

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  • The Big Questions The Universe

    by Stuart Clark ...
    The Big Questions series enables renowned experts to tackle the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, providing answers from history's great thinkers. This ambitious project is a unique distillation of humanity's best ideas.In Big ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tarraforming Earth

    Are They Back to Stay?

    by JR Dubose ...
    An extraterrestrial civilization created human civilization and all other life on Earth. There was a time when mankind knew about these beings, but as religion and science took over the world, people forgot their true origins.Religion and science remain at odds, but they continue to work together to erase all knowledge of the extraterrestrials. The only thing that hints at the truth is the ... Read more

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  • Poetry of the Universe

    by Robert Osserman ...
    In the bestselling literary tradition of Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell and James Watson's The Double Helix, Poetry of the Universe is a delightful and compelling narrative charting the evolution of mathematical ideas that have helped to illuminate the nature of the observable universe. In a richly anecdotal fashion, the book explores teh leaps of imagination and vision in mathematics that have ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet

    by Dallas Campbell ...
    'I could have done with a copy of Ad Astra in December 2015!' –Tim Peake‘A wonderful, wise and witty guide for space explorers everywhere.' – Richard Osman‘A must read both for intrepid space explorers and misty-eyed dreamers. Now, to space!’ – Hannah Fry‘Few people are more knowledgeable, celebratory and witty about space travel than Dallas Campbell.’ – Adam RutherfordNeed som... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

    by S. W. Hawking, G. F. R. Ellis ...
    Series series Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
    Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly, that there will exist singularities in space-time itself. These singularities are places where space-time begins or ends, and the presently known ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • General Relativity and the Einstein Equations

    by Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat ...
    Series series Oxford Mathematical Monographs
    General Relativity has passed all experimental and observational tests to model the motion of isolated bodies with strong gravitational fields, though the mathematical and numerical study of these motions is still in its infancy. It is believed that General Relativity models our cosmos, with a manifold of dimensions possibly greater than four and debatable topology opening a vast field of ... Read more

    $136.79 USD

  • Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology

    by Nils Dalarsson, Mirjana Dalarsson ...
    Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology, Second Edition, combines relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology in a single volume, providing a simplified introduction to each subject that is followed by detailed mathematical derivations. The book includes a section on general relativity that gives the case for a curved space-time, presents the mathematical background (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry), ... Read more

    $112.49 USD