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Reality Is Not What It Seems

The Journey to Quantum Gravity

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Translated by Simon Carnell, Erica Segre ...

'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' Financial Times'An utter joy' Adam RutherfordDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed ... Read more

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'The physicist transforming how we see the universe' Financial Times'An utter joy' Adam RutherfordDo space and time truly exist? What is reality made of? Can we understand its deep texture? Scientist Carlo Rovelli has spent his whole life exploring these questions and pushing the boundaries of what we know. In this mind-expanding book, he shows how our understanding of reality has changed
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The Planets

by Dava Sobel ...

After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.This groundbreaking work traces the ‘lives’ of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.Whether revealing what hides behind ... Read more

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After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.This groundbreaking work traces the ‘lives’ of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.Whether revealing what hides behind
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The Ascent of Gravity

The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything

by Marcus Chown ...

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian CleggGravity was the first force to be recognised and described yet it is still the least understood. If we can unlock its secrets, the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to ... Read more

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The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian CleggGravity was the first force to be recognised and described yet it is still the least understood. If we can unlock its secrets, the force that keeps our feet on the ground holds the key to
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein ...

RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORYBY ALBERT EINSTEINWritten: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924)Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1920)First Published: December, 1916Table of ContentsALBERT EINSTEIN REFERENCE ARCHIVECONTENTSPart II: The General Theory of RelativityPart III: Considerations on the Universe as a WholePREFACEPART ITHE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATESSPACE AND TIME... ... Read more

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RELATIVITY: THE SPECIAL AND GENERAL THEORYBY ALBERT EINSTEINWritten: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924)Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1920)First Published: December, 1916Table of ContentsALBERT EINSTEIN REFERENCE ARCHIVECONTENTSPart II: The General Theory of RelativityPart III: Considerations on the Universe as a WholePREFACEPART ITHE SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATESSPACE AND TIME...
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

Space, Time and Motion

by Sean Carroll ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!’Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the WorldImmense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks, ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!’Brian Clegg, author of Ten Days in Physics that Shook the WorldImmense, strange and infinite, the world of modern physics often feels impenetrable to the undiscerning eye – a jumble of muons, gluons and quarks,
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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

by Lee Smolin ...

Series series SCIENCE MASTERS
A leading theoretical physicist describes the search for a 'theory of everything'.The Holy Grail of modern physics is the search for a 'quantum gravity' view of the universe that unites Einstein's general relativity with quantum theory. Until recently, these two foundational pillars of modern science have seemed incompatible: relativity deals exclusively with the universe at the large scale ... Read more

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A leading theoretical physicist describes the search for a 'theory of everything'.The Holy Grail of modern physics is the search for a 'quantum gravity' view of the universe that unites Einstein's general relativity with quantum theory. Until recently, these two foundational pillars of modern science have seemed incompatible: relativity deals exclusively with the universe at the large scale
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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman ...

In the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimum series, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical and quantum mechanics, offering readers not an oversimplified introduction, but the real thing - everything you need to start doing physics, and nothing more. Now, thankfully, Susskind and his former student Art Friedman are back, this ... Read more

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In the first two books in his wildly popular The Theoretical Minimum series, world-class physicist Leonard Susskind provided a brilliant first course in classical and quantum mechanics, offering readers not an oversimplified introduction, but the real thing - everything you need to start doing physics, and nothing more. Now, thankfully, Susskind and his former student Art Friedman are back, this
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Lectures on the Forces of Matter

by Michael Faraday ...

Michael Faraday, FRS (22 September 1791 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current. While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field ... Read more

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Michael Faraday, FRS (22 September 1791 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric current. While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field
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Isaac Newton vs. Robert Hooke on the Law of Universal Gravitation

by Nicolae Sfetcu ...

One of the most disputed controversy over the priority of scientific discoveries is that of the law of universal gravitation, between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism, of taking over his ideas expressed in previous works. In this paper I try to show, on the basis of previous analysis, that both scientists were wrong: Robert Hooke because his theory was basically ... Read more

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One of the most disputed controversy over the priority of scientific discoveries is that of the law of universal gravitation, between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism, of taking over his ideas expressed in previous works. In this paper I try to show, on the basis of previous analysis, that both scientists were wrong: Robert Hooke because his theory was basically
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

by Janna Levin ...

The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Sunday Times*'This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too' Robin InceIn 1916 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves: miniscule ripples ... Read more

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The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Sunday Times*'This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too' Robin InceIn 1916 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves: miniscule ripples
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The Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Physics

by Balungi Francis ...

Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics.Although this ... Read more

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Since it was developed, Newton's law of gravitation and many other laws of physics cannot be derived from one grand underlying principle. Deriving Newton's law of gravitation or Einstein general relativity theory, would mean that gravity emerges from something else and that would mean that the only known Newton's law of universal gravity is no longer a fundamental law of physics.Although this
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Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

by Lee Smolin ...

"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." -- Scientific AmericanIn Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the ... Read more

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"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to this difficult subject." -- Scientific AmericanIn Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Lee Smolin provides an accessible overview of the attempts to build a final "theory of everything." He explains in simple terms what scientists are talking about when they say the world is made from exotic entities such as loops, strings, and black holes and tells the
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Epistemology of Experimental Gravity - Scientific Rationality

by Nicolae Sfetcu ...

The evolution of gravitational tests from an epistemological perspective framed in the concept of rational reconstruction of Imre Lakatos, based on his methodology of research programmes. Unlike other works on the same subject, the evaluated period is very extensive, starting with Newton's natural philosophy and up to the quantum gravity theories of today. In order to explain in a more rational ... Read more

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The evolution of gravitational tests from an epistemological perspective framed in the concept of rational reconstruction of Imre Lakatos, based on his methodology of research programmes. Unlike other works on the same subject, the evaluated period is very extensive, starting with Newton's natural philosophy and up to the quantum gravity theories of today. In order to explain in a more rational
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Death to Einstein! 2: Exposing the Fatal Flaws of Both Special and General Relativity

by Scott Reeves ...

In the grand tradition of the previous volume of this devastating series, further arguments against the validity of special relativity are presented, this time by demolishing the experimental "evidence" of the long-lived muons. Also, an experimental method to disprove the relativity of simultaneity is presented.Unlike the previous volume, this one also brings death and mayhem to general relativity ... Read more

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In the grand tradition of the previous volume of this devastating series, further arguments against the validity of special relativity are presented, this time by demolishing the experimental "evidence" of the long-lived muons. Also, an experimental method to disprove the relativity of simultaneity is presented.Unlike the previous volume, this one also brings death and mayhem to general relativity
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The Universe

Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

by John Brockman ...

Series Book 7 - Best of Edge Series
John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it, ... Read more

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John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor.In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it,
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The Edge of Physics

Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology

by Anil Ananthaswamy ...

A scientific and globetrotting exploration of the physics experiments changing the ways we understand our universe.Why is the universe expanding? What is the nature of dark matter? Do other universes exist? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy embarks on a global journey to some of the world’s most inhospitable and dramatic research sites to witness first-hand the ... Read more

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A scientific and globetrotting exploration of the physics experiments changing the ways we understand our universe.Why is the universe expanding? What is the nature of dark matter? Do other universes exist? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy embarks on a global journey to some of the world’s most inhospitable and dramatic research sites to witness first-hand the
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The God Equation

The Quest for a Theory of Everything

by Michio Kaku ...

'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial TimesFrom the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the FutureThis is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the ... Read more

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'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial TimesFrom the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the FutureThis is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the
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Floating Free

A World Without Gravity

by Lloyd Leon, Ai ...

The concept of gravity, as defined by Sir Isaac Newton in the 17th century, explains the force that attracts two bodies towards each other. This fundamental force is responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the sun, holding us firmly on the ground, and governing the motion of objects in our everyday lives. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every mass attracts every other ... Read more

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The concept of gravity, as defined by Sir Isaac Newton in the 17th century, explains the force that attracts two bodies towards each other. This fundamental force is responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the sun, holding us firmly on the ground, and governing the motion of objects in our everyday lives. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every mass attracts every other
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Galilei Y Einstein

Reflexiones Sobre La Teoría De La Relatividad General - La Caída Libre De Los Cuerpos

by Santo Armenia ...

Translated by Susino Filippo ...

Empezando por los fenómenos elementales se estudia la teoría de la relatividad general de Einstein, junto con el principio de Galilei sobre la caída libre de los cuerpos que es la presuposición.Se observa la discrepancia de este principio de Galilei ya que la masa del cuerpo de prueba no se deduce de la de la tierra y la atracción mutua de los cuerpos no se evalúa. Además de evidencia que la caída ... Read more

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Empezando por los fenómenos elementales se estudia la teoría de la relatividad general de Einstein, junto con el principio de Galilei sobre la caída libre de los cuerpos que es la presuposición.Se observa la discrepancia de este principio de Galilei ya que la masa del cuerpo de prueba no se deduce de la de la tierra y la atracción mutua de los cuerpos no se evalúa. Además de evidencia que la caída
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Il Respiro dell’Universo

Genesi e scoperta delle onde gravitazionali

by Stefano Sello ...

Il libro descrive la genesi dell’idea delle onde gravitazionali, come conseguenza matematica delle proprietà delle equazioni di campo della Relatività Generale di Einstein e come si è giunti, dopo quasi un secolo dalla formulazione, allo loro rilevazione sperimentale diretta, utilizzando gli strumenti di misura più sofisticati che l’uomo abbia mai costruito. Risulterà così chiaro perché la loro ... Read more

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Il libro descrive la genesi dell’idea delle onde gravitazionali, come conseguenza matematica delle proprietà delle equazioni di campo della Relatività Generale di Einstein e come si è giunti, dopo quasi un secolo dalla formulazione, allo loro rilevazione sperimentale diretta, utilizzando gli strumenti di misura più sofisticati che l’uomo abbia mai costruito. Risulterà così chiaro perché la loro
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String Theory

Black Holes, Holographic Universe And Mathematical Physics

by Rob Botwright ...

�� Unveil the Mysteries of the Cosmos with Our Book Bundle! ��Are you ready to embark on an epic journey through the realms of theoretical physics? Dive into the captivating world of �� String Theory, ��️ Black Holes, �� Holographic Universes, and �� Mathematical Physics with our exclusive book bundle!�� Book 1: String Theory Demystified �� Discover the secrets of the universe with ... Read more

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�� Unveil the Mysteries of the Cosmos with Our Book Bundle! ��Are you ready to embark on an epic journey through the realms of theoretical physics? Dive into the captivating world of �� String Theory, ��️ Black Holes, �� Holographic Universes, and �� Mathematical Physics with our exclusive book bundle!�� Book 1: String Theory Demystified �� Discover the secrets of the universe with
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General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler

Edited by Richard A. Matzner, Ignazio Ciufolini ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Observational and experimental data pertaining to gravity and cosmology are changing our view of the Universe. General relativity is a fundamental key for the understanding of these observations and its theory is undergoing a continuing enhancement of its intersection with observational and experimental data. These data include direct observations and experiments carried out in our solar system, ... Read more

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Observational and experimental data pertaining to gravity and cosmology are changing our view of the Universe. General relativity is a fundamental key for the understanding of these observations and its theory is undergoing a continuing enhancement of its intersection with observational and experimental data. These data include direct observations and experiments carried out in our solar system,
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Large-scale Peculiar Motions: Matter In Motion

by Gary A Wegner ...

All matter, including galaxy clusters, galaxies, and their constituents follow orbits and flows driven by the net attraction of near and distant masses. The book presents the development of studies of peculiar motions along with discoveries in large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, baryonic oscillations, gravity waves, and their relation to current work on gravitation and dark ... Read more

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All matter, including galaxy clusters, galaxies, and their constituents follow orbits and flows driven by the net attraction of near and distant masses. The book presents the development of studies of peculiar motions along with discoveries in large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, baryonic oscillations, gravity waves, and their relation to current work on gravitation and dark
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Atos Filosóficos Para o Mundo

by Daniel L. Roberts ...

Os Atos Filosóficos criados neste manuscrito foram criados durante a pandemia de 2020 por Daniel L. Roberts, um filósofo Homem santo sob o Arcanjo Miguel, para aliviar as lutas colocadas sobre o mundo. Seu objetivo foi escrito para os Estados Unidos da América, mas também para ajudar o mundo e educar as pessoas sobre uma maneira de fazer as coisas funcionarem, como um povo. E para ajudar as ... Read more

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Os Atos Filosóficos criados neste manuscrito foram criados durante a pandemia de 2020 por Daniel L. Roberts, um filósofo Homem santo sob o Arcanjo Miguel, para aliviar as lutas colocadas sobre o mundo. Seu objetivo foi escrito para os Estados Unidos da América, mas também para ajudar o mundo e educar as pessoas sobre uma maneira de fazer as coisas funcionarem, como um povo. E para ajudar as
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