Un recorrido por la actual teoría científica de la materia que permite explicar las sorprendentes propiedades de las partículas subatómicas o por qué si los átomos están prácticamente vacíos no atravesamos el suelo que está bajo nuestros pies.¿Qué es la física cuántica? ¿Cómo nos ayuda a entender el mundo? ¿Dónde deja a Newton y a Einstein? Y, sobre todo, ¿por qué podemos estar seguros de que es una buena teoría?Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw ofrecen un modelo co...

La historia de cómo Albert Einstein descubrió la ecuación más famosa de la ciencia y sus repercusiones en la física moderna.¿Qué significa en realidad E = mc²? Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw emprenden un viaje hasta las fronteras de la ciencia del siglo XXI para descubrir qué se esconde detrás de la secuencia de símbolos que conforman la ecuación más famosa de Einstein. Explicando y simplificando las nociones de energía, masa y luz, demuestran que esta ecuación contiene ...

The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox.A Guardian, Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year*Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich*****From Titus Andronicus with the RSC to media magnate Logan Roy in HBO's Succession, Brian Cox has made his name as an actor of unparalleled distinction ...

Brian Cox e Jeff Forshaw si spingono alla frontiera della scienza del ventunesimo secolo per riflettere sul vero significato della sequenza di termini matematici che creano l'equazione-simbolo di Einstein, E=mc². Spiegando i termini uno per uno, si chiedono: cos'è l'energia? Cos'è la massa? Cosa c'entra con energia e massa la velocità della luce? Per rispondere, ci portano fino a un esperimento tra i più grandi mai esistiti: l'acceleratore di particelle noto con il nome di Large Hadron Col...

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary ...

Four more series of Brian Cox and Robin Ince’s multi award-winning science/comedy show – including the 100th episode and The Infinite Moonkey Cage, a special hour-long episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landingsOne of BBC Radio 4’s most popular programmes, The Infinite Monkey Cage sees physicists Robin Ince and Brian Cox taking a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes. Aided by guests from the worlds ...

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes.Today, across the universe, at the heart of every gala...

The long-awaited memoir by movie and theatre legend, Brian Cox.A Guardian, Times, Sunday Times and Independent Book of the Year*Featuring a foreword by the executive producer of Succession, Frank Rich, an executive producer of HBO's Succession, a former chief drama critic of The New York Times, and the author of the memoir Ghost Light.*...

“…Cox delivers an intriguing life story that depicts Eastern spiritual practice as a tonic to Western culture… He also arrestingly describes his own spiritual experiences on the path to enlightenment…” — Kirkus Reviews“Through it all, tennis plays an important role physically and spiritually, and lovers of that sport will grasp both the reality and the metaphor through the author’s accounts…he also provides welcome splashes of humor…” — Self-Publishing ReviewEnjoy a courtsi...

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.In Wonders of the Solar System – the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series – Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit.The Wonders of the Solar System – from the giant ice fountains of Enceladus to the liquid methane seas of Titan and from storms twice the size of the Earth to the tortured moon of Io with its giant super-volcanoes – is ...

The rise of religion and religious actors combined with nonstate actors increasing influence in the international order has become the new normal. These fundamental changes in the security environment call for a new paradigm to address national security concerns. That paradigm must acknowledge the cultural and historical factors at the heart of many identity-based conflicts and advance the role of nation-states in resolving them. That emerging paradigm is faith-based diplomacy, and this bo...

Written by an experienced practitioner in the field of faith-based diplomacy who has worked in some of the worlds roughest neighborhoods, this book provides the presentation outlines for the eight core values of a faith-based reconciliation seminar which is a religious framework for peacemaking and conflict resolution.