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  • The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

    Space, Time, and Motion

    by Sean Carroll ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Most appealing... technical accuracy and lightness of tone... Impeccable.”—Wall Street Journal*“A porthole into another world.”—Scientific American*“Brings science dissemination to a new level.”—ScienceThe most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blo... ... Read more

    S$ 17.43 SGD

  • The Elegant Universe

    Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

    by Brian Greene ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA new edition of the iconic bestseller that introduced legions to modern physics and the quest for the ultimate understanding of the cosmos, featuring a new preface and epilogue.**With a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as graceful as the theories it so deftly explains, The Elegant Universe remains the unrivaled account of the modern ... Read more

    S$ 18.85 SGD

  • Black Holes

    The Key to Understanding the Universe

    by Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw ...
    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 ... Read more

    S$ 19.39 SGD

  • Gravity

    How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives

    by Brian Clegg ...
    A history of gravity, and a study of its importance and relevance to our lives, as well as its influence on other areas of science.Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may be the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Newton managed to predict the force of gravity but couldn't explain how it worked at a distance. Einstein picked up on the ... Read more

    S$ 17.97 SGD

  • Relativity

    The Special and The General Theory A Popular Exposition

    by Albert Einstein ...
    The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a university matriculation ... Read more

    S$ 1.49 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Something Deeply Hidden

    Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

    by Sean Carroll ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you are being created.**Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how ... Read more

    S$ 3.20 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • Gravity

    by George Gamow ...
    Understanding gravity is not only essential for understanding the motion of objects on Earth, but also the motion of all celestial objects, and even the expansion of the Universe itself. In this book George Gamow takes an enlightening look at three scientists whose work unlocked many of the mysteries behind the laws of physics: Galileo, the first to examine closely the process of free and ... Read more

    S$ 1.36 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog

    by Chad Orzel ...
    They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But this "witty and clear thinking" (New York Times) book wonders, what about relativity?Physicist Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s physics. Through armchair, and sometimes passenger-seat, conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds ... Read more

    S$ 15.79 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 126.32 SGD

  • Universo en perspectiva

    revelación definitiva de la cosmovisión

    by Otto Ewald Heinrich Helmi Schulz ...
    Resumen del libro. La presentación de Perspective Universe revela la visión completa del mundo con todos los fenómenos asociados, aunque la ciencia global todavía anda a tientas en la oscuridad.Algunos capítulos están respaldados por 11 detallados bocetos en color, a partir de los cuales todos pueden imaginar una impresión óptima del universo visible. Al comienzo del estallido de rayos gamma (9 de ... Read more

    S$ 2.99 SGD

  • Controversa dintre Isaac Newton și Robert Hooke despre prioritatea în legea gravitației

    by Nicolae Sfetcu ...
    Una din cele mai disputate controverse privind prioritatea unor descoperiri științifice este cea privind legea gravitației universale, între Isaac Newton și Robert Hooke. În acest eseu extind o lucrare mai veche pe aceeași temă, "Isaac Newton vs. Robert Hooke în legea gravitației universale". Hooke l-a acuzat pe Newton de plagiat, preluându-i ideile exprimate în lucrările anterioare. În această ... Read more

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  • Topics On Strong Gravity: A Modern View On Theories And Experiments

    by Cesar Augusto Zen Vasconcellos ...
    'The book concentrates attention on extended alternative theories of gravity and on the best astrophysical laboratories to probe the strong gravity-field regime: black holes, pulsars and neutron stars … Readers will likely share the satisfaction the editor and contributors say they experienced as they organized the book.'SirReadaLotFor more than a century, our understanding of gravitational ... Read more

    S$ 116.40 SGD

  • Mars and its Canals

    by Percival Lowell ...
    Eleven years have elapsed since the writer’s first work on Mars was published in which were recorded the facts gleaned in his research up to that time and in which was set forth a theory of their explanation. Continued work in the interval has confirmed the conclusions there stated; sometimes in quite unexpected ways. Five times during that period Mars has approached the earth within suitable ... Read more

    S$ 2.74 SGD

  • "Beyond Space-Time: A New Quantum Theory of Gravity"

    by ROGELIO PEREZ CASADIEGO ...
    What if gravity is neither a fundamental force nor a curvature of space-time, but an emergent phenomenon, born of quantum and thermodynamic principles? What if the mysterious "dark matter" is not composed of exotic particles, but is ordinary baryonic matter in extreme states of quantum cold?In An Effective Theory of Quantum Gravity, researcher Rogelio Pérez Casadiego presents a revolutionary ... Read more

    S$ 25.22 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    S$ 15.79 SGD

  • Records from the S-Matrix Marathon

    Selected Topics on Scattering Amplitudes

    Edited by Nima Arkani-Hamed, Mathieu Giroux, Holmfridur Sigridar Hannesdottir, Sebastian Mizera, Celina Pasiecznik ...
    Series Book 1041 - Lecture Notes in Physics
    This book is a collection of pedagogical lecture notes on topics related to S-matrix theory. It presents recent progress in understanding the foundations of S-matrix theory from different perspectives, covering aspects such as analytic properties and infrared divergences, observables on time-folded contours and cosmological backgrounds, as well as lattice simulations and phenomenological ... Read more

    S$ 161.85 SGD

  • Geometrie der Raumzeit

    Eine mathematische Einführung in die Relativitätstheorie

    by Rainer Oloff ...
    Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
    Dieses Lehrbuch entwickelt systematisch die mathematischen Grundlagen der Relativitätstheorie und verbindet diese mit den physikalischen Beziehungen. Dafür wird zuerst die Differentialgeometrie auf Mannigfaltigkeiten eingeführt, einschließlich der Differentiation und Integration, und die Spezielle Relativitätstheorie wird als Tensorrechnung auf den Tangentialräumen dargestellt. Mit den Einstein ... Read more

    S$ 48.17 SGD

  • Making Starships and Stargates

    The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes

    by James F. Woodward ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    To create the exotic materials and technologies needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion. A less ambitious, but nonetheless revolutionary, goal is finding a way to accelerate a spaceship without having to lug along a gargantuan reservoir of fuel that you blow out a tailpipe. Tethers and solar sails are conventional realizations of the basic idea.There may ... Read more

    S$ 88.28 SGD

  • Rocket Science: The Ripple Gambling

    by Sandeep Chavan ...
    Rocket Science: The Ripple Gambling By Sandeep ChavanWhat if gravity was never a force—and landing was never the goal?In Rocket Science: The Ripple Gambling, independent physicist and philosopher Sandeep Chavan rewrites our understanding of motion, descent, and design through the lens of Universal Energy Dynamics (UED). Blending science, intuition, and systems thinking, this groundbreaking work ... Read more

    S$ 21.44 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exploring Science Through Science Fiction

    by Barry B. Luokkala ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The material in this book forms the basis of an interdisciplinary, college-level course, which uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Unlike traditional introductory-level courses, the science content is arranged according to major themes in science fiction, with a deliberate progression from the highly objective and discipline-specific (e.g. Reference Frames; ... Read more

    S$ 38.79 SGD

  • Isolated Objects in Quadratic Gravity

    From Action Principles to Observations

    by Samuele Silvervalle ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    One of the main unanswered question of modern Physics is "How does gravity behave at small scales?". The aim of this thesis is to illustrate in a comprehensive but accessible way how to look for deviations from Einstein's theory of General Relativity in this regime, looking at the simplest celestial bodies: static and spherically symmetric ones.With a conservative and bottom-up approach, at ... Read more

    S$ 205.89 SGD

  • Springer Handbook of Spacetime

    Edited by Abhay Ashtekar, Vesselin Petkov ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The Springer Handbook of Spacetime is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in. It includes in a single volume chapters on foundations, on the underlying mathematics, on physical and astrophysical implications, experimental evidence and cosmological predictions, as ... Read more

    S$ 469.23 SGD

  • परिप्रेक्ष्य ब्रह्मांड

    विश्व दृश्य का अंतिम पता लगाना

    by Otto Ewald Heinrich Helmi Schulz ...
    पुस्तक सारांश। पर्सपेक्टिव यूनिवर्स की प्रस्तुति सभी संबंधित घटनाओं के साथ संपूर्ण विश्वदृष्टिकोण को प्रकट करती है, हालांकि वैश्विक विज्ञान अभी भी अंधेरे में टटोल रहा है।कुछ अध्याय 11 विस्तृत रंगीन रेखाचित्रों द्वारा समर्थित हैं, जिनसे हर कोई दृश्यमान ब्रह्मांड की इष्टतम छाप की कल्पना कर सकता है। गामा-किरण विस्फोट (9 अक्टूबर, 2022) की शुरुआत में, एक आकाशगंगा का निर्माण हुआ और सौर मंडल विकसित हुआ। ... Read more

    S$ 2.99 SGD