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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

    R189,51

  • Aether and Gravitation

    Enriched edition. Exploring Aether's Influence on Gravity: A Thought-Provoking Blend of Science and Philosophy

    by William George Hooper, Danielle Walsh ...
    In "Aether and Gravitation," William George Hooper delves into the intricate relationship between gravitational forces and the underlying aether theories that once dominated 19th-century physics. Utilizing a combination of empirical observations and theoretical exploration, Hooper articulates a complex yet engaging narrative that challenges prevailing notions of gravitation while invoking the ... Read more

    R39,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    R189,51

  • 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

    R195,14

  • 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

    R246,43

  • 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

    R246,43

  • Brief Solutions to the Big Problems in Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology second edition

    by Balungi Francis ...
    In 1900, the British physicist Lord Kelvin declared "There is nothing new to discover in physics. All that remains is to more accurately measure its quantities" today, hardly anyone would dare say that our knowledge of the universe and everything in it is almost complete.There are still some deficiencies in the standard model of physics, such as the origin of mass, the strong CP problem, neutrino ... Read more

    R166,20 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The foundation of the generalized theory of relativity

    by Albert Einstein ...
    The theory which is sketched in the following pages forms the most wide-going generalization conceivable of what is at present known as "the theory of Relativity;" this latter theory I differentiate from the former "Special Relativity theory," and suppose it to be known. The generalization of the Relativity theory has been made much easier through the form given to the special Relativity theory by ... Read more

    R16,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Basic Relativity

    An Introductory Essay

    by Péter Hraskó ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This Brief presents a new way of introducing relativity theory, in which perplexing relativistic effects such as time dilation and Lorentz contraction are explained prior to the discussion of Lorentz-transformation. The notion of relativistic mass is shown to contradict the spirit of relativity theory and the true significance of the mass-energy relation is contrasted with the popular view of it. ... Read more

    R801,54

  • What Will Hit the Ground First? | Children's Physics of Energy

    by Baby Professor ...
    Physics is already a difficult subject to tackle for adults; what more if it were taught to children? The key is to use interesting materials that contain age-appropriate lessons. This is one of those books. It discusses the basics of physics using layman’s terms for easy understanding and retention. Go ahead and buy this copy now. ... Read more

    R68,64

  • Philadelphia Deneyi: 2. Dünya Savaşının Işınlanan Gemisi Einstein'ın En İnanılmaz Silahı

    by Robert J. Williams ...
    Ekim 1943. İkinci Dünya Savaşı tüm hızıyla devam ediyor. Bu arada Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin bu savaşa dahil olmasının üzerinden 2 yıl geçti. Amerikan muhripleri ile Nazilerin ünlü denizaltıları arasında büyük bir su savaşı yaşanıyor. Savaşı kazanmak için çaresiz kalan ABD hükümeti şaşırtıcı bir deney yapacak. Düşmanın gözünden kaçmak ve gemiyi yok etmek için bir deney.Tarihin en inanılmaz ... Read more

    R49,69

  • Unlocking Interstellar: A Journey into Black Holes, Wormholes, and Quantum Mysteries

    by Aidan Mindfield ...
    Unlocking Interstellar: A Journey into Black Holes, Wormholes, and Quantum MysteriesDiscover the science behind one of the most groundbreaking films of the century, Interstellar. This book dives deep into the fascinating theories and scientific truths that inspired the film, guided by renowned physicist Kip Thorne's insights. If you were captivated by the cinematic spectacle and left craving more, ... Read more

    R82,93 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Isaac Newton on the Action at a Distance in Gravity: With or Without God?

    by Nicolae Sfetcu ...
    The interpretation of Isaac Newton's texts has sparked controversy to this day. One of the most heated debates relates to the action between two bodies distant from each other (the gravitational attraction), and to what extent Newton involved God in this case. Practically, most of the papers discuss four types of gravitational attractions in the case of remote bodies: direct distance action as ... Read more

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  • Lorentzian Geometry and Related Topics

    GeLoMa 2016, Málaga, Spain, September 20–23

    Edited by Francisco J. Palomo, José Luis Flores, María A. Cañadas-Pinedo ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume contains a collection of research papers and useful surveys by experts in the field which provide a representative picture of the current status of this fascinating area. Based on contributions from the VIII International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry, held at the University of Málaga, Spain, this volume covers topics such as distinguished (maximal, trapped, null, spacelike, constant ... Read more

    R1 603,09

  • Scalar Fields in Numerical General Relativity

    Inhomogeneous Inflation and Asymmetric Bubble Collapse

    by Katy Clough ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book explores the use of numerical relativity (NR) methods to solve cosmological problems, and describes one of the first uses of NR to study inflationary physics. NR consists in the solution of Einstein’s Equation of general relativity, which governs the evolution of matter and energy on cosmological scales, and in systems where there are strong gravitational effects, such as around black ... Read more

    R1 603,09

  • A Gentle Wizard

    by Nils Andersson ...
    Winner of the non-fiction category of the 2017 Kindle Book Awards!An entertaining and personal introduction to Einstein's universe. Starting with a walk through Bern in 1905 and ending with the recent discovery of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, this book exposes the theory of Relativity in a readable style. Supported by insightful and zany illustrations, this is a great science ... Read more

    R16,45

  • Gravitation and Gauge Symmetries

    by M Blagojevic ...
    Series series Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation
    In the course of the development of electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions, the concept of (internal) gauge invariance grew up and established itself as an unavoidable dynamical principle in particle physics. It is less known that the principle of equivalence, and the basic dynamical properties of the gravitational interaction can also be ex ... Read more

    R3 745,55

  • New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity

    Edited by Giampiero Esposito, Matthias Lesch, Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Aside from the obvious statement that it should be a theory capable of unifying general relativity and quantum field theory, not much is known about the true nature of quantum gravity.New ideas - and there are many of them for this is an exciting field of research - often diverge to a degree where it seems impossible to decide in which of the many possible direction(s) the ongoing developments ... Read more

    R890,55

  • Wave Equations in Higher Dimensions

    by Shi-Hai Dong ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Higher dimensional theories have attracted much attention because they make it possible to reduce much of physics in a concise, elegant fashion that unifies the two great theories of the 20th century: Quantum Theory and Relativity. This book provides an elementary description of quantum wave equations in higher dimensions at an advanced level so as to put all current mathematical and physical ... Read more

    R1 603,09

  • LIGO: A Discovery That Shook the World

    by Les Guthman ...
    Based on the eight-part video series of the same name, funded by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks, "LIGO: A Discovery That Shook the World" tells the inside story of the discovery of gravitational waves and the concurrent discoveries of colliding black holes and colliding neutron stars 2015-2017. The discoveries opened a new era in astronomy and won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. ... Read more

    R166,03

  • String Theory

    by IntroBooks Team ...
    String theory corresponds to a theoretical (As the nameimplies) framework introduced in physics. This framework sharesimilarities with particle physics, as it presents point like particles(from particle physics) as one-dimensional objects, these objectsare said to be string. They are stored in the frameworkdescribed above. String theory describes the behavior of thesestrings through space. It also ... Read more

    R49,69

  • Cosmology for the Curious

    by Delia Perlov, Alex Vilenkin ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book is a gentle introduction for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos. Our universe originated in a great explosion – the big bang. For nearly a century cosmologists have studied the aftermath of this explosion: how the universe expanded and cooled down, and how galaxies were gradually assembled by gravity. The nature of the bang itself has come into focus only ... Read more

    R801,54

  • The Causal Set Approach to Quantum Gravity

    An Introduction

    by Sumati Surya ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book introduces advanced graduate students and researchers to causal set theory, offering a comprehensive discussion of its core tools. It begins with a broad, largely non-technical overview of causal set theory, situating it within the broader context of the quantum gravity problem. Discreteness and causality serve as the cornerstones of this approach, as articulated by Bombelli, Lee, Meyer, ... Read more

    R1 246,82

  • Physics of Gravitational Waves

    Sources and Detection Methods

    by Arun Kenath, Chandra Sivaram ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides a concise introduction to the physics of gravitational waves. It is aimed at graduate-level students and PhD scholars.Ever since the discovery of gravitational waves in 2016, gravitational wave astronomy has been adding to our understanding of the universe.Gravitational waves have been detected in the past few years from several transient events such as merging stellar-mass ... Read more

    R979,67