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Clusters of galaxies : physics and cosmology

Andrei Bykov, Editor ; Jelle Kaastra, Editor ; Markus Bruggen, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2020

Clusters of galaxies are large assemblies of galaxies, hot gas and dark matter bound together by gravity. Galaxy clusters are now one of the most important cosmological probes to test the standard cosmological models. Constraints on the Dark Ene[...]

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Cosmologies of the Anthropocene : panpsychism, animism, and the limits of posthumanism /

Arne Johan Vetlesen, Author | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group | Morality, society and culture | 2020

"This book engages with the classic philosophical question of mind and matter, seeking to show its altered meaning and acuteness in the era of the Anthropocene. Arguing that matter, and, more broadly, the natural world, has been misconceived sin[...]

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Astrotheology : science and theology meet extraterrestrial life /

Ted Peters, Editor | Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers | 2018

This book's scientific authors update readers on astrobiology's search for extraterrestrial life. Theologians add to the science a theological analysis of the place of space in understanding God's creative work, the prospects of sharing God's cr[...]

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Brief answers to the big questions

Stephen W. Hawking, Author | [S.l.] : John Murray | 2018

Offers the renowned scientist's final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity.

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Cosmic paradoxes

Julio A. Gonzalo, Author | [S.l.] : World Scientific | 2017

"Beginning with the famous Olber's paradox, paradoxes such as the missing mass, dark energy, baryon to photon ratio and cosmic zero-point energy are examined in detail. The Heisenberg-Lemaitre's units, based on the total enormous but finite mass[...]

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A complete course in modern cosmology

Chaitra Chaitra, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2015

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The cosmic microwave background : how it changed our understanding of the universe /

Rhodri Evans, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2015

Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn's Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow's early work on[...]

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Cosmos : the infographic book of space

Stuart Lowe, Author ; Chris North, Author | London : Aurum Press | 2015

The book explores the secret lives of galaxies and stars. Examines the thousand new planets now discovered beyond the Solar System, checking out their viability for alien life. Chronicles the incredible instruments and machines that are discover[...]

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The Copernicus complex : our cosmic significance in a universe of planets and probabilities /

Caleb A. Scharf, Author | New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2014

"A groundbreaking revision of the Copernican principle Though the concept of "the universe" suggests the containment of everything, the latest ideas in cosmology hint that our universe may be just one of a multitude of others--a single slice of[...]

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The cosmic cocktail : three parts dark matter /

Katherine Freese, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Science essentials | 2014

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe—from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars—constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their [...]

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Religions and extraterrestrial life : how will we deal with it? /

David A. Weintraub, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2014

In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around oth[...]

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Are we being watched? : the search for life in the cosmos /

Paul Murdin, Author | [S.l.] : Thames and Hudson | 2013

Murdin invites readers to join him in exploring an extraordinary array of evidence on how life developed on Earth, and how it could have developed on other planets. He examines who forms it might take, and how likely we are to be able to communi[...]

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Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe /

Paolo Saraceno, Author ; David L. Goodstein, Author | [S.l.] : World Scientific | 2012

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Water in the universe

Arnold Hanslmeier, Author | Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London : Springer | 2010

Due to its specific chemical and physical properties, water is essential for life on Earth. And it is assumed that this would be the case for extraterrestrial life as well. Therefore it is important to investigate where water can be found in the[...]

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Wonders of the solar system

Brian Cox, Author | London (United Kingdom) : BBC Worldwide Ltd | 2010

Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the [...]

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Before the Big Bang : the prehistory of our universe

Brian Clegg | [S.l.] : St. Martin's Press | 2009

From the earliest creation myths, through the eighteenth-century astronomer William Herschel`s realization that the Milky Way was but one of many galaxies, to ongoing debates about black holes, the book deals about the origins of the universe an[...]

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Our universe : Drexler dark matter created and explains dark energy, top-down cosmology, inflation, accelerating cosmos, stars, galaxies, cosmic web

Jerome Drexler | [S.l.] : Universal Publishers | 2009

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The Oxford companion to cosmology

Andrew R. Liddle, Author ; Jon Loveday, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford paperback reference | 2009

"The definitive A-Z guide to the origin and development of the universe" --Pg. 1 of cover.

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Rosetta : ESA's mission to the origin of the solar system

Rita ed. Schulz ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Rosetta will be the first ever spacecraft to rendez vous with a comet and go in orbit around the nucleus . It will stay there for over one year, in order to study the comet's evolution. Rosetta will also land on the surface of the comet, to perf[...]

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Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe (Parts 1-3. Course guidebook) : taugh by professor Mark Whittle, university of Virginia

Mark Whittle ; Teaching Company. | [S.l.] : Teaching Co. | The great courses | 2008

Disc 1. Lecture 1:The journey ahead ; Lecture 2: Denizens of the universe ; Lecture 3: Overall cosmic properties ; Lecture 4: The stuff of the universe ; Lecture 5: The sweep of cosmic history ; Lecture 6: Measuring distances. Disc 2. Lecture 7[...]

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Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe (Pt. 1 of 3)

Mark Whittle ; Teaching Company. | [S.l.] : Teaching Co. | The great courses | 2008

Disc 1. Lecture 1:The journey ahead ; Lecture 2: Denizens of the universe ; Lecture 3: Overall cosmic properties ; Lecture 4: The stuff of the universe ; Lecture 5: The sweep of cosmic history ; Lecture 6: Measuring distances. Disc 2. Lecture 7[...]

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Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe (Pt. 2 of 3)

Mark Whittle ; Teaching Company. | [S.l.] : Teaching Co. | The great courses | 2008

Disc 3. Lecture 13: The cosmic microwave background ; Lecture 14: Conditions during the first million years ; Lecture 15: Primordial sound--big bang acoustics ; Lecture 16: Using sound as cosmic diagnostic ; Lecture 17: Primordial roughness--se[...]

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Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe (Pt. 3 of 3)

Mark Whittle ; Teaching Company. | [S.l.] : Teaching Co. | The great courses | 2008

Disc 5. Lecture 25: Light elements--made in the Big Bang ; Lecture 26: Putting it together--the Concordance Model Lecture 27: Physics at ultrahigh temperatures ; Lecture 28: Back to a microsecond--the particle cascade ; Lecture 29: Back to the [...]

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Discovering postmodern cosmology : discoveries in dark matter, cosmic web, big bang, inflation, cosmic rays, dark energy, accelerating cosmos

Jerome Drexler | [S.l.] : Universal Publishers | 2008

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Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel

Michio Kaku, Author | New York : Anchor book | 2008

Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships--the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, renowned theo[...]

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season one

Samuel K. Dolan ; Douglas J. Cohen ; Thompson. Erik | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season three

Samuel K. Dolan ; Douglas J. Cohen ; Thompson. Erik | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season two

Samuel K. Dolan ; Douglas J. Cohen ; Thompson. Erik | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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