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Origins : the scientific story of creation /

J. E. Baggott, Author | New York, NY : Oxford University Press | 2015

What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know?There are m[...]

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Cosmic dawn : the search for the first stars and galaxies /

George Rhee, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2013

The visible universe consists of stars and galaxies. One of the challenges of astronomy is to understand how galaxies and stars first came into existence over thirteen billion years ago. This book tells the story of our quest to solve this probl[...]

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Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe /

J. P. Ostriker, Author ; Simon Mitton, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Science essentials | 2013

Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--compris[...]

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Ultimate reality

Ken Moseley | [S.l.] : Shepheard-Walwyn | 2006

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