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41) Cosmic voyage
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery to pinpoint where humans fit in our ever-expanding universe. Explore scientific theories, some of which have never before been visualized on film, from the birth of the cosmos and solar system to the nature of black holes and exploding supernovas.
Author
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Brings together a year's worth of visually significant images selected from the collection that has been published on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website, complementing each picture with a short explanatory text about the subject.
Publisher
Northcutt Productions
Pub. Date
�2011
Language
English
Description
Journey of the universe guides us through an elegant telling of the ways in which galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms emerged within the vast drama of the universe, from the origins of life to our present challenges. Today the survival of species and entire ecosystems depends upon the choices humans make.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
""From all things One and from One all things," wrote the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. You might read this as a platitude, or as a pleasant spiritual or philosophical idea. You probably wouldn't read it as a more-or-less accurate scientific statement about the nature of the universe. Particle physicist Heinrich P�as, however, does. In The One, P�as makes the surprising and compelling case for monism-the philosophical idea that one single,...
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Explore the edges of space and time with Morgan Freeman as your guide in Through The Wormhole. Ten thought-provoking episodes comprise Season Three. Viewers will hold in their hands answers to some of the world's greatest mysteries.
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is one of the leading physicists of her generation, at work on the origins of spacetime at the intersection of particle physics and astrophysics. She is also one of the fewer than one hundred Black women to earn a PhD in physics. In The Disordered Cosmos, Prescod-Weinstein shares with readers her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to...
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A "Planet Earth" of the heavens, this film takes the world's most famous scientific mind and sets if free, powered by the limitless possibilities of computer animation. In three spellbinding hours, the renowned Stephen Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a fantastic adventure based on real science-spanning the whole of space and time.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
According to astrophysicist Tyson, director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium, size does matter when it comes to black holes, although the chances of your surviving the encounter aren't good in any case. Tyson takes readers on an exciting journey from Earth's hot springs, where extremophiles flourish in hellish conditions, to the frozen, desolate stretches of the Oort Cloud and the universe's farthest reaches, in both space and time. Tyson doesn't...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"A delightful intellectual feast from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time One of the world's most prominent physicists and fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. His bestselling books have introduced millions of readers to the wonders of modern physics and his singular perspective on the cosmos. This new collection of essays reveals a curious intellect always on the move. Rovelli...
Author
Series
National Geographic Cosmos volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
This sequel to Carl Sagan's blockbuster continues the electrifying journey through space and time, connecting with worlds billions of miles away and envisioning a future of science tempered with wisdom.
Based on National Geographic's internationally-renowned television series, this groundbreaking and visually stunning book explores how science and civilization grew up together. From the emergence of life at deep-sea vents to solar-powered starships...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and author of Hyperspace and The Future of Humanity, tells the story of the greatest quest in science. When Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity, he unified the rules of heaven and earth. From then on, physicists have been discovering new forces and incorporating them into ever-greater theories. But the major breakthroughs of the 20th century--relativity and quantum mechanics--are incompatible,...
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book Company
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Authors Terryl and Fiona Givens share five fundamental truths about the universe that the Mormon faith has taught them. "Woven together into a coherent tapestry, we find these fundamental truths a compelling, inspiring, and reasonable picture suggesting who presides over this universe, where we came from, why we are here, and what might await us."
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