Weird Universe: Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology - Couverture souple

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Seargent, David A. J.

 
9783319107370: Weird Universe: Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology
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ISBN 10 : 3319107372 ISBN 13 : 9783319107370
Editeur : Springer, 2014

Synopsis

As new discoveries complicate the scientific picture of the universe, the evolving theories about the nature of space and time and the origins and fate of the universe threaten to become overwhelming. Enter David Seargent. Continuing the author's series of books popularizing strange astronomy facts and knowledge, Weird Universe explains the bizarre, complicated terrain of modern cosmology for lay readers.

From exploring some of the strange consequences of the theories of special and general relativity, to probing time dilation and the twin and mother-and-baby "paradoxes" and the theory that the universe can be mathematically considered as a hologram, all of the latest findings and conjectures are clearly described in non-technical language. The development of quantum physics and the more recent developments of string and M-theory are looked at, in addition to several hypotheses that have not won wide acceptance from the scientific community, such as modified gravity. Enter the wonderfully weird world of these theories and gain a new appreciation for the latest findings in cosmological research.

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À propos de l'auteur

David A. J. Seargent holds an MA and Ph.D., both in Philosophy from the University of Newcastle NSW, where he formerly worked as a tutor in Philosophy for the Department of Community of Programs/Worker's Educational Association external education program. As an amateur astronomer, he is known for his observations of comets, one of which he discovered in 1978. He is the author of five astronomy books: "Comets - Vagabonds in Space" (Doubleday, 1982), "The Greatest Comets in History" (Springer, 2008), "Weird Astronomy" (Springer, 2010), "Weird Weather" (Springer, 2012), and most recently "Weird Worlds" (2013). He is the author of a regular column in "Australian Sky and Telescope" magazine.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3319107372
ISBN 13 
9783319107370
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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