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c2002., McGraw-Hill Call No: 530 G446p Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryConnect to Table of contents Series Title: McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series
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-- Finding nature's deep design.2015., Adult, Penguin Press Call No: 530.01 W667b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout history have pondered this "beautiful question." With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek is hardly alone among great scientists in charting his course using beauty as his compass. As he reveals, this has been the heart of scientific pursuit from Pythagoras, the ancient Greek who was the first to argue that "all things are number," to Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and into the deep waters of twentiethcentury physics. The universe itself, suggests Wilczek, seems to want to embody beautiful and elegant forms. Perhaps this force is the pure elegance of numbers, perhaps the work of a higher being, or somewhere between"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Understanding Einstein.By Moring, Garyc2000., Alpha books : Macmillan USA, Inc. Call No: 530.09 E35m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Complete idiot's guide
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2021., Adult, Bold Type Books Call No: BLK 523.01 P928d Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos — and a call for a more just practice of science. In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter — all with a new spin informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek. One of the leading physicists of her generation, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is also one of fewer than one hundred Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics. Her vision of the cosmos is vibrant, buoyantly non-traditional, and grounded in Black feminist traditions. Prescod-Weinstein urges us to recognize how science, like most fields, is rife with racism, sexism, and other dehumanizing systems. She lays out a bold new approach to science and society that begins with the belief that we all have a fundamental right to know and love the night sky. The Disordered Cosmos dreams into existence a world that allows everyone to tap into humanity’s wealth of knowledge about the wonders of the universe.
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2001, c2000., Anchor Books / Doubleday Canada Call No: 530.11 B666e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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[2015]., Yale University Press Call No: Bio E35g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Jewish lives.Summary Note: The commonly held view of Albert Einstein is of an eccentric genius for whom the pursuit of science was everything. But in actuality, the brilliant innovator whose Theory of Relativity forever reshaped our understanding of time was a man of his times, always politically engaged and driven by strong moral principles. An avowed pacifist, Einstein's mistrust of authority and outspoken social and scientific views earned him death threats from Nazi sympathizers in the years preceding World War II. To him, science provided not only a means for understanding the behavior of the universe, but a foundation for considering the deeper questions of life and a way for the worldwide Jewish community to gain confidence and pride in itself. Steven Gimbel's biography presents Einstein in the context of the world he lived in, offering a fascinating portrait of a remarkable individual who remained actively engaged in international affairs throughout his life. This revealing work not only explains Einstein's theories in understandable terms, it demonstrates how they directly emerged from the realities of his times and helped create the world we live in today.
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1986., Cambridge University Press Call No: 539.7 D257f Edition: 2nd ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2010., General, Bantam Books Call No: 530.1 H392g Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkard's Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called "M-theory," a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the "Grand Unified Field Theories.".
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c2011., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 530.12 H795h Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. With crystal-clear prose and inspired use of analogy, Brian Greene shows how a range of different 'multiverse' proposals emerges from theories developed to explain the most refined observations of both subatomic particles and the dark depths of space: a multiverse in which you have an infinite number of doppelgñgers, each reading this sentence in a distant universe; a multiverse comprising a vast ocean of bubble universes, of which ours is but one; a multiverse that endlessly cycles through time, or one that might be hovering millimeters away yet remains invisible; another in which every possibility allowed by quantum physics is brought to life. Or, perhaps strangest of all, a multiverse made purely of mathematics. Greene, one of our foremost physicists and science writers, takes us on a captivating exploration of these parallel worlds and reveals how much of reality<U+2019>s true nature may be deeply hidden within them." --From the publisher.
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By Tegmark, Max2014., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 523.101 T44o Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and ground-breaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories (his website gives a flavor of how they might boggle the mind), but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist. Fascinating from first to last--here is a book for the full science-reading spectrum"--Provided by publisher.
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1993, c1990., Encyclop dia Britannica, Inc. Call No: 194.2 P278p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Great books of the Western world (1990) Volume: 30.