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Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 859
ISBN-13: 9780316281331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe writings of more than 60 authors including Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Pierre Curie, Primo Levi and James Gleick, are represented in this volume. Each expresses a perspective on the Sciences.
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 886
ISBN-13: 9780316281294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Publisher: An astonishing cast of more than ninety renowned writers provides thoughtful and lucid reflections on some of the major scientific topics of our time-from black holes and galaxies to artificial intelligence and chaos theory. Featuring essays, articles, and poems penned by notables in the worlds of both science and literature, this unique book will delight the science enthusiast and the inquisitive general reader alike.
Author: Thomas L. Heath
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-20
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1108062806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in 1932, this collection of translated excerpts on ancient astronomy was prepared by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940).
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 0684849372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawn from an original PBS documentary, this book strikingly juxtaposes Hubble Space Telescope photos with cover art from pulp science fiction books, and hand-drawn maps of Mars's canals by astronomer Percival Lowell with the crystal-clear images of the Viking lander. 200 photos.
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0061856541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realization that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted the past, present, and future of the cosmos.
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1998-07-06
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 0684838613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSummarizes what science has learned about the universe as of the end of the twentieth century, and offers predictions about what may emerge in the near future.
Author: Marcia Bartusiak
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2006-04-11
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13: 0375713689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe. From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.
Author: Timothy Ferris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2003-07-08
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 0684865807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerica's finest science writer describes a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make discoveries that are changing the knowledge of the universe. Illustrations.
Author: Cornelia Dean
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781402793202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA treasury of 125 archival articles covers more than a century of scientific breakthroughs, setbacks and mysteries and includes pieces by Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, includes Malcolm W. Browne on antimatter, James Glanz on string theory and George Johnson on quantum physics.
Author: J. L. Heilbron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005-06-03
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0195171985
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The entries follow an elaborate organizational plan, which amounts to a new classification of knowledge, its institutional settings, and its applications. This plan is reprinted in the opening pages of the Guide." "Thoroughly cross-referenced, and accented with attractive black and white artwork, no other source is as systematic and authoritative or as informative and inviting in its coverage of physics, astronomy and planetary science."--BOOK JACKET.
