24,808円 Interpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertial frames in special and general relativity. The first part covers special relativity and Minkowski space time, before covering general relativity, glo...

0円 Lighthearted DO and DON'T lists for achieving pan-galactic supremacy or writing hard science fiction, formulated by the author of the Spiral Vector series in the course of developing his Spiral's Realms future history. WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

1,326円 Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers explores how knowledge of the workings of the universe can deepen our levels of awareness and connect us to our internal worlds. Part of the Mindful Thoughts series, this dazzlingly illustrated little book meditates on all aspects of the cosmos, including: Stars P...

1,969円 A revised and updated edition of the classic work to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing 'It left me spellbound ... belongs to the same tradition as Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff' Sunday Times 'Fascinating. A wonderful book' David Bowie Spellbinding ... A wonderful collec...

12,154円 This thesis uses the tools of quantum information science to uncover fascinating new insights about the intersection of quantum theory and relativity. It is divided into three self-contained parts, the first of which employs detector models to investigate how the information content of quantum fi...

12,154円 After an extensive introduction to the asymptotic safety approach to quantum gravity, this thesis explains recent key advances reported in four influential papers. Firstly, two exact solutions to the reconstruction problem (how to recover a bare action from the effective average action) are provi...

7,626円 Originally published in 1971 Evolution – Revolution is an interdisciplinary volume examining inquiry around the central topic of evolution and revolution. Containing contributions from a number of eminent academics of the time, the book addresses the meaning and application of evolution and revol...

76円 "Man's Place in the Universe," by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, was originally published in 1904. It is a fascinating work on astronomy that deals with important aspects of cosmology and analyses the possibilities of life existing elsewhere in the universe. Wallace made a huge contrib...

3,973円 The award-winning former editor of Science News shows that one of the most fascinating and controversial ideas in contemporary cosmologyーthe existence of multiple parallel universesーhas a long and divisive history that continues to this day. We often consider the universe to encompass everythin...

150円 The author shows that Carl Sagan's books are full of lies. Sagan falsely claimed that the Bible says the Earth is flat. He falsely claimed that no Catholic saint ever opposed executing heretics. (I know at least two - St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Martin of Tours - specifically did.) He falsely ...

1,174円 人类对宇宙的想象始于神话而不限于神话。如今，广义相对论和大量的天文观测资料，已经构成现代宇宙学理论及实验的牢固基石。特别是根据现代科学技术发展出来并先后发射运行的天文探测卫星：COBE、WMAP、普朗克卫星等，使人类对宇宙奥秘的探索手段如虎添翼。人类观测宇宙的眼界大开。如果我们“巡天遥看”，已经远远不是“一...

2,259円 Aristotle´s masterpiece "On the Heavens" is his chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argues that the Earth is a sphere by pointing to the evidence of lunar eclipses. Aristotle also provides a detailed explanation of his theory of 'gravity' arguing that things which contain 'earth' fall to...