Mostrando títulos en Cosmología

“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.” So begins Alan Lightman’s playful and profound new novel, Mr. g, the story of Creation as narrated by God. Bored with living in the shimmering Void with his bickering Uncle Deva and Aunt Penelope, Mr. g creates time, space, and matter - then moves on to stars, planets, consciousness, and finally intelligent beings with moral dilemmas.

In 1987, Ra Uru Hu had a strange and life-altering experience on the island of Ibiza. For eight days and nights, he received a transmission — a message that stretched from the Big Bang to the end of biological life on Earth. It described the hidden structure behind existence, how our lives are shaped by a vast evolutionary program, and what will happen next. He was told that in 2027, a new species would begin to emerge — the Rave — a being not meant to survive alone, but to function through a shared group consciousness. After that, the program would abandon humanity, and civilisation ...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * AN NPR SCIENCE FRIDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, THE ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, and THE GUARDIAN From the cohost of the podcast The Universe with John Green and one of the most dynamic stars in...

Neil deGrasse Tyson has a talent for guiding readers through the mysteries of outer space with stunning clarity and almost childlike enthusiasm. This collection of his essays from Natural History magazine explores a myriad of cosmic topics. Tyson introduces us to the physics of black holes by explaining what would happen to our bodies if we fell into one; he also examines the needless friction between science and religion, and notes Earth's status as "an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos".

With wonder, wit, and flair - and in record time and space - geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and human civilization. Bercovici marries humor and legitimate scientific intrigue, rocketing listeners across nearly 14 billion years and making connections between the essential theories that give us our current understanding of topics as varied as particle physics, plate tectonics, and photosynthesis.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world. "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" —Dr. Rudolph E...

The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete.

If it’s not clear to you at present why you are here on this speck of dust in a spiral arm of the Milky Way, you’re likely living someone else’s idea of what your life should be all about. Even if it has never occurred to you before now, that means you’re actually a sort of slave. Well, eureka! No matter your age or your circumstances, you have just stumbled upon the key to unlock the chains that bind you. You may think it’s not possible, but the author actually does reveal who you are deep down inside and why you are here on Earth, and it’s also an absolute fact that the truth ...

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...

“Strong on science but just this side of poetry.” —Nature An exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation Have you ever found yourself wondering what we might...

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know “Science writing at its best.” ―New York Review of Books Our universe has been growing for nearly fourteen billion years. But almost everything about it can be traced back to what...

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian...

We live on a small planet that revolves about a star that resides in a lonely remote corner of a galaxy that swims within a sea of more than a 100 billion other galaxies, each with 100 billion stars of their own. As the merest of individual specks upon the surface of our tiny world which we call Earth, we each look out upon the vast expanse of our Universe with awe and we wonder. We wonder how it all works, where it all came from, and where it is all going. In this book we review from a purely scientific perspective what the Universe is, what galaxies are, how stars are formed and why they ...

This book Discerns Disclosure and Exposes why Planet X, the Alien Presence, UFOs, USOs have been covered up and confounded with all kinds of disinformation to confuse and distract the public from the truth. THE HEAVENS – Book Five of the Who’s Who in the Cosmic Zoo series, connects the dots to the last days of these end times with ancient scriptures that include both biblical and exobiblical texts. It covers the issue of Time, Time Travel and Calendar Shenanigans, and questions just where we really are on our present timeline?This book delves into and exposes the real reason for the ...

A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes...

Nested Simulations Simulations Within Simulations and the Search for Base Reality By Clayton Louis Turnage What if reality isn’t the bottom layer? As video games grow photorealistic, virtual reality becomes immersive, and artificial intelligence generates entire worlds, a once-philosophical question now feels technically plausible: What if our universe is itself a simulation? In Nested Simulations, Clayton Louis Turnage explores one of the most provocative ideas in modern thought — not as science fiction, but as serious speculation grounded in philosophy, physics, and computer science. ...

The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe's "beginning" is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken again - as altered as they were with the invention of the clock, the steam engine, the railroad, the radio and the Internet.

Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award-winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an atheist ― until science changed his mind. Once of the opinion that people of faith are weak, small-minded folks who just don’t understand science, Dr. Guillen ultimately concluded that not only does science itself depend on faith, but faith is actually the mightiest power in the universe.

The Stuff of the Universe: Matter, Energy, Atoms, and Quantum for the Non-Scientist is an exhilarating look at a captivating area of scientific exploration, without confusing math or formulas. If you like murky topics demystified, adult-oriented learning, and mind-bending conundrums, then you’ll love Irwin Tyler’s compelling path to discovery. Buy The Stuff of the Universe to build your knowledge today!

The author presents evidence from highly credible sources that you are an eternal spiritual being that is temporarily residing in what might be regarded as a kind of spacesuit—aka a human body—that allows you to operate in physical reality. He suggests that you will likely exist forever, albeit in other realities that are quite different from this one. He urges you to read this book, weigh the evidence, and then ask yourself, “Does knowing I will exist forever change how I think about life?” He also suggests that you give some thought to what you might do to make the most of the ...