Astronomie - Een wetenschappelijk werk van de eerste orde, dat zich laat lezen als een sublieme roman. Professor Reeves doceerde Astrofysica aan de universiteit van zijn geboortestad Montreal en was wetenschappelijk adviseur van de…
Don't say we didn't warn you: this book may well blow your mind. Of course, boggled brains are an occupational hazard in cosmology, the branch of astrophysics that studies the universe on its very largest scales. Practitioners of the field talk about…
De kosmos in een notendop biedt een complete eerste introductie met elk deelgebied van de sterrenkunde: historie, de sterrenhemel, de ontwikkeling van de telescoop, elektromagnetische straling, het zonnestelsel, buitenaards leven, sterevolutie,…
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black hole' in space; and secondly,…
Consider the ghostly neutrino. This elementary, subatomic particle carries with it not only an uncanny reminder of a time eons ago when symmetries were perfect, but also a clue as to how they came to be broken. For every neutrino that now spins to…
From the dust jacket: "Writing in an authoritative yet straightforward style requiring no prior knowledge of advanced mathematics or physics, Dr Davies explores the changing ideas of space and time particularly as illustrated by their application to…