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This is a visual description of the mathematics of space-time. It sets out to provide a sort of "map" of the cosmos, as it is now being revealed by the latest theories of quantum physics. But, just as it is not possible to make a true representation…

A behind-the-scenes look into computer simulations of cosmology and galaxy formation. Simulating the Cosmos is a behind-the-scenes look into one of the hottest and fastest-moving areas of astrophysics today: simulations of cosmology and galaxy…

Modern Cosmology, Second Edition, provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, this trusted resource includes careful treatments…

With a foreword by the author of "Galileo's Daughter," this is an awe-inspiring, majestic account of the ultimate journey--a 13.7 billion-light-year voyage from our home planet to the edge of the universe and the beginning of time The magnificent…

'Weinig onderzoekers die op een zo hoog niveau van abstractie wetenschap bedrijven, zijn in staat om zo boeiend, helder en humoristisch voor een breed publiek over hun wetenschap te schrijven.' Elsevier 'Stephen Hawking, briljante geest in 'n verlamd…

Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all…

Stephen Hawking (1942) werd exact 300 jaar na de dood van Galileo Galilei geborden. In Cambridge nam hij plaats op de leerstoel waar ook Isaac Newton zat. Hawking wordt gezien als een van de briljantste theoretische natuurkundigen van deze tijd.…