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Het heelal (Engels: A Brief History of Time) is een populair-wetenschappelijk boek geschreven door Stephen Hawking, dat voor het eerst werd uitgegeven in 1988. Hoewel Hawking in vakkringen al wereldberoemd was, werd door dit boek zijn naam ook bekend…

Specifically traces the impact of Einstein's ideas on astronomy, including the way we interpret observations of stars and galaxies. Includes comments from principals in important discoveries, illuminating the processes behind these…

 

This textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory university courses in astronomy and astrophysics. Beginning with a description of the structure and history of the Milky Way, it introduces normal and active galaxies in general.…

Is the universe infinite, or is it just really big? Does nature abhor infinity? In startling and beautiful prose, Janna Levin's diary of unsent letters to her mother describes what we know about the shape and extent of the universe, about its…

How the universe got its spots looks at how science is coming up sharp against the mind-boggling idea that the universe may be finite. Such a revelation would provide the ultimate twist to the Copernican revolution, for we would find out exactly…

In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11…

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…

The universe is big. Really big. And it gets bigger every day. In Cosmological Enigmas, Mark Kidger weaves together history, science, and science fiction to consider questions about the bigness of space and the strange objects that lie trembling at…

Wat zou iedereen moeten weten van de sterrenkunde? Hoeveel sterren er zijn en welke namen ze in verschillende culturen hebben gekregen, is wellicht niet zo relevant. Belangrijker is het inzicht dat de scheikundige elementen in sterren zijn…