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Deze catalogus werd samengesteld door Jan Vandenbruaene, ter gelegenheid van de zomertentoonstelling 2022 op Cozmix (Volkssterrenwacht Beisbroek).    

A Fascinating March through History and the Evolution of the Modern-Day Calendar . . .In this vivid, fast-moving narrative, you'll discover the surprising story of how our modern calendar came about and how it has changed dramatically through the…

The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2nd edition aims to strengthen you as a presenter of science and engineering. The book does so by identifying what makes excellent presenters such as Brian Cox, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and Jill Bolte…

This enchanting book displays a small sampling of the amusing, touching, and sometimes precocious letters sent to Albert Einstein by children from around the world, and his often witty and very considerate responses. Alice Calaprice has compiled a…

Einstein’s Dreams is an enchantment and a literary adventure, one which Salman Rushdie has compared to Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities:  “And I really can’t think of a higher prise.  It is at once intellectually provocative and touching and comic…

How did the Universe begin? Why is there something rather than nothing? And what about the details of our consciousness and perception of these events? These are the questions that science has struggled to answer during its impossible search for the…

When the destination sign on Scrooges train reads "HEAT DEATH" instead of "HEATHROW," when his dead partner Marleys face appears as a talking head in a department store TV, and when the street lights outside his flat begin acting strangely, it is a…

The arrow of time and the meaning of quantum mechanics are two of the great mysteries of modern physics. This important book - written for non-specialist readers, as well as physicists and philosophers - throws a fascinating new light on both issues,…

Nothingness addresses one of the most puzzling problems of physics and philosophy: Does empty space have an existence independent of the matter within it? Is "empty space" really empty, or is it an ocean seething with the creation and destruction of…