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Six of today's greatest thinkers take on a plethora of issues and unanswered questions of late twentieth-century science, such as the boundaries of scientific inquiry, the possibility of conducting studies of creativity, and other topics. This indeed…

   This lavishly illustrated volume traces the history of astronomy from its ancient beginnings to the present. Fully illustrated with outstanding photography from international observatories and NASA, plus photos taken from space by Voyager and the…

Astronomy is by far the most popular of the physical sciences, enticing enough to become a major cultural preoccupation for many, and for some an enthralling scientific activity which veritably rules their lives. What is the nature of that seemingly…

De zon staat stil en de aarde beweegt om de zon heen. Tot deze conclusie kwam Copernicus in zijn hoofdwerk De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Het boek markeerde een breekpunt in de wetenschap. Want voor het eerst ging de wetenschap in tegen de…

A Traveler's Guide to Mars revitalizes the Red Planet, leaving readers with the urge to don a spacesuit and take a long trip. With the look and heft of a guide to someplace you might actually go, the book presents Mars as a place of canyons and…

  Known edition after edition for its state-of-the-science coverage, Universe breaks new ground in its Eighth Edition with added pedagogical support and pioneering media and supplements. It places the basics of astronomy and the process…

May (computer science, George Mason U. and Virginia Tech) explores the limits of computer intelligence and human consciousness, arguing that computers will never be as powerful as science fiction leads us to believe. He romps through the sciences in…

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…