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What’s the point of calculating definite integrals since you can’t possibly do them all?. What makes doing the specific integrals in this book of value aren’t the specific answers we’ll obtain, but rather the methods we’ll use in obtaining those…

Beschrijft de vreugde en de gevaren van de moderne (1980) wiskundige toepassingen.  De titel verwijst naar een probleem door Archimedes gesteld aan Eratosthenes: het toewijzen van een aantal koeien in een kudde, onderworpen aan randvoorwaarden (de…

Astrophysics With a PC is the first book to appear in the English language for amateur astronomers who want to explore astrophysics with a personal computer. Among the subjects covered are the morphology of comet tails, meteor dynamics, distance…

  Is er leven buiten onze planeet? En als de vraag daarop bevestigend moet worden beantwoord: heeft dat leven ons dan al ontdekt en hebben ze ervoor gekozen om geen contact met ons te zoeken? Willen wij eigenlijk wel contact met mogelijke…

Anybody who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it. Niels Bohr's dictum bears witness to the bewildering impact of quantum theory, flying in the face of classical physics and dramatically transforming scientists' outlook on our…

Geared to the layperson, a clear, concise, non-mathematical explanation of the "Theory of Everything" and its profound implications is followed by transcripts of interviews with most of the physicists involved in its development. Davies is always on…

Many scientists believe we are on the verge of a "Theory of Everything" - a complete unification of all the fundamental forces and particles of nature. In this book, the physicist and author Paul Davies gives an account of the quest for a superforce…

The New Physics is the first book to give a complete and comprehensive account of everything that is new and most exciting in modern physics. What does the concept of chaos mean? What occurred in the first billionth of a second after the Universe…

Scientists and governments are actively searching for signs of life in the universe. Will their efforts meet with success? Award-winning author Paul Davies, an eminent scientist who writes with the flair of a science fiction writer, explores the…

Paul Davies explains the significance of the amazing quantum universe, where fact is stranger than any science fiction. He takes us into a world where common-sense notions of space, time, and causality must be left behind as the realm of solid matter…