What Shape Is Space
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Author | : Giles Sparrow |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0500774404 |
What Shape is Space? is a question with surprisingly far-reaching implications for our understanding of the very nature of reality and our place within it. The concepts involved may be sophisticated, but Giles Sparrows effortless prose style easily renders them understandable, allowing readers to get to grips with the overarching debates at the cutting edge of cosmology today. Infographics, diagrams and astronomical visualizations illustrate and clarify the various astonishing implications of a universe of infinite space.
Author | : Jeffrey R. Weeks |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2001-12-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0203912667 |
Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expanding ideas in an intuitive and informal way. Bridging the gap from geometry to the latest work in observational cosmology, the book illustrates the connection between geometry and the behavior of the physical universe and explains how radiation remaining from the big bang may reveal the actual shape of the universe.
Author | : Shing-Tung Yau |
Publisher | : Il Saggiatore |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2010-09-07 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0465020232 |
The leading mind behind the mathematics of string theory discusses how geometry explains the universe we see. Illustrations.
Author | : Jeffrey R. Weeks |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2001-12-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9781135542634 |
Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expanding ideas in an intuitive and informal way. Bridging the gap from geometry to the latest work in observational cosmology, the book illustrates the connection between geometry and the behavior of the physical universe and explains how radiation remaining from the big bang may reveal the actual shape of the universe.
Author | : L.Christine Kinsey |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2006-05-09 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9781930190092 |
This book will appeal to at least three groups of readers: prospective high school teachers, liberal arts students, and parents whose children are studying high school or college math. It is modern in its selection of topics, and in the learning models used by the authors. The book covers some exciting but non-traditional topics from the subject area of geometry. It is also intended for undergraduates and tries to engage their interest in mathematics. Many innovative pedagogical modes are used throughout.
Author | : Lou Michel |
Publisher | : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Graham Nerlich |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1994-08-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521450140 |
This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like causal explanation, Professor Nerlich prepares the ground for philosophical argument and investigates how different spaces would affect perception differently. Along the way Professor Nerlich criticizes and rejects conventionalism as a non-realist metaphysics of space, concluding that there is, in fact, no problem of underdetermination for this aspect of spacetime theories, while offering an extensive discussion of the relativity of motion.
Author | : Martin Rees |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2008-08-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0786723580 |
How did a single "genesis event" create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?This book describes new discoveries and offers remarkable insights into these fundamental questions. There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld. Just six numbers, imprinted in the "big bang," determine the essential features of our entire physical world. Moreover, cosmic evolution is astonishingly sensitive to the values of these numbers. If any one of them were "untuned," there could be no stars and no life. This realization offers a radically new perspective on our universe, our place in it, and the nature of physical laws.
Author | : Lawrence Maxwell Krauss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 145162445X |
This is a provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical question: Where did the universe come from and how will it end?
Author | : Katie Mack |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-05-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1982103558 |
Mack looks at five ways the universe could end, and the lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. --From publisher description.