J. R. Forshaw
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Language
English
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At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes. Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe's most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy, including our own, and what secrets they still hold, waiting...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How does it help us understand the universe? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And how - for all its apparently counter-intuitive ideas - can we be sure that the theory is good? The bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe has lead...
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English
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The international bestseller: an introduction to the theory of relativity by the eminent physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw.
What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding commonly held misconceptions-they demonstrate how the structure of nature...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An awe-inspiring, unforgettable journey of scientific exploration from Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, the international bestselling authors of Why Does E=MC2? and The Quantum Universe, with 55 black-&-white and 45 full-color pages featuring photographs, diagrams, maps, tables, and graphs
We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the entire universe was compressed into a space smaller than an atom. And now, as Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw show,...
Author
Publisher
Helion S.A
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Polish
Description
„W sercu naszej galaktyki kryje się potwór cztery miliony razy masywniejszy od Słońca. W nim przestrzeń i czas są tak zakrzywione, że żadne światło nie ucieka. Według Einsteina to tutaj nadchodzi koniec czasu. Według fizyki XXII wieku rzeczywistość może być znacznie dziwniejsza. Poznaj najbardziej niezwykły obiekt we wszechświecie: czarną dziurę... W tej przełomowej książce znani fizycy Brian Cox i Jeff Forshaw zabierają...