A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Interstellar, from executive producer and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a...
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Астрономия, Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература
The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disasters
In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8’s first view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the...
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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness
From the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth.**
Have you ever wondered why you exist? What had to happen for you to be...
История, Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература
Northmen, The Viking Saga 793-1241 AD
The violent and predatory society of Dark Age Scandinavia left a unique impact on the history of medieval Europe. From their chill northern fastness, Norse warriors, explorers and merchants raided, traded, and settled across wide areas of Europe,...
Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература, Физика
The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics
Two views of the world clashed at the dawn of thought. In the great debate between the earliest Greek philosophers, Heraclitus argued for perpetual change, but Parmenides maintained there was neither time nor motion. Over the ages, few thinkers have...
Биографии и мемуары, Образовательная, прикладная, научно-популярная литература
Building the H Bomb: A Personal History
In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with—and relaxed with—scientific giants of that time such as...
The Girl and the...