The Universe In The Rearview Mirror

Author : Dave Goldberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142181048
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Universe in the Rearview Mirror written by Dave Goldberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great read… Goldberg is an excellent guide.”—Mario Livio, bestselling author of The Golden Ratio Physicist Dave Goldberg speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies—is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? If there is anti-matter, can there be anti-people? Why are past, present, and future our only options? Saluting the brilliant but unsung female mathematician Emmy Noether as well as other giants of physics, Goldberg answers these questions and more, exuberantly demonstrating that symmetry is the big idea—and the key to what lies ahead.

Author : Greg Campbell
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595399800
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Rearview Mirror written by Greg Campbell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life is meant to be lived " Books communicate ideas, yes, but they are more than that. The book you are holding, along with Greg's previous writing (A Journey Shared, 2005), invites you on a journey. It's the life he has lived over the past year or so-shared. It's the ups and the downs, not compressed into scholarly jargon, but hopefully fresh and real, and like a conversation at the corner cafe. There are some deep things in this book, and some more light-hearted. Subjects ranging from the character of God (love, grace, mercy), to life with small kids, to divorce and blended families, to death, taxes, and a whole section on money. But all of it is an invitation to think along with the author, to travel together on the path trod over the past twelve months. The book does not assume to present all the answers to the questions posed. Certainly not. But Greg has pondered the side things, and invites you to do that with him.

Author : Jerry W. "Slats" Jackson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463468229
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Rearview Mirror written by Jerry W. "Slats" Jackson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hearts of the people depicted in this book are for the most part as pure and white as the drivcn snow. Well, most of the time anyway. There is little malice in their blunderland, you might say (but probably wouldnt). Take, for example, my friend Jack Weldons well-meaning but flawed odyssey when he guided much like Moses his innocent Lubbock High Schoo classmates on their senior trip to Sligo, Texas, a host town that turned out to be sort of a ghost town. The school board members, you see, had mandated that it be a day trip no longer than a certain number of miles from Lubbock because, in their wisdom, they reasoned that an overnighter would surely result in half the class returning home as mothers-to-be. So Jack simply took a compass with a pointy end that he placed on Lubbock, calibrated how far he could go with the circles outer extremity to conform to the school boards edict, and settled on Sligo. It turned out to be a disaster, despite Jacks having tried his best to avert such an outcome. But you nevertheless must admire him for trying. There are certain other anticdotes that came along in Lubbock and elsewhere that are described in somewhat sordid detail in this collection of newspaper columns that I hope will evoke a tear or two not in sadness but hopefully in joy as I delve into occasional supercilious silliness while exploring some of lifes foibles that have cropped up along the way. And as you, dear reader, travel lifes byways, please always be cognizant of my old Uncle Bens deeply thought-out truism which is, to wit, that it takes a mighty big dog to weigh a ton. -- Jerry W. Slats Jackson

Author : Lavila Henry
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1629985236
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God in the Rear View Mirror written by Lavila Henry and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a dream that seems to be lying in the grave? Is there a relationship that needs a revival? Do you react with anxiety when things don't appear to be going the way you think they should? Has God ever placed you strategically and solely for the benefit of someone else? Have you stopped to appreciate the smallest blessings --- or a kindness either given or received? When God is at work, often we see what He has done only after the fact. This book offers encouragement that God is always there watching out for His children. It gives hope that no circumstance is truly hopeless. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and appreciating God's help through life-altering experiences, as well as noticing and valuing the very smallest blessings we receive from Him. It reminds us to look for God in the rearview mirror.

Author : Dave Goldberg
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470496510
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A User's Guide to the Universe written by Dave Goldberg and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers to science's most enduring questions from "Can I break the light-speed barrier like on Star Trek?" and "Is there life on other planets?" to "What is empty space made of?" This is an indispensable guide to physics that offers readers an overview of the most popular physics topics written in an accessible, irreverent, and engaging manner while still maintaining a tone of wry skepticism. Even the novice will be able to follow along, as the topics are addressed using plain English and (almost) no equations. Veterans of popular physics will also find their nagging questions addressed, like whether the universe can expand faster than light, and for that matter, what the universe is expanding into anyway. Gives a one-stop tour of all the big questions that capture the public imagination including string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and the beginning of time Explains serious science in an entertaining, conversational, and easy-to-understand way Includes dozens of delightfully groan-worthy cartoons that explain everything from special relativity to Dark Matter Filled with fascinating information and insights, this book will both deepen and transform your understanding of the universe.

Author : Priyamvada Natarajan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300221126
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping the Heavens written by Priyamvada Natarajan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theoretical astrophysicist explores the ideas that transformed our knowledge of the universe over the past century. The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the research—an astrophysicist who literally creates maps of invisible matter in the universe. She not only explains for a wide audience the science behind these essential ideas but also provides an understanding of how radical scientific theories gain acceptance. The formation and growth of black holes, dark matter halos, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the big bang, the discovery of exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes—these are some of the puzzling cosmological topics of the early twenty-first century. Natarajan discusses why the acceptance of new ideas about the universe and our place in it has never been linear and always contested even within the scientific community. And she affirms that, shifting and incomplete as science always must be, it offers the best path we have toward making sense of our wondrous, mysterious universe. “Part history, part science, all illuminating. If you want to understand the greatest ideas that shaped our current cosmic cartography, read this book.”—Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2011 “A highly readable, insider’s view of recent discoveries in astronomy with unusual attention to the instruments used and the human drama of the scientists.”—Alan Lightman, author of The Accidental Universe and Einstein's Dream

Author : Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691223610
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief Welcome to the Universe written by Neil deGrasse Tyson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestseller A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos.

Author : Jim Shields
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1684704545
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scene through a Rearview Mirror: A Backward Glance written by Jim Shields and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a stage on which men, women, and children live daily dramas. These dramas shape and fashion our living. The street corners, homes, the everyday places are theaters, windows into a world of goings-on. Dramas are part and parcel of our existence, as we are all actors on life's stage without direction, constantly improvising and coping. As a child, observing grown-ups from a safe distance became a hobby for young Jim Shields. The stories in this collection have their origins in these observations, detailing lives of ordinary people coping with what comes their way. In the roulette of life, there is tragedy, comedy, sadness, and joy. Within the pages of this book, these all come into play. Shields writes from a small, sparsely furnished study-a haven of peace and quiet in the midst of the bustle of family life. It is here where he puts pen to paper. From the well of imperfect memory, inspiration grows, and black ink magically forms words. This collection is life as seen through a rearview mirror.

Author : Erik Boekesteijn
Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781573873604
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ShanachieTour written by Erik Boekesteijn and published by Information Today, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow three Dutch library employees on a coast-to-coast U.S. road trip to discover how American libraries are engaging their communities and preparing for the future.

Author : Robert Zimmerman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691132976
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Universe in a Mirror written by Robert Zimmerman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hubble Space Telescope has transformed our understanding of the universe, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the existence of black holes, among other discoveries. This book tells the story of the Hubble Space Telescope and the people responsible for it.