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1) Dark matter
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Language
English
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One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site and injected with a powerful drug. As he wakes, a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." But this life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife; his son was never born; and he's not an ordinary college...
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Language
English
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Description
Millions of people visit Randall Munroe's website each week. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have an enormous following as do his deeply researched answers to his fans' strangest questions. This book features the most popular answers to many of the questions he receives.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first detection in 1995 of a planet orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system marked the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of our place in the universe. Nearly five thousand exoplanets have been identified since then, with the pace of discovery only accelerating following the launch of missions like NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and others to come. We...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 428 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the world-renowned physicist, co-founder of the World Science Festival, and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this utterly captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose. Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse. He shows us how, from its original orderly state the universe has been...
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Each book in the My Science Fun series includes a simple experiment for the earliest readers. This book features step by step instructions on making a set of musical bottles while encouraging further exploration on the topic. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition and reading skills."--
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 253 pages; illustrations: 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Orzel, author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, explores how quantum connects with everyday reality, and offers engaging, layperson-level explanations of the mind-bending ideas central to modern physics.--
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
These twelve half-hour lectures are about what Einstein got wrong. He may have kindled a scientific revolution with his famous theory of relativity and his proof that atoms and light quanta exist, but he balked at accepting the most startling implications of these theories-such as the existence of black holes, the big bang, gravity waves, and mind-bendingly strange phenomena in the quantum realm. In a course that assumes no background in science and...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The wonder of light has fascinated readers for ages. Walter Wick's mesmerizing photographs paired with simple yet fascinating text and scientific observations help readers understand the secrets and complexity of light. You will learn what light is made of and how it fits alongside everything else in the world. Walter introduces readers into the mystery behind incandescence, light waves, the color spectrum and iridescence as well how we perceive...