The Biggest Bangs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Biggest Bangs write by Jonathan I. Katz. This book was released on 2002-06-06. The Biggest Bangs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovae. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet until recently these titanic eruptions were the most mysterious events in astronomy. In The Biggest Bangs, astrophysicist Jonathan Katz offers a fascinating account of the scientific quest to unravel the mystery of these incredible phenomena. With an eye for colorful detail and a talent for translating scientific jargon into plain English, Katz ranges from the accidental discovery of gamma-ray bursts (by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) to the frustrating but ultimately successful efforts to localize these bursts in distant galaxies. He describes the theories, the equipment (the most recent breakthrough was made with a telescope you could carry under your arm), and the pioneers who have finally begun to explain these strange bursts. And along the way, he offers important lessons about science itself, arguing that "small science" is as valuable as institutionalized "big science," that observations are more the product of advances in technology than of theory, and that theory is only "the concentrated essence of experiment." With the advent of the space age a mere 40 years ago, we have grown used to strangeness in the universe--and confident in science's ability to explain it. In The Biggest Bangs, Jonathan Katz shows that there are still wonders out there that exceed the bounds of our imagination and defy our ability to understand them.
Three Big Bangs
Three Big Bangs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Three Big Bangs write by Holmes Rolston III. This book was released on 2010-10-11. Three Big Bangs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By dividing the creation of matter, energy, life, and mind into three big bangs, Holmes Rolston III brings into focus a history of the universe that respects both scientific discovery and the potential presence of an underlying intelligence. Matter-energy appears, initially in simpler forms but with a remarkable capacity for generating heavier elements. The size and expansion rate of the universe, the nature of electromagnetism, gravity, and nuclear forces enable the the explosion of life on Earth. DNA discovers, stores, and transfers information generating billions of species. Cognitive capacities escalate, and with neural sentience this results in human genius. A massive singularity, the human mind gives birth to language and culture, increasing the brain's complexity and promoting the spread of ideas. Ideas generate ideals, which lead life to take on spirit. The nature of matter-energy, genes, and their genesis therefore encourages humans to wonder where they are, who they are, and what they should do.
The Three Big Bangs
The Three Big Bangs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Three Big Bangs write by Philip M. Dauber. This book was released on 1996. The Three Big Bangs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scientists identify three "Big Bangs" crucial to the creation of the universe, beginning with the dinosaur-killing collision of Earth and a comet, to a massive thermo-nuclear star explosion and finally the original Bang believed to have started it all.
Big Bangs
Big Bangs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Big Bangs write by Howard Goodall. This book was released on 2011-08-31. Big Bangs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history. Who first invented 'Doh Re Mi...'? What do we mean by "in tune"? Looking back down the corridor of a thousand years, Howard Goodall guides us through the stories of five seismic developments in the history of Western music. His "big bangs" may not be the ones we expect - some are surprising and some are so obvious we overlook them - but all have had an extraordinary impact. Goodall starts with the invention of notation by an 11th-century Italian monk, which removed the creation of music from the hands of the players to the pens of the composers; moves on to the first opera; then to the invention of the piano, and ends with the story of the first recording made in history. Howard Goodall has the gift of making these complicated musical advances both clear and utterly fascinating. Racy and vivid in a narrative full of colourful characters and graphic illustrations of technical processes, he also gives a wonderful sense of the culture of trial and error and competition, be it in 11th-century Italy or 19th-century America, in which all progress takes place. Big Bangs opens a window on the crucial moments in our musical culture - discoveries that made possible everything from Bach to the Beatles - and tells us a riveting story of a millennium of endeavour.
Genes, Genesis, and God
Genes, Genesis, and God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genes, Genesis, and God write by Holmes Rolston. This book was released on 1999-02-13. Genes, Genesis, and God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book argues that the phenomena of religion can not be reduced to the phenomena of biology.
