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Fred Hoyle

Autor: Simon Mitton

Número de Páginas: 382

The scientific life of Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) was truly unparalleled. During his career he wrote groundbreaking scientific papers and caused bitter disputes in the scientific community with his revolutionary theories. Hoyle is best known for showing that we are all, literally, made of stardust in his paper explaining how carbon, and then all the heavier elements, were created by nuclear reactions inside stars. However, he constantly courted controversy and two years later he followed this with his 'steady state' theory of the universe. This challenged another model of the universe, which Hoyle called the 'big bang' theory. Fred Hoyle was also famous amongst the general public. He popularised his research through radio and television broadcasts and wrote best-selling novels. Written from personal accounts and interviews with Hoyle's contemporaries, this book gives valuable personal insights into Fred Hoyle and his unforgettable life.

Fred Hoyle's Universe

Autor: Jane Gregory

Número de Páginas: 417

Fred Hoyle was one of the most widely acclaimed and colourful scientists of the twentieth century, a down-to-earth Yorkshireman who combined a brilliant scientific mind with a relish for communication and controversy.Best known for his steady-state theory of cosmology, he described a universe with both an infinite past and an infinite future. He coined the phrase 'big bang' to describe the main competing theory, and sustained a long-running, sometimes ill-tempered, and typically public debate with his scientific rivals. He showed how the elements are formed by nuclear reactions inside stars, and explained how we are therefore all formed from stardust. He also claimed that diseases fall from the sky,attacked Darwinism, and branded the famous fossil of the feathered Archaeopteryx a fake.Throughout his career, Hoyle played a major role in the popularization of science. Through his radio broadcasts and his highly successful science fiction novels he became a household name, though his outspokenness and support for increasingly outlandish causes later in life at times antagonized the scientific community.Jane Gregory builds up a vivid picture of Hoyle's role in the ideas, the...

Le cimetière des gens heureux - Brèves histoires de la mort

Autor: Guillaume Bailly

Número de Páginas: 122

Vous en redemandiez ? Pas d’inquiétude ! Guillaume Bailly est de retour pour vous partager des anecdotes sur la mort plus surprenantes les unes que les autres. Entre Martin Luther King, le Big Bang, le cinéma et autres histoires du quotidien, vous n’avez pas fini d’en apprendre sur la mort ! Cette suite du Livre de la mort va vous régaler ! Alors à vous les anecdotes lors de vos prochaines soirées pour épater vos amis et détendre l’atmosphère ! À vos risques et périls.

Tales of the Turing Church: Hacking religion, enlightening science, awakening technology

Autor: Giulio Prisco

Número de Páginas: 506

This book explores intersections of science and religion, spirituality and technology, engineering and science fiction, mind and matter, and outlines a new cosmic, transhumanist religion. Hacking religion, enlightening science, awakening technology.

La matrice de l'âme: Le siège des antennes psychiques. Tome X. L'Ego, l'Étincelle divine revêtue du Voile de l'Esprit Solaire du Christ.- Il était une fois, à l'origine des religions.

Autor: Sekou Sanogo

Número de Páginas: 2742

De tous temps, l’humanité s'est contemplée, comme le suggère Alexis Carrel, à travers des verres colorés par des doctrines, des croyances et des illusions. Ce sont ces notions fausses ou inexactes qu'il importe de supprimer. L’homme conscient est l'homme de ce XXIème siècle, le dernier avatar de l’espèce, ainsi que l'atteste Jacques Henri Prévost, dans son livre, Le Pèlerin d’Éternité. Mais les fonctions primitives que l'homme intègre n'ont pas disparu dans les abîmes du temps. Elles sont seulement masquées par des artéfacts qui dotent les facultés de cognition et de conscience. Les gisements de pensées, les modes de fonctionnement antécédents sont enfouis dans le corps et dans le mental, d’autant plus profondément qu’ils sont plus antiques. Ils sont d’autant plus éloignés du champ d’investigation de la conscience qu’ils sont plus archaïques. L'homme apprend, et apprendra surtout plus tard, à s’élever au-dessus de toutes les douces tyrannies des plaisirs mondains, des souffrances morales, des affres psychiques et de certaines lois religieuses et à devenir une loi par lui-même, en devenant d'abord sage par la connaissance des sottises ...

A Brief History Of Astronomy And Astrophysics

Autor: Kenneth R Lang

Número de Páginas: 340

'Our developing appreciation of the Universe is a triumph of the intelligence, ingenuity and sheer hard work of the many scientists involved in this story. This book gives a clear picture of how this fascinating story has evolved over the last 500 years albeit which many scientifically literature readers will enjoy.'Contemporary PhysicsThis book traces out the unfolding history of important discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics, and anchors our present understanding of the Universe within the findings and personalities of accomplished astronomers. They have used telescopes and instruments to extend our vision to places that cannot be seen with the unaided eye, discovered a host of unanticipated objects, found out how various parts of the night sky are related, and discovered that the Universe is larger, more complex, and older than has been previously thought. This comprehensive historical approach to the present state of astronomy is a unique aspect of the book.

The Ultimate Collection on UFOs

Autor: Compiled From Wikipedia Entries And Published By By Dr Googelberg

Número de Páginas: 521

Lots of information on sightings and everything from a scientific angle about them. Compiled from Wikipediapages and published by DrGoogelberg

Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience

Autor: William F. Williams

Número de Páginas: 967

The Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is the first one-volume, A-to-Z reference that identifies, defines, and explains all of the terms and ideas dealing with the somewhat murky world of the "almost sciences". Truly interdisciplinary and multicultural in scope, the Encyclopedia examines how fringe or marginal sciences have affected people throughout history, as well as how they continue to exert an influence on our lives today. This comprehensive reference brings together: superstitions and fads that are part of popular culture, such as fortune telling; healing practices once thought marginal that are now become increasingly accepted, such as homeopathy and acupuncture; frauds and hoaxes that have occurred throughout history, such as UFOs; mistaken theories first put forward as serious science, but later discarded as false, such as phrenology and racial typing, etc. More than 2000 extensively cross-referenced and illustrated entries cover prominent phenomena, major figures, events topics, places and associations.

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Autor: Muriel Gargaud , William M. Irvine , Ricardo Amils , Philippe Claeys , Henderson James Cleaves , Maryvonne Gerin , Daniel Rouan , Tilman Spohn , Stéphane Tirard , Michel Viso

Número de Páginas: 3376

Now in its third edition the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding in the extremely interdisciplinary community of astrobiologists. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work are aiming to give a comprehensive international perspective on and to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology. The interdisciplinary field of astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its chances for emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, (bio)-chemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonality of life in the Universe. With its overview articles and its definitions the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology not only provides a common language and understanding for the members of the different disciplines but also serves for educating a new generation of young astrobiologists...

Et pourtant, elle tourne!

Autor: François Rothen

Número de Páginas: 306

Les grandes étapes qui ont marqué l'histoire récente des sciences ont bouleversé notre conception de la naissance de l'univers et de la place qu'y occupe l'être humain. La découverte de la radioactivité et celle du noyau, la détermination de l'âge de la Terre et de celui de l'univers, l'identification de la source du rayonnement solaire ou de l'origine de la chaleur interne de la Terre, l'enquête sur la disparition des dinosaures, la découverte des planètes, des pulsars et des exoplanètes, chacune de ces étapes décisives a influencé notre vision du monde. Mais chacune de ces découvertes est aussi le couronnement d'une aventure unique à laquelle ont participé des hommes et des femmes pleins d'abnégation ou soucieux de leur seule gloire, avides de connaissances ou parfois pétris d'ambition. Ce livre accessible à tous est une mine d'informations. Il plonge le lecteur dans la vie de quelques grandes figures de la science. L'image qui en résulte est très éloignée de celle du savant distrait enfermé dans sa tour d'ivoire. Ce n'est pas le moindre mérite de l'auteur que de nous le rappeler dans un récit à la fois vivant et didactique.

The Magicians

Autor: Marcus Chown

Número de Páginas: 200

The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's astonishing predictive power. 'An excellent popular science book.' DARA Ó BRIAIN 'A thoroughly informative and entertaining read.' ANNA BURNS, Booker Prize-winning author of Milkman 'One of the best-written books about phsyics I have ever come across.' POPULAR SCIENCE 'Highly entertaining and accessible.' IRISH TIMES 'Fascinating, life enhancing entertainment.' PROSPECT 'Thoroughly enjoyable . . . Chown has down it again.' BBC SKY AT NIGHT The Magicians takes us on a breathtaking, mind-altering tour of the eureka! moments of modern physics. Charting the spellbinding stories of the scientists who predicted and discovered the existence of unknown planets, black holes, invisible force fields, ripples in the fabric of space-time, unsuspected subatomic particles and even antimatter, Marcus Chown reveals science's greatest mystery: its astonishing predictive power.

A las puertas del universo derrotado

Autor: Alexis De Greiff

Número de Páginas: 181

Este libro explora la persistente dificultad que se presenta en círculos de la llamada corriente principal donde la ciencia acepta que en el mundo no OECD haya pensamiento científico autónomo, crítico. Este análisis es muy útil en contextos de países con poca tradición científica, porque permite que las jóvenes generaciones de científicos tengan una visión menos remota o enrarecida de la actividad y conozcan mejor las dificultades que se han dado a través del tiempo, las cuales rigen en términos de jerarquías para que de esa forma puedan diseñar nuevas estrategias de legitimación. Así, el nudo temático del libro es central para científicos sociales y naturales, pues se trata nada más ni nada menos que de las reglas, a menudo tácitas, por las cuales son ellos aceptados o no dentro de las filas de la profesión. En este trabajo hay una intención decidida de enfrentar una de las tareas fundamentales que confrontan al historiador de la ciencia: cómo darle sentido a la historia atribuyéndole una estructura, un significado y un sentido político. Lo que muestra De Greiff es que la ciencia es también historia política.

Entremos en el Silencio

Autor: Neville Goddard

Número de Páginas: 514

Esta colección consta de 440 conferencias de Neville Goddard repartidas en 16 volúmenes. Las conferencias han sido cuidadosamente traducidas, editadas y formateadas y, en la medida de lo posible, están organizadas por orden cronológico. Aquellas cuyas fechas se desconocen por completo se han distribuido uniformemente entre los 16 volúmenes y se colocan al final de cada uno. Algunos volúmenes tienen más o menos conferencias porque algunas conferencias tienen más páginas y otras menos. Así pues, para que todos los volúmenes tuvieran aproximadamente el mismo número de páginas, fue necesario ajustar el número de conferencias de cada volumen. Esperamos que la publicación de estas conferencias en español aporte innumerables beneficios a todos los estudiantes de mística y metafísica. A.R.Ribeiro. Biblioteca del Nuevo Pensamiento

A Century of Ideas

Autor: B. G. Sidharth

Número de Páginas: 210

Shortly after its inauguration in 1985 the Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, India, started a series of lectures by Nobel Laureates and other scientists of international renown, mostly on Physics and Astronomy. The present collection mostly consists of lectures on frontier topics. The transcript of each lecture is preceded by a short biography of the Nobel Laureate/Scientist in question. The lectures are aimed at a wide non-specialist but higher educated audience.

Where Did We Come From?: Life Of An Astrobiologist

Autor: Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe

Número de Páginas: 237

The life story of this book spans many stages of the life and scientific career of one of the foremost astrophysicists/astrobiologists of our times. Starting from his boyhood days, the book describes the author's scientific work over the past 50 years, the ground-breaking discoveries he had made, the controversies generated in the scientific community, and the gradual acceptance of his discoveries. Written in lucid non-technical language it captures the essence of the author's research at Cambridge, his lifelong collaborations with the legendary astronomer of the 20th century, Sir Fred Hoyle, the birth of the subject of astrobiology which they arguably 'invented' in 1980, and his continuing ground-breaking research carried out while he was a Professor at Cardiff and later at Buckingham. The book traces the various influences that guided the author through his career, including that of his father who was a Cambridge Wrangler, and the profound influence of Buddhism in his early life.The author has published over 25 books and close to 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, over 60 of which were in the journal Nature.

Modern Astronomy

Autor: Lisa Yount

Número de Páginas: 225

Illuminates the lives and achievements of 12 innovative scientists whose research and work in new technologies brought about a revolution in the understanding of time and space during the 20th century.

Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy

Autor: Rodney D. Holder , Simon Mitton

Número de Páginas: 209

The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaître through to the modern day. This book offers the best account in English of Lemaître’s life and work. It will be appreciated by professionals and graduate students interested in the history of cosmology.

The Hidden History of Coined Words

Autor: Ralph Keyes

Número de Páginas: 393

Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted. Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes's The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems. He also finds some fascinating patterns, such as that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by design. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, originally intended to troll or taunt. Knickers, for example, resulted from a hoax; big bang from an insult. Casual wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few resulted from happy accidents, such as typos, mistranslations, and mishearing (bigly and buttonhole), or from being taken entirely out of context (robotics). Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just scholars and writers but cartoonists, columnists, children's book authors. Wimp originated with a book series, as did goop, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Coinages are often contested, controversy swirling around such terms as...

Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Autor: Judson L. Jeffries

Número de Páginas: 300

Highlighting 21 members of this illustrious historically Black fraternity  Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was founded in 1911 at Howard University to cultivate and nurture a generation of leaders who would work toward racial uplift and influence American society. In an unprecedented two volumes, Judson Jeffries brings together original works on 21 of the fraternity’s accomplished and influential members. Written by a diverse group of scholars, these profiles highlight the national importance of these figures in their chosen fields of endeavor, as well as the enormous impact of this great fraternity.  In volume 1, Jeffries presents a prologue and introduction that outline the story of the fraternity’s founding in the context of the racial, social, political, and educational history of the period. This volume spotlights scientists Ernest E. Just and Percy Lavon Julian; civil rights lawyers Fred Gray, Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and Oscar W. Adams Jr.; sports legends Robert Lee Elder and Clarence Gaines; and musicians Count Basie, Max Roach, and Roland Hayes.  Including both widely recognized and little-known individuals and featuring people who were on the front...

Freedom - Determinism Interminism

Autor: Anatol Von Spakovsky

Número de Páginas: 115

The idea and the feeling of freedom play such a part in the life of man that he is ready to sacrifice in their name his own life and still more frequently that of his fellow-men. Man feels that he is really man only when he is able to realize himself indivi dually, socially and cosmically in a complete freedom, i. e. according to the inner bio-psychical depths of his own being without any constraint from the outer - social or cosmic - world. However, although people like very much, and often too much, to speak about freedom, its content and limits are so vague for most of them that everybody determines the content and limits of freedom according to his own tastes, dispositions and interests. Perhaps just because of this vagueness of the idea of freedom, this idea has such a great influence on man, giving a free play to his imagination. Therefore, it would be good to clarify the idea of freedom by analysing its different aspects in their connection with the general problem of determinism and indeterminism.

Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways

Autor: Sean Magee

Número de Páginas: 546

‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the same.’ Kirsty Young BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs celebrates its seventieth birthday in 2012. Since the programme’s deviser Roy Plomley interviewed comedian Vic Oliver in January 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied by only eight records, one book and a luxury. Here the story of one of BBC Radio 4’s favourite programmes is chronicled through a special selection of castaways. Roy Plomley, inventor of the programme as well as its presenter for over forty years, quizzes the young Cliff Richard about ‘these rather frenzied movements’ the 1960s pop sensation makes on the stage. Robert Maxwell tells Plomley’s successor Michael Parkinson that ‘I will have left the world a slightly better place...

Creative Defense

Autor: Nicholas Comninellis

Número de Páginas: 341

Creative Defense contains the most useful and powerful references, arguments, and quotations available to help Christians defend creation and denounce evolution. The 1000 most widely acclaimed scientific, historic, and position references are presented here as an aid to the defenders of creation. Topics include Charles Darwin, spontaneous generation, natural selection, the age of the universe, and the fossil record.

Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails)

Autor: Matt Young , Paul Strode

Número de Páginas: 263

Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails) is an impassioned argument in favor of science—primarily the theory of evolution—and against creationism. Why impassioned? Should not scientists be dispassionate in their work? “Perhaps,” write the authors, “but it is impossible to remain neutral when our most successful scientific theories are under attack, for religious and other reasons, by laypeople and even some scientists who willfully distort scientific findings and use them for their own purposes.” Focusing on what other books omit, how science works and how pseudoscience works, Matt Young and Paul K. Strode demonstrate the futility of “scientific” creationism. They debunk the notion of intelligent design and other arguments that show evolution could not have produced life in its present form. Concluding with a frank discussion of science and religion, Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails) argues that science by no means excludes religion, though it ought tocast doubt on certain religious claims that are contrary to known scientific fact.

Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition

Autor: Elizabeth Oakes

Número de Páginas: 1126

Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Updated Edition is a comprehensive reference tool for learning about scientists and their work. It includes 500 cross-referenced profiles of well-known scientific "greats" of history and contemporary scientists whose work is verging on prominence. More than 100 entries are devoted to women and minority scientists. Each entry includes the subject's full name, dates of birth/death, nationality, and field(s) of specialization. A biographical essay focuses primarily on the subject's scientific work and achievements; it also highlights additional information, such as place of birth, parents' names and occupations, name(s) of spouse(s) and children, educational background, jobs held, and awards earned. Profiles include: Archimedes (c. 287–212 BCE): Mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543): Astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642): Astronomer Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782): Mathematician John James Audubon (1785–1851): Biologist Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910): Medical scientist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896): Chemist Albert Einstein (1879–1955): Physicist Niels Bohr (1885–1962): Physicist George Washington Carver (c. 1861–1943):...

Mondes et univers parallèles

Autor: Jean-paul Bourre

Número de Páginas: 163

Un siècle après H.G. Wells et sa fameuse machine à explorer temps, le physicien Günter Nimtz réussit à envoyer dans le passé un fragment de la 40e Symphonie de Mozart à une vitesse supérieure à celle de la lumière. En plein seizième siècle, Dante et William Blake évoquent les propriétés des trous noirs avec une étonnante précision comme le feront les savants américains John Wheeler et Stephen Hawkin quatre siècles plus tard. L’antimonde décrit par Lewis Carroll dans « L’autre côté du miroir » n’est plus une fiction depuis la création de l’antimatière par les physiciens Mario Macri et Walter Oelert. À Osaka, des chercheurs japonais photographient les rêves, les pensées et les émotions. Les croyances les plus folles peuvent être mesurées, vérifiées par l’expérience. Déjà la Navy américaine avait rendu invisible le destroyer Elridge, un bref instant, en créant un énorme champ de forces dans le port de Philadelphie. Nous sommes à l’aube d’une incroyable mutation. Aujourd’hui, il est possible de visiter les mondes virtuels grâce aux nouvelles technologies, de créer des êtres à trois dimensions sur le réseau Internet et de...

Fifty Years of Quasars

Autor: Mauro D'onofrio , Paola Marziani , Jack W. Sulentic

Número de Páginas: 613

The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about the current state of quasar research. Formatted as a series of interviews with noted researchers in the field, each of them asked to address a specific set of questions covering topics selected by the editors, this book deals with the historical development of quasar research and discusses how advances in instrumentation and computational capabilities have benefitted quasar astronomy and have changed our basic understanding of quasars. In the last part of the book the interviews address the current topic of the role of quasars in galaxy evolution. They summarise open issues in understanding active galactic nuclei and quasars and present an outlook regarding what future observational facilities both on the ground and in space might reveal. Its interview format, the fascinating topic of quasars and black holes, and the lively recollections and at times controversial views of the contributors make this book both rewarding and a pleasure to read!

The Social Psychology of Communication

Autor: D. Hook , B. Franks , M. Bauer

Número de Páginas: 384

This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field.

The Wonder Working Power of Imagination

Autor: Neville

Número de Páginas: 517

If one is looking for answers to the meaning of life and how to make a happier, richer existence (e.g., relationships, finances, health), then Nevilles teaching from personal experience, testimonies from students, and his amazing visions paralleling and explaining the mysteries of the Old and New Testament will answer those questions. Learn his techniques, unleash your power to create, believe in your imaginary acts, and no power in this world can stop the desired results from appearing in your world. Its the only creative power, one that everyone is operating moment to moment. Learning how to direct it deliberately is essential to producing loving, positive changes in ones life. These 1963 lectures also begin a nine-year odyssey of discovering the deepest meanings of six visions of the end that had unfolded in Neville (19591963). The visions are the signs that this long journey as limited man; the terrible opacity and contraction is over, that the purpose of human life has been completed; man has endured and overcome six thousand years of amnesia plus the fires of experience and has emerged victorious. Hes been transformed by his inner being (I Am or God) back into the divinity...

A New Science of Heaven

Autor: Robert Temple

Número de Páginas: 377

'This book is an important contribution, and I hope it will open many minds. What is particularly important in it are the discussions of David Bohm, of bioplasma, biophotons, and bioelectronics.' - PROFESSOR ZBIGNIEW WOLKOWSKI, Sorbonne University, Paris "Answers so many questions, scientific and esoteric, about the true nature of our reality... A seminal work... Will revolutionise how we frame reality and the thinking of everyone on this planet. Kudos to Professor Temple for striking the first match to light the fire." - NEW DAWN The story of the science of plasma and its revolutionary implications for the way we understand the universe and our place in it. Histories of science in the 20th century have focused on relativity and quantum mechanics. But, quietly in the background, there has been a third area of exploration which has equally important implications for our understanding of the universe. It is unknown to the general public despite the fact that many Nobel prize winners, senior academics and major research centres around the world have been devoted to it - it is the study of plasma Plasma is the fourth state of matter and the other three - gas, liquid and solids -...

Stardust

Autor: Sun Kwok

Número de Páginas: 272

How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic compounds. At some point in their evolution, stars eject those organics and spread them all over the Milky Way galaxy. There is evidence that these organic dust particles actually reached the early Solar System. Through bombardments by comets and asteroids, the young Earth inherited significant amounts of stardust. Was the development of life assisted by the arrival of these extraterrestrial materials? In this book, the author describes stunning discoveries in astronomy and solar system science made over the last 10 years that have yielded a new perspective on the origin of life. Other interesting topics discussed in this book The discovery of diamonds and other gemstones in space The origin of oil Neon signs and fluorescent lights in space Smoke from the stars Stardust in our hands Where oceans come from The possibility of bacteria in space

A Skeptic's Guide to Belief

Autor: Ken Crispin

Número de Páginas: 237

What would happen if you faced your doubts, set aside your preconceptions, and decided to follow the path of truth wherever it might lead? Most people, whether believers or atheists, doggedly defend what they have always believed. Many see this as an expression of faith. Yet, there is something almost inexpressibly sad about the plight of people living out their lives in reliance upon beliefs they dare not question. Perhaps that is why many of us come to a point at which we feel compelled to pursue the truth, no matter what the implications. But even if we found the courage to embark upon such a journey, could we really find a path through the scientific, philosophical, experiential, and theological thickets that surround the great questions of life? And if we did, would we know the truth and be set free? Would we be forced to face a long-feared despair? Or would we find ourselves still staring impotently at an enigmatic universe? This is a book unlike any other. It addresses these questions with unflinching honesty, drawing evidence from a diversity of scientific fields and subjecting the competing arguments to rigorous skeptical analysis.

This Strange Eventful History

Autor: Paul Bradley

Número de Páginas: 200

Meaning may appear elusive in our present divided world but a sense of meaning is essential for peace of mind. This book sets out to survey our options concisely, in the realms of philosophy, religion, science and art. Each chapter draws on the words of two (or more) prominent inter-related thinkers to help us form an opinion, often provocatively, with no holds barred! It steers a path towards an attitude of Cosmic Compassionate Plurality. All of us must seek at a personal and a general level for a philosophy of meaning in life, this strange eventful history, to borrow a descriptive phrase for our existence from Shakespeare. Otherwise how can we logically plan and direct our personal philosophy if we do not know to what end, particularly in a world seemingly hell bent on destruction?. The Existentialist philosophers cautioned that life is essentially meaningless but allowed that we may choose ourselves! Certainly our choices are many and various in this current era. Often however we bemoan the lack of time to read and research those possibilities. This book sets out concisely to survey our options drawing on philosophy, religion, science and art. Each chapter takes two (or more)...

Decir la ciencia. Divulgación y periodismo científico de Galileo a Twitter

Autor: Vladimir De Semir

Número de Páginas: 311

En la época de internet y las redes sociales, cuando acceder a la información es tan sencillo, existe el peligro de que el conocimiento acabe banalizándose en aras de la inmediatez y el impacto mediático. En este contexto social y cultural, polarizado entre la globalización y la excesiva especialización, la labor del periodismo divulgativo resulta imprescindible. Este libro es un incisivo ensayo sobre el papel del periodismo en la difusión del saber y el progreso de las ciencias. Con la experiencia y la autoridad que le confieren sus casi cuarenta años de ejercicio profesional, Vladimir de Semir ofrece una lúcida reflexión sobre el periodismo científico y el influjo que ejerce en la sociedad. Una sociedad fragmentada y culturalmente atomizada, en la que solo los buenos profesionales serán capaces de orientar a la opinión pública y de velar por la veracidad de la información que se difunde en los medios. Hoy más que nunca, necesitamos fomentar el rigor de una cultura científica, algo a todas luces esencial para la construcción de una auténtica sociedad del conocimiento.

Fabuleuses erreurs. De Darwin à Einstein

Autor: Mario Livio

Número de Páginas: 344

Charles Darwin, Lord William Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, Albert Einstein : cinq scientifiques hors du commun qui ont accompli des découvertes scientifiques considérables. Mais également cinq hommes qui se sont aussi, souvent en même temps, parfois lourdement, Charles Darwin, Lord William Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, Albert Einstein : cinq scientifiques hors du commun qui ont accompli des découvertes scientifiques considérables. Mais également cinq hommes qui se sont aussi, souvent en même temps, parfois lourdement, fourvoyés sur certains sujets. Charles Darwin n'a pas bien évalué les effets de " dilution " dans la transmission des caractères génétiques ; Lord Kelvin a largement sous-évalué l'âge de la Terre ; Linus Pauling s'est fait " coiffer au poteau " dans la découverte de la structure de l'ADN par Jim Watson et Francis Crick ; Fred Hoyle fut un partisan irréductible de la théorie de l'Univers stationnaire ; enfin, Einstein créa une constante cosmologique pour une mauvaise raison. Il ne s'agit pas d'énumérer les erreurs de ces grands hommes, mais bien plutôt de constater et d'analyser les conséquences bénéfiques de ces errements : la...

La teoría perfecta

Autor: Pedro G. Ferreira

Número de Páginas: 377

1919; Arthur Eddington afirma que la teoría de la gravedad de Newton debe ser declarada falsa y sustituida por la que propugna Albert Einstein: la de la relatividad general. Sus conjeturas sólo están al alcance de tres personas, le asegura Ludwik Silberstein a Eddington, que, ante el silencio de su colega, añade «No sea modesto, Eddington» sólo para encontrarse con una réplica tan inesperada como reveladora: «Todo lo contrario; estoy tratando de imaginar quién puede ser esa tercera persona.» Así arranca La teoría perfecta; situándose al inicio del largo camino recorrido por la hipótesis einsteiniana como punta de lanza de una de las revoluciones epistemológicas más relevantes del siglo XX. Y es que entender la teoría de la relatividad equivale «a comprender la historia del universo, el origen del tiempo y la evolución de todas las estrellas y galaxias del cosmos». Para que la entendamos, Ferreira nos cuenta un relato que cautiva: uno que empieza en 1907, con Einstein perfilando su teoría en horas arrancadas a su rutinario trabajo en la oficina de patentes de Berna, y que pronto se convierte en una convulsa y accidentada carrera de relevos poblada de...

Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion

Autor: Andrew M. Davis , Roland Faber

Número de Páginas: 575

Astrophilosopy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion: Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe applies Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy and the associated process philosophies of Henri Bergson, Teilhard de Chardin, and others to the interdisciplinary layers of astrobiology, extraterrestrial life, and the impact of discovery. This collection, edited by Andrew M. Davis and Roland Faber, asks questions such as “How have process thinkers imagined universal creative evolution and its implications for philosophies, theologies, and religions beyond earth?” and “How might their claims as to the primacy of organism, temporality, novelty, value, and mind enrich current discussions and debates across disciplines?” As experts in their fields, the contributors are informed by, but not limited to, process conceptualities. The chapters not only advance recent discussions in astrobiology, cosmology, and evolution but also consider a constellation of philosophical topics, from shared extraterrestrial knowledge and values to the possibilities or limitations afforded by A.I. technology, the Fermi Paradox, the Drake Equation, and the increasing need to nurture the cosmic...

Close Encounters of the Invasive Kind

Autor: Sarah Seymore

Número de Páginas: 291

Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and behavior onto the alien 'Other.' In this thesis, the case studies of 15 novels of alien-encounter science fiction illuminate the treatment of colonial and postcolonial concepts - such as colonialism, neo-colonialism, Empire, paternalism, hybridity, mimicry and science and technology - as a means of conquest and resistance. The analysis also shows that the Empire is still a vital background for British science fiction. Thesis. (Series: Anglistik / Amerikanistik; English / American Studies - Vol. 35)

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