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    Series Book 5 - Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates
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  • Black Holes

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    By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes ... Read more

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  • What Is Relativity?

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  • How to Find a Higgs Boson—and Other Big Mysteries in the World of the Very Small

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  • Fundamental

    How quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything (except gravity)

    by Tim James ...
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    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    This book continues our exploration of the most profound theory of science, Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.We examine more carefully the properties of spacetime, the unity of space and time.We explore the major features of curvature, how to measure it, and how to reduce its complexity to finding distances between nearby points.We find a simple expression, 2M/r, which proves remarkably ... Read more

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  • Higgs & Bosons & Fermions .... Oh My

    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    This book explores the Micro-World of subatomic particles and forces, including the recently discovered Higgs boson.The pursuit of nature’s smallest parts is one of mankind’s oldest quests, beginning at least 26 centuries ago. But, just in our lifetimes it seems we’ve finally “hit bottom.” Each step deeper into the Micro-World has revealed surprises, and expanded our understanding of nature on all ... Read more

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  • Why the Universe Exists

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  • The Sun, Stars, and Galaxies

    Series series The Solar System
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  • Quantum Theory: Bullet Guides

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  • The Science of Physics

    by Andrea Field ...
    Series series Introduction to Physics
    As the foundation for other natural sciences, physics helps us interpret both our most basic and complex observations of the natural world. Physics encompasses such topics as mechanics, relativity, thermodynamics, and electricity, among others, all of which elucidate the nature of matter, its motion, and its relationship to force and energy. This engaging volume surveys some of the major branches ... Read more

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