The Sky Is Not The Limit : Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
As the youngest-ever Director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil de Grasse Tyson is America’s best-known astrophysicist, constantly called upon by the media to explain news-making scientific phenomena such as the discovery of water on Mars. How did an African American kid growing up in the Bronx, expected by everyone to become a star athlete, not an intellectual, become an extraordinarily successful scientist? This is the fascinating and moving account of Tyson’s love affair with the night sky, beg
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Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature of the heavens. The first astronomers mapped the movement of the seasons and used the positions of the constellations for augurs and astrology. Today, the search goes ever deeper into the nature of reality and life itself. In this accessible overview, astrophysicist J.P. McEvoy tells the story of how our knowledge of the cosmos has developed. He puts in context many of the greatest discoveries of all time and many of the dominant personalities: Aristotle, Copernicus, and Isaac Newton, and as we approach the modern era, Einstein, Eddington, and Hawking.
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Through the fictional persona of Merlin, a visitor from another galaxy, an astrophysicist answers the most commonly asked questions about the universe and illuminates the ideas of the most important astronomers and scientists of the past. Reprint. Tour.”
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read moreThe Static Universe: Exploding the Myth of Cosmic Expansion
“The Static Universe” is an anthem for the growing number of skywatchers who are heartily sick and tired of being led up the garden path. Is the Universe expanding? Maverick astrophysicist Hilton Ratcliffe, author of the highly controversial book “The Virtue of Heresy”, argues that it is not, and if he’s right, an entire body of science is brought to its knees. The impact of the ensuing catastrophe will be devastating, and the cost to those who doggedly defend the prevailing paradigm is inestimable. It certainly runs to billions of dollars. In a world where self-interest rules, the author of this shocking expos is literally putting himself on the line. Big Brother does not want you to read this!
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