This book is a non-mathematical description of our present understanding of the nature of empty space and time. It is written to be easily understood by the intelligent lay person.After centuries with only little advance in our understanding of the physics of empty space, there have been sudden recent developments in this area. The author is at the forefront of those recent developments. This enthralling book is clear and simple.
Publisher: n/a
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9781328557117
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Paperback
Farewell to Reality
By Baggott, Jim
From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a pointed critique of modern theoretical physics. In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles,super strings, the multiverse, the holographic principle,or the anthropic cosmological principle. These theories are not only untrue, it is not even science. It is fairy-tale physics:fantastical, bizarre and often outrageous, perhaps even confidence-trickery.This book provides a much-needed antidote. Informed,comprehensive, and balanced, it offers lay readers the latest ideas about the nature of physical reality while clearly distinguishing between fact and fantasy. With its engaging portraits of many central figures of modern physics, including Paul Davies, John Barrow, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking,and Leonard Susskind, it promises to be essential reading forall readers interested in what we know and don’t know about the nature of the universe and reality itself.
Pegasus; 1 edition
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9781605984728
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Hardcover
Irrationally Yours
By Ariely, Dan
Three-time New York Timesbestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendaryThe New Yorkercartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journaladvice column, Ask Ariely.Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about ourselves, our minds, and our actions in his booksPredictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, andThe Honest Truth about Dishonesty. Ariely applies this scientific analysis of the human condition in his Ask Ariely Q A column in theWall Street Journal, in which he responds to readers who write in with personal conundrums ranging from the serious to the curious What can you do to stay calm when youre playing the volatile stock market Whats the best way to get someone to stop smoking How can you maximize the return on your investment at an all-you-can-eat buffet Is it possible to put a price on the human soul Can you ever rationally justify spending thousands of dollars on a RolexInAsk Ariely, a broad variety of economic, ethical, and emotional dilemmas are explored and addressed through text and images.
Harper Perennial
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9780062379993
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Print book
Tenacious Beasts
By Preston, Christopher J.
An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.The news about wildlife is dire - more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also glimmers of hope and crucial lessons to be learned from animals that have defied global trends toward extinction. Bear in Italy, bison in North America, whales in the Atlantic. These populations are back from the brink, some of them in numbers unimaginable in a century. How has this happened? What shifts in thinking did it demand? In crisp, transporting prose, Christopher Preston reveals the mysteries and challenges at the heart of these resurgences.Drawing on compelling personal stories from the researchers, Indigenous people, and activists who know the creatures best, Preston weaves together a gripping narrative of how some species are taking back vital, ecological roles.
The MIT Press
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9780262047562
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Hardcover
End Times
By Turchin, Peter
From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for America's civil strife and its possible endgames. Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting social scientists of our age, has infused the study of history with approaches and insights from other fields for more than a quarter century. End Times is the culmination of his work to understand what causes political communities to cohere and what causes them to fall apart, as applied to the current turmoil within the United States. . Back in 2010, when Nature magazine asked leading scientists to provide a ten-year forecast, Turchin used his models to predict that America was in a spiral of social disintegration that would lead to a breakdown in the political order circa 2020.
Penguin Press
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9780593490501
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Hardcover
Antiracism as Daily Practice
By Harvey, Jennifer
"Nurturing and inspiring." -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred) . "An essential book of practical wisdom.... If you're white and have been asking, 'What can I do now?' this lively and timely book is for you." -- Robert Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy. Antiracism as Daily Practice illustrates the many ways white Americans -- those newly waking to the crisis of racism in 2020 and those already aware -- can choose behaviors in our everyday lives to grow racial justice. Full of real life stories, this book shows how vital it is for white people to engage in and with our families, through our social networks, in our neighborhoods, and at our jobs to make antiracism a daily living commitment. We have real power in our relationships with other white people -- and not enough of us have used it.
St. Martin's Press
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9781250286703
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Hardcover
On Looking
By Horowitz, Alexandra
From the author of the giant 1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinaryto practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, the observation of trifles. On Looking is structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, with experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. She also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer.
Scribner; 1 edition
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9781439191255
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Hardcover
Proofiness
By Seife, Charles
The bestselling author of Zero shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-and shapes-our daily lives. According to MSNBC, having a child makes you stupid. You actually lose IQ points. Good Morning America has announced that natural blondes will be extinct within two hundred years. Pundits estimated that there were more than a million demonstrators at a tea party rally in Washington, D.C., even though roughly sixty thousand were there. Numbers have peculiar powers-they can disarm skeptics, befuddle journalists, and hoodwink the public into believing almost anything. "Proofiness," as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds readers that bad mathematics has a dark side.
Viking Adult; 1 edition
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9780670022168
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Hardcover
This Explains Everything
By Brockman, John
In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity.With contributions from Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more, everything is explained in fun, uncomplicated terms that make the most complex concepts easy to comprehend.
From Where Comes the Universe?
By Morris, Dennis
This book is a non-mathematical description of our present understanding of the nature of empty space and time. It is written to be easily understood by the intelligent lay person.After centuries with only little advance in our understanding of the physics of empty space, there have been sudden recent developments in this area. The author is at the forefront of those recent developments. This enthralling book is clear and simple.
Farewell to Reality
By Baggott, Jim
From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a pointed critique of modern theoretical physics. In this stunning new volume, Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental evidence for many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics: super-symmetric particles,super strings, the multiverse, the holographic principle,or the anthropic cosmological principle. These theories are not only untrue, it is not even science. It is fairy-tale physics:fantastical, bizarre and often outrageous, perhaps even confidence-trickery.This book provides a much-needed antidote. Informed,comprehensive, and balanced, it offers lay readers the latest ideas about the nature of physical reality while clearly distinguishing between fact and fantasy. With its engaging portraits of many central figures of modern physics, including Paul Davies, John Barrow, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking,and Leonard Susskind, it promises to be essential reading forall readers interested in what we know and don’t know about the nature of the universe and reality itself.
Irrationally Yours
By Ariely, Dan
Three-time New York Timesbestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendaryThe New Yorkercartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journaladvice column, Ask Ariely.Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about ourselves, our minds, and our actions in his booksPredictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, andThe Honest Truth about Dishonesty. Ariely applies this scientific analysis of the human condition in his Ask Ariely Q A column in theWall Street Journal, in which he responds to readers who write in with personal conundrums ranging from the serious to the curious What can you do to stay calm when youre playing the volatile stock market Whats the best way to get someone to stop smoking How can you maximize the return on your investment at an all-you-can-eat buffet Is it possible to put a price on the human soul Can you ever rationally justify spending thousands of dollars on a RolexInAsk Ariely, a broad variety of economic, ethical, and emotional dilemmas are explored and addressed through text and images.
Tenacious Beasts
By Preston, Christopher J.
An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.The news about wildlife is dire - more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also glimmers of hope and crucial lessons to be learned from animals that have defied global trends toward extinction. Bear in Italy, bison in North America, whales in the Atlantic. These populations are back from the brink, some of them in numbers unimaginable in a century. How has this happened? What shifts in thinking did it demand? In crisp, transporting prose, Christopher Preston reveals the mysteries and challenges at the heart of these resurgences.Drawing on compelling personal stories from the researchers, Indigenous people, and activists who know the creatures best, Preston weaves together a gripping narrative of how some species are taking back vital, ecological roles.
End Times
By Turchin, Peter
From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary science of history, a big-picture explanation for America's civil strife and its possible endgames. Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting social scientists of our age, has infused the study of history with approaches and insights from other fields for more than a quarter century. End Times is the culmination of his work to understand what causes political communities to cohere and what causes them to fall apart, as applied to the current turmoil within the United States. . Back in 2010, when Nature magazine asked leading scientists to provide a ten-year forecast, Turchin used his models to predict that America was in a spiral of social disintegration that would lead to a breakdown in the political order circa 2020.
Antiracism as Daily Practice
By Harvey, Jennifer
"Nurturing and inspiring." -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred) . "An essential book of practical wisdom.... If you're white and have been asking, 'What can I do now?' this lively and timely book is for you." -- Robert Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy. Antiracism as Daily Practice illustrates the many ways white Americans -- those newly waking to the crisis of racism in 2020 and those already aware -- can choose behaviors in our everyday lives to grow racial justice. Full of real life stories, this book shows how vital it is for white people to engage in and with our families, through our social networks, in our neighborhoods, and at our jobs to make antiracism a daily living commitment. We have real power in our relationships with other white people -- and not enough of us have used it.
On Looking
By Horowitz, Alexandra
From the author of the giant 1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinaryto practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, the observation of trifles. On Looking is structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, with experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. She also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer.
Proofiness
By Seife, Charles
The bestselling author of Zero shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-and shapes-our daily lives. According to MSNBC, having a child makes you stupid. You actually lose IQ points. Good Morning America has announced that natural blondes will be extinct within two hundred years. Pundits estimated that there were more than a million demonstrators at a tea party rally in Washington, D.C., even though roughly sixty thousand were there. Numbers have peculiar powers-they can disarm skeptics, befuddle journalists, and hoodwink the public into believing almost anything. "Proofiness," as Charles Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds readers that bad mathematics has a dark side.
This Explains Everything
By Brockman, John
In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity.With contributions from Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more, everything is explained in fun, uncomplicated terms that make the most complex concepts easy to comprehend.