The View From the Center of the Universe
Title | The View From the Center of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Joel R. Primack |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 401 |
Release | 2007-08-07 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1101126884 |
In this strikingly original book, a world-renowned cosmologist and an innovative writer of the history and philosophy of science uncover an astonishing truth: Humans actually are central to the universe. What does this mean for our culture and our personal lives? The answer is revolutionary: a science-based cosmology that allows us to understand the universe as a whole and our extraordinary place in it.
The View from the Centre of the Universe
Title | The View from the Centre of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Joel R. Primack |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | 397 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0007193521 |
Cosmology explains how the universe operates, what the universe is made of, where it may have come from, how it is evolving and why it makes sense that humans are on Earth at all. This book presents an original synthesis and distinctive perspective on humanity's place in the cosmos.
The Center of the Universe
Title | The Center of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Anita Liberty |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 154 |
Release | 2008-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1416957898 |
An angst-ridden fictional memoir of Anita Liberty's last two years in high school is presented through diary entries, poems, sarcastic advice, scorecards of parental infractions, and definitions of SAT vocabulary words.
The Center of the Universe
Title | The Center of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Ria Voros |
Publisher | Kids Can Press Ltd |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 2024-06-04 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1525312723 |
A gripping mystery about the gravitational force between mothers and daughters. Grace Carter’s mother — the celebrity news anchor GG Carter — is everything Grace is not. GG is a star, with a flawless wardrobe and a following of thousands, while Grace — an aspiring astrophysicist — is into stars of another kind. She and her mother have always been in different orbits. Then one day GG is just … gone. While the authorities unravel the mystery behind GG’s disappearance, Grace grows closer to her high school’s golden boy, Mylo, who has faced a black hole of his own. She also uncovers some secrets from her mother’s long-lost past. The more Grace learns, the more she wonders. Did she ever really know her mother? Was GG abducted … or did she leave? And if she left, why?
We're the Center of the Universe!
Title | We're the Center of the Universe! PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Zuchora-Walske |
Publisher | Lerner Digital ™ |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2017-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1512475459 |
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Does the universe circle around Earth? Do creatures live on the sun? Can you tell the future by looking at the stars? At one time, science supported wild notions like these! But later studies proved these ideas were nonsense. Discover science's biggest mistakes and oddest assumptions about physics and astronomy, and see how scientific thought changed over time.
The Point of View of the Universe
Title | The Point of View of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 433 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199603693 |
Tests the views and metaphor of 19th-century utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick against a variety of contemporary views on ethics, determining that they are defensible and thus providing a defense of objectivism in ethics and of hedonistic utilitarianism.
Journey of the Universe
Title | Journey of the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Thomas Swimme |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 191 |
Release | 2011-06-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0300171900 |
The authors tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, weaving the findings of modern science together with enduring wisdom found in the humanistic traditions of the West, China, India, and indigenous peoples. This book is part of a larger project that includes a documentary film, educational DVD series, and Web site.