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How to build a universe : from the big bang to the end of the universe / by Gilliland, Ben,author.(CARDINAL)600945;
How we dicovered the Big Bang -- A universe is born -- How we discovered the atom -- The force is strong with this universe -- A star is born -- The life and death of a star -- Meet the galaxy gardeners -- Cooking up a solar system -- The end...or is it?"Using a mixture of eye-catching graphics, humor, and good old science, Ben Gilliland, creator of the Metro's popular MetroCosm column, shows us how the cosmos came to be, unraveling the complex concepts surrounding the birth and development of the galaxies. Each chapter builds the universe piece by piece - from the making of matter, to the life and death of a star, to the creation of the solar system - while highlighting such discoveries as the cosmic microwave background, and a whole lot of other universe-building necessities. With out-of-this world images and fact boxes interspersed throughout, you'll be mastering the universe in no time at all."--Jacket.
Subjects: Cosmology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Alpha & Omega : the search for the beginning and end of the universe / by Seife, Charles.(CARDINAL)658194;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index.
Subjects: Cosmology.; Astronomy.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Supermassive : black holes at the beginning and end of the universe / by Trefil, James,1938-author.(CARDINAL)155039; Satyapal, Shobita,1966-author.;
From Newton to Einstein -- Is gravity really a force? -- The birth of black holes -- Do black holes really exist? -- The first stellar black hole -- Searching for the center -- The monster at the heart of the galaxy -- Monsters everywhere -- The black hole paradigm -- Quasars -- Gravitational waves -- Pulsars -- The cosmic hum -- Dark matter searches -- Black holes in a quantum world -- Black holes, quantum gravity, and all that -- The information paradox -- The singularity -- Supermassives and the big bang -- Telescopes in orbit -- The end of the universe.Black holes, demystified: follow along the quest to understand the history and influence of one of space science's most fascinating and confounding phenomena.
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Financial statement audit report of the University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the year ended ... / by North Carolina.Office of the State Auditor.(CARDINAL)168361;
Report year ends June 30.
Subjects: University of North Carolina Hospitals;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 15
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A universe from nothing : why there is something rather than nothing / by Krauss, Lawrence M.,1954-(CARDINAL)343229;
A cosmic mystery story : beginnings -- A cosmic mystery story : weighing the universe -- Light from the beginning of time -- Much ado about nothing -- The runaway universe -- The free lunch at the end of the universe -- Our miserable future -- A grand accident? -- Nothing is something -- Nothing is unstable -- Brave new worlds.Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains the groundbreaking new scientific advances presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved--and the implications for how it's going to end.
Subjects: Cosmology.; Beginning.; End of the universe.; Physics.; Science;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The end of college : creating the future of learning and the university of everywhere / by Carey, Kevin,1970-author.(CARDINAL)545586;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.The secret of life -- A sham, a bauble, a Dodge -- The absolut rolex plan -- Cathedrals -- Learning like Alexander -- Thunder lizards -- Anything for anyone, anywhere -- Imaginary Harvard and virtual MIT -- Less like a yacht -- Open badges -- The weight of large numbers -- Your children and the university of everywhere.From a renowned education writer comes a paradigm-shifting examination of the rapidly changing world of college that every parent, student, educator, and investor needs to understand. Over the span of just nine months in 2011 and 2012, the world's most famous universities and high-powered technology entrepreneurs began a race to revolutionize higher education. College courses that had been kept for centuries from all but an elite few were released to millions of students throughout the world -- for free. Exploding college prices and a flagging global economy, combined with the derring-do of a few intrepid innovators, have created a dynamic climate for a total rethinking of an industry that has remained virtually unchanged for a hundred years. In The End of College, Kevin Carey, an education researcher and writer, draws on years of in-depth reporting and cutting-edge research to paint a vivid and surprising portrait of the future of education. Carey explains how two trends -- the skyrocketing cost of college and the revolution in information technology -- are converging in ways that will radically alter the college experience, upend the traditional meritocracy, and emancipate hundreds of millions of people around the world. Insightful, innovative, and accessible, The End of College is a must-read, and an important contribution to the developing conversation about education in this country. - Publisher.In The End of College, Kevin Carey, an education researcher and writer, draws on years of in-depth reporting and cutting-edge research to paint a vivid and surprising portrait of the future of education. Carey explains how two trends-the skyrocketing cost of college and the revolution in information technology-are converging in ways that will radically alter the college experience, upend the traditional meritocracy, and emancipate hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Subjects: Distance education.; Education, Higher.; Internet in higher education.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The edge of infinity : where the universe came from and how it will end / by Davies, P. C. W.(CARDINAL)324234;
Subjects: Naked singularities (Cosmology); Black holes (Astronomy);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Until the end of time [sound recording] : mind, matter, and our search for meaning in an evolving universe / by Greene, Brian,1963-author,narrator.(CARDINAL)637524;
Read by the author.The Columbia University theoretical physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe explores subjects ranging from quantum mechanics to black holes, sharing insights into how human life and consciousness emerged from chaos.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Cosmology.; Physics;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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We can save us all : a novel / by Nemett, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)811269;
Welcome to The Egg, an off-campus geodesic dome where David Fuffman and his crew of alienated Princeton students train for what might be the end of days: America is in a perpetual state of war, climate disasters create a global state of emergency, and scientists believe time itself may be collapsing. Funded by the charismatic Mathias Blue and fueled by performance enhancers and psychedelic drugs, a student revolution incubates at The Egg, inspired by the superheroes that dominate American culture. The arrival of Haley Roth-an impassioned heroine with a dark secret-propels David and Mathias to expand their movement across college campuses nationwide, inspiring a cult-like following. As the final superstorm arrives, they toe the line between good and evil, deliverance and demagogues, the damned and the saved. In this sprawling, ambitious debut, Adam Nemett delves into contemporary life in all of its chaos and unknowing. We Can Save Us All is a brave, ribald, and multi-layered examination of what may be the fundamental question of our time: just who is responsible for fixing all of this?
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Princeton University; Geodesic domes; Good and evil; End of the world (Astronomy);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The universe. [videorecording] / by Tarantino, Louis C.producer.; Cohen, Douglas,producer.; Beemer, Rob,screenwriter,director.; Papadopoulos, Andy,screenwriter,director.; Verklan, Laura M.screenwriter,director.; Rehr, Darryl,screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)646329; Rajter, David,screenwriter,director; Greenewald, John,Jr.,screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)799875; Coffee, Jason,screenwriter,director.; Azzariti, Annie,director.; Drooker, Arthur,screenwriter,director.; Melisso, Bobscreenwriterdirector; Forde, Rebecca Grahamscreenwriterproducer; Amdahl, Eric,composer.; Thompson, Erik,1959-; A & E Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218747; Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; Flight 33 Productions (Firm); History (Television network)(CARDINAL)558042;
Disc 1. Deep space disasters (ca. 45 min.) / Written and directed by Rob Beemer ; produced by Arthur Maturo -- Parallel universes (ca. 45 min.) / Written and directed by Andy Papadopoulos ; produced by Sven Berkemeier -- Light speed (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Darryl Rehr ; produced by Arthur Maturo ; Disc 2. Sex in space (ca. 44 min.) / Written and produced by David Rajter -- Alien faces (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by John Greenewald ; produced by Arthur Maturo -- Deadly comets and meteors (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Laura Verklan Armstrong ; produced by Brittany Graham ; Disc 3. Living in space (ca. 44 min.) / Written by Jason Coffee ; directed by Annie Azzariti ; producer, Jessica Loveless -- Stopping armageddon (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Arthur Drooker ; produced by Jessica Loveless -- Another Earth (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Bob Melisso ; produced by Arthur Maturo ; Disc 4. Strangest things (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Laura Verklan Armstrong ; produced by Brittany Graham -- Edge of space (ca. 44 min.) / Written and produced by Rebecca Graham Forde ; produced by Arthur Maturo -- Cosmic phenomena (ca. 44 min.) / Written and directed by Arthur Drooker / produced by Vincent Lopez -- Bonus features: Universe facts [text feature] ; image gallery.Editors, Conrad Stanley, Kyle Yaskin, Sean Presant, Kevin Browne, Motoshi Wakabayashi, Tom Ronca, Samantha Jetter, Lee Stephansky, Takayuki Fujiwara ; directors of photography, Tom Collins, Jason Newfield, Christopher Raymond, Eric Fisher, Norm Johnston, Ken Stipe, Dan Major, TJ Greidanus, Austin Anderson, Andy Black, Jim Arnold, Andrea Fontanelle, David Pryke, Jerry Hattan, Petr Stepanek, Randall Love, Chris Laine ; main theme and original music, Eric Amdahl.Narrator, Erik Thompson.Season Three originally produced in 2008."See how NASA is arming itself with the latest technology to pre-empt an apocalyptic attack ... Learn how scientists envision reproduction and human development ... and explore startling new evidence showing the existence of universes other than our own ... From bizarre clouds to the hypothetical Planet X, from space disasters to space sex and the possibility of terrifying cosmic collisions, experience space in a whole new way -- not through a telescope or textbook, but firsthand."--Container.Not rated.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Science television programs.; Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial beings.; Astronomy.; Comets.; Meteors.; End of the universe.; Expanding universe.; Light; Educational television programs.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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