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Relativity : the special and the general theory / by Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.(CARDINAL)139303;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and index.
Subjects: Relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Relativity : the special and the general theory / by Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.(CARDINAL)139303; Calder, Nigel,1931-2014.(CARDINAL)334813;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Relativity : the special and general theory / by Einstein, Albert,1879-1955.(CARDINAL)139303; Bowman, John Stewart,1931-(CARDINAL)130821;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Einstein's brainchild : relativity made relatively easy! / by Parker, Barry R.(CARDINAL)729036;
Subjects: Biographies.; Psychists; Relativity (Physics);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Einstein's brainchild : relativity made relatively easy! / by Parker, Barry R.(CARDINAL)729036;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Relativity (Physics); Physicists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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When least is best : how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible / by Nahin, Paul J.(CARDINAL)765163;
Subjects: Maxima and minima.; Mathematics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cosmos : a field guide / by Quercus Publishing Ltd.,publisher.(CARDINAL)491014;
The largest ever (42 cm x 35 cm) fully illustrated guide to the universe from our home planet to the edge of space and time. Our view of the universe covers at least 130 billion trillion kilometers (80 billion trillion miles) in every direction around us. We know that the magnificent vault of stars emblazoning Earth's night skies are an infinitesimal fraction of the hundreds of billions that inhabit our galaxy, and we know there are at least as many galaxies in the universe as there are stars in the Milky Way. "Cosmos" makes sense of this dizzying celestial panorama by exploring it one step at a time and by illustrating the planets, moons, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, black holes and other exotica that populate the heavens with over 450 of the most spectacular and up-to-date photographs and illustrations. We begin at home, with an orbital survey of planet Earth, before venturing deeper into the solar system via the Moon, Venus, Mercury, the Sun and Mars. Crossing the asteroid belt takes us into the outer solar system and the realm of the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Beyond Neptune's orbit we encounter a graveyard of icy debris left over from the solar system's formation that marks the outer limits of the Sun's sphere of influence. Emerging in interstellar space, we head for the heart of our galaxy as the rhythms of stellar life unfold before our eyes: we pass through dark clouds of dust and gas ablaze with clusters of newly smelted stars, we watch dying stars bloom and fade as planetary nebulae, or tear themselves apart as supernovae. Navigating through thick swarms of stars, we reach the galactic core, a gravitational maelstrom of exotic stars in the thrall of a supermassive black hole. Having crossed the Milky Way, we enter intergalactic space. Out here we watch the hidden lives of galaxies: we see them tear their companions apart or devour them whole, we see them flock and cluster, forming massive conglomerations that span millions of light years and warp space with their tremendous gravity. As we press ever deeper into the cosmos, so we travel further back in time. After covering an almost unimaginable 13.4 billion light years, we approach the edge of space and the dawn of time where our voyage must end, but not before we consider how our universe was born, and how it might die.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Handbooks and manuals.; Astronomy; Astronomy; Astronomy; Nebulae; Galaxies; Light pollution.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Rising force : the magic of magnetic levitation / by Livingston, James D.,1930-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Levity vs. gravity -- Gravitational and magnetic forces -- Maglev-a balance of forces -- Spinning the levitron -- Inducing uplift -- Flying frogs -- Super-lev -- Feeding back -- In a spin -- The no-spin zone -- Flying trains -- All aboard! -- Keeping it up.Learn about the force of magnetic levitation and how it can be used to perform illusionary tricks
Subjects: Magnetic fields.; Magnetic suspension.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to find a habitable planet / by Kasting, James F.,author.(DLC)n 98095534 ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.Past thinking about Earth-like planets and life -- Our habitable Planet Earth. Critical updates on how planets are built ; Long-term climate stability ; More wrinkles in Earth's climate history ; Runaway glaciation and "Snowball Earth" -- Limits to planetary habitability. Runaway greenhouses and the evolution of Venus' atmosphere ; The future evolution of Earth ; The Martian climate puzzle ; Is the Earth rare? ; Habitable zones around stars -- How to find another Earth. Indirect detection of planets around other stars ; Finding and characterizing planets by using transits ; Direct detection of extrasolar planets ; The spectroscopic search for life ; Prospects for the more distant future."Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us - or even the simplest biological organisms - are unique to the universe? How to Find a Habitable Planet describes how scientists are testing Sagan's prediction, and demonstrates why Earth may not be so rare after all." "James Kasting has worked closely with NASA in its mission to detect habitable worlds outside our solar system, and in this book he introduces readers to the advanced methodologies being used in this extraordinary quest. He addresses the compelling questions that planetary scientists grapple with today: What exactly makes a planet habitable? What are the signatures of life astronomers should look for when they scan the heavens for habitable worlds?" "In providing answers, Kasting explains why Earth has remained habitable despite a substantial rise in solar luminosity over time, and why our neighbors, Venus and Mars, haven't. If other Earth-sized planets endowed with enough water and carbon are out there, he argues, chances are good that some of those planets sustain life. Kasting describes the efforts under way to find them, and predicts that future discoveries will profoundly alter our view of the universe and our place in it."--Jkt.
Subjects: Habitable planets.; Exobiology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Physics for scientists & engineers with modern physics by Giancoli, Douglas C.,author.(CARDINAL)882886;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Mechanics -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids, vibrations, waves, sound -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Kinetic theory and thermodynamics -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- Modern physics -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology.
Subjects: Textbooks.; Physics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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