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Gravity, orbiting objects, and planetary motion / by Hiton, Lisa,author.(CARDINAL)789776;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-109) and index.Introduction: Turning the century -- Early predictions -- The modern understanding of gravity and planetary motion -- Scientists, mathematicians, and engineers -- Visualizing gravity -- Orbiting objects and planetary motion today and tomorrow.
Subjects: Gravity; Planets; Kepler's laws;
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Tycho & Kepler : the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens / by Ferguson, Kitty.(CARDINAL)361978;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.; Astronomers; Astronomers; Kepler's laws.; Planetary theory.;
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Johannes Kepler : discovering the laws of celestial motion / by Boerst, William J.(CARDINAL)658443;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.A biography of Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth-century German astronomer and mathematician who formulated the three laws of planetary motion.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Astronomers; Kepler's laws; Planetary theory; Astronomers;
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50 physics ideas you really need to know / by Baker, Joanne,1969-(CARDINAL)592023;
Matter in motion. Mach's principle ; Newton's laws of motion ; Kepler's laws ; Newton's law of gravitation ; Conservation of energy ; Simple harmonic motion ; Hooke's law ; Ideal gas law ; Second law of thermodynamics ; Absolute zero ; Brownian motion ; Chaos theory ; Bernoulli equation -- Beneath the waves. Newton's theory of colour ; Huygen's principle ; Snell's law ; Bragg's law ; Fraunhofer diffraction ; Doppler effect ; Ohm's law ; Fleming's right hand rule ; Maxwell's equations -- Quantum conundrums. Planck's law ; Photoelectric effect ; Schrodinger's wave equation ; Heisenberg's uncertainty principle ; Copenhagen interpretation ; Schrodinger's cat ; The EPR paradox ; Pauli's exclusion principle ; Superconductivity -- Splitting atoms. Rutherford's atom ; Antimatter ; Nuclear fission ; Nuclear fusion ; Standard model ; Feynman diagrams ; The God particle ; String theory -- Space and time. Special relativity ; General relativity ; Black holes ; Olbers' paradox ; Hubble's law ; The Big Bang ; Cosmic inflation ; Dark matter ; Cosmological constant ; Fermi paradox ; Anthropic principle.
Subjects: Physics;
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50 physics ideas you really need to know / by Baker, Joanne,1969-(CARDINAL)592023;
"In 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know author Joanne Baker describes, in a sequence of 50 clear and concise essays, the discovery, significance and functioning of the laws, principles, and theories that govern the workings of our physical universe"--Cover, p. 2.
Subjects: Physics;
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Johannes Kepler / by Harmon, Daniel E.,author.(CARDINAL)436162;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A tumultuous time for science -- Kepler escapes to school -- The student becomes a scholar -- A momentous collaboration -- Copernicus' champion -- A family in turmoil -- Kepler's last years.Johannes Kepler was just twenty-three years old when he became a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the university in Graz, Austria, in 1594. For the next thirty-five years, his intensive research based on the theories of Nicolaus Copernicus resulted in astonishing new ideas on the physics of the solar system. Most important was his realization that the planets move in elliptical orbits. Kepler s laws greatly influenced the later findings of Sir Isaac Newton and other famous scientists. Kepler is considered one of the most important thinkers of the Scientific Revolution.Grades 7-12.
Subjects: Biographies.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Astronomers;
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Six easy pieces : essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher / by Feynman, Richard P.(Richard Phillips),1918-1988.(CARDINAL)355647; Leighton, Robert B.(CARDINAL)775385; Sands, Matthew L.(Matthew Linzee)(CARDINAL)775386;
Publisher's note -- Introduction by Paul Davies -- Special preface -- Feynman's preface -- Atoms in motion -- Introduction -- Matter is made of atoms -- Atomic processes -- Chemical reactions -- Basic physics -- Introduction -- Physics before 1920 -- Quantum physics -- Nuclei and particles -- Relation of physics to other sciences -- Introduction -- Chemistry -- Biology -- Astronomy -- Geology -- Psychology -- How did it get that way? -- Conservation of energy -- What is energy? -- Gravitational potential energy -- Kinetic energy -- Other forms of energy -- Theory of gravitation -- Planetary motions -- Kepler's laws -- Development of dynamics -- Newton's law of gravitation -- Universal gravitation -- Cavendish's experiment -- What is gravity? -- Gravity and relativity -- Quantum behavior -- Atomic mechanics -- Experiment with bullets -- Experiment with waves -- Experiment with electrons -- Interface of electron waves -- Watching the electrons -- First principles of quantum mechanics -- Uncertainty principle -- Index.The six easiest chapters from Feynman's celebrated lectures on physics, which the Nobel Prize-winning scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at the California Institute of Technology, have been reprinted in this volume.1160L
Subjects: Physics.;
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Neutron stars : the quest to understand the zombies of the cosmos / by Moskvitch, Katia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A collision that shook the cosmos: Deeper dive: the origin of gold -- Deeper dive: why was the kilonova blue? Discovering neutron stars...and little green men? Deeper dive: the interstellar medium, home of neutron stars. When stars go boom: Deeper dive: pulsar kicks -- Deeper dive: the death of massive stars. Zombies and starquakes: Deeper dive: the multibeam -- Deeper dive: the exotic world of x-ray sources -- Deeper dive: pulsar timing. Journey to the center of a neutron star -- How neutron stars keep spoiling dark matter theories -- When pulsars have planets -- Giant scientific tools of the universe: Deeper dive: Kepler's laws and beyond -- Fast radio bursts, an unfinished chapter."Neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of exploded stellar giants, are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos. Katia Moskvitch introduces readers to their astonishing qualities and follows the scientists who are discovering what neutron stars can tell us about the mysteries of dark matter, black holes, and general relativity"--
Subjects: Neutron stars.; Pulsars.;
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Dark matter explained / by Lew, Kristi,author.(CARDINAL)486456;
Includes bibliographical references (page 77) and index.The visible universe -- The discovery of dark matter -- More evidence of dark matter -- What is dark matter? -- The hunt for dark matter -- Alternatives to dark matter."Scientists believe that the universe is mostly made up of dark matter, a mysterious substance that is different from the ordinary matter people can touch, smell, see, and interact with. Dark matter cannot be directly observed, but it can be studied by examining its effect on ordinary matter. Simplified explanations of complex scientific concepts and dynamic images will help students understand how physicists employ Kepler's laws of planetary motion, gravitational lensing, particle colliders, and other theories and tools to learn about dark matter. Informative sidebars explore related timely topics in depth, while a Further Reading section provides several resources for additional study."--Grades 7 to 12.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Dark matter (Astronomy);
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The astronomer & the witch : Johannes Kepler's fight for his mother / by Rublack, Ulinka,author.(CARDINAL)326629;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-346) and index.Katharina's life -- A Lutheran court -- The year of the witches -- Kepler's strategies -- A family responds -- Movements of the soul -- The trial continues -- Other witches -- Katharina's imprisonment -- Kepler's return -- The defence -- The trial ends -- Kepler's dream.Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus's sun-centered universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well known is that in 1615, when Kepler was at the height of his career, his widowed mother Katharina was accused of witchcraft. The proceedings led to a criminal trial that lasted six years, with Kepler conducting his mother's defense. In 'The Astronomer and the Witch', Ulinka Rublack pieces together the tale of this extraordinary episode in Kepler's life, one which takes us to the heart of his changing world. First and foremost an intense family drama, the story brings to life the world of a small Lutheran community in the centre of Europe at a time of deep religious and political turmoil-- a century after the Reformation, and on the threshold of the Thirty Years' War. Kepler's defense of his mother also offers us a fascinating glimpse into the great astronomer's world view, on the cusp between Reformation and scientific revolution. While advancing rational explanations for the phenomena which his mother's accusers attributed to witchcraft, Kepler nevertheless did not call into question the existence of magic and witches. On the contrary, he clearly believed in them. And, as the story unfolds, it appears that there were moments when even Katharina's children wondered whether their mother really did have nothing to hide ...
Subjects: Biographies.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.; Keplerin, Katharina, 1547-1622; Astronomers; Astronomers; Trials (Witchcraft); Trials; Witch hunting; Witchcraft; Witches;
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