Cosmology category: 730 books
by Sydney Self
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
"The Whole Truth" consists of a series of discussions of a wide variety of scientific and philosophic concepts.Although it is based on scientific fact, it is not a text, and is not written for the academic audience; instead it is speculative in nature and discusses alternate views of a number...
Reality Unveiled
The Reality Unveiled Collection, #1
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This ebook is the first of a collection of monographs on the infrastructure of reality. (Contains approx. 22,000 words).
The idea that the universe is not made up of solid matter and that all that we perceive as objects —from atoms to stars— are really waves, has been around for a long...
Phenomenology of Space and Time
The Forces of the Cosmos and the Ontopoietic Genesis of Life: Book One
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
This book celebrates the investigative power of phenomenology to explore the phenomenological sense of space and time in conjunction with the phenomenology of intentionality, the invisible, the sacred, and the mystical. It examines the course of life through its ontopoietic genesis, opening the cosmic...
Phenomenology of Space and Time
The Forces of the Cosmos and the Ontopoietic Genesis of Life: Book Two
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
This work celebrates the investigative power of phenomenology to explore the phenomenological sense of space and time in conjunction with the phenomenology of intentionality, the invisible, the sacred, and the mystical. It examines the course of life through its ontopoietic genesis, opening the cosmic...
The Privileged Planet
How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Earth. The Final Frontier
Contrary to popular belief, Earth is not an insignificant blip on the universe’s radar. Our world proves anything but average in Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards’ The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery.
But what...
The Genesis Enigma
Why the First Book of the Bible Is Scientifically Accurate
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
An acclaimed, paradigm-shifting evolutionary biologist shows how the biblical story of Genesis uncannily reflects recent scientific discoveries-and finds room for divine inspiration within.
Consider this: Genesis recounts the story of creation, step-by-step: "Let there be light";...
Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
. . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Witty and thought provoking, two Vatican astronomers shed provocative light on some of the strange places where religion and science meet.
“Imagine if a Martian showed up, all big ears and big nose like a child’s drawing, and he asked to be baptized. How would you react?” —Pope Francis,...
by John Polkinghorne
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
by J. P. Kurzitza
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
A short essay about nothing. Which, as it turns out, is about something.There could be no simpler word than the word Nothing. Yet, despite its relatively obvious meaning, the scientific community seems determined to rewrite the definition. Why, you ask? Let's just say that there is one particular theological notion that is of paramount importance on their scientific agenda.
by Owen Gingerich
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence—and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds—and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God’s handiwork can be understood.
by Joel Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Aimed at advanced undergraduates with background knowledge of classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, this textbook presents both the particle dynamics relevant to general relativity, and the field dynamics necessary to understand the theory. Focusing on action extremization, the book develops...
by Joseph Zammit
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Gravity: Demystified
This book explores the nature of gravity as presented by Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein; and examines other aspects of gravity and its relationship to the world around us from a new perspective. It asks some serious questions about how gravity is interpreted and applied...
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2020
From the world-renowned physicist, cofounder of the World Science Festival, and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes this utterly captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose.
Brian Greene takes readers on a breathtaking journey from the big bang to the...
Archives of the Universe
100 Discoveries That Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe.
From...