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PARKER, Barry R |
Cosmic Time Travel |
I05066 |
1991 |
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| 2 |
PARKER, Barry R |
The Vindication of the Big Bang |
I04414 |
1993 |
eBook |
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PARKER, Barry R |
Stairway to the Stars |
I03809 |
1994 |
eBook |
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| 4 |
PARKER, Barry R |
Search for a Supertheory |
I02705 |
1987 |
eBook |
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PARKER, Barry R |
Invisible Matter and the Fate of the Universe |
I01664 |
1989 |
eBook |
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Parker, Barry R |
Chaos in the Cosmos |
I01468 |
1996 |
eBook |
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Parker, Barry R |
Colliding Galaxies |
I00917 |
1990 |
eBook |
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Parker, Barry R |
Creation |
I00716 |
1988 |
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| Title | Chaos in the Cosmos : The Stunning Complexity of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Parker, Barry R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1996. |
| Description | VIII, 307 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | 'he year was 1889. The French physicist-mathematician Henry T Poincare could not believe his eyes. He had worked for months on one of the most famous problems in science-the problem of three bodies moving around one another under mutual gravita?? tional attraction-and what he was seeing dismayed and trou?? bled him. Since Newton's time it had been assumed that the problem was solvable. All that was needed was a little ingenuity and considerable perseverance, but Poincare saw that this was not the case. Strange, unexplainable things happened when he delved into the problem; it was not solvable after all. Poincare was shocked and dismayed by the result-so disheartened he left the problem and went on to other things. What Poincare was seeing was the first glimpse of a phe?? nomenon we now call chaos. With his discovery the area lay dormant for almost 90 years. Not a single book was written about the phenomenon, and only a trickle of papers appeared. Then, about 1980 a resurgence of interest began, and thousands of papers appeared along with dozens of books. The new science of chaos was born and has attracted as much attention in recent years as breakthroughs in superconductivity and superstring theory |
| ISBN,Price | 9781489933706 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
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5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
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| Title | Colliding Galaxies : The Universe in Turmoil |
| Author(s) | Parker, Barry R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1990. |
| Description | X, 298 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | I remember sitting spellbound, watching the movie When Worlds Collide. Two planets hurled through space toward Earth while scientists and engineers frantically raced to complete a rocket?? ship that would take them to safety. In the final moments the spaceship lifted off as the occupants watched the Earth bulge, crack, then literally explode as one of the planets struck it. As I left the theater I wondered if it was really possible for another world to collide with Earth. Later I learned that while many catastrophic collisions no doubt occurred early in the his?? tory of the solar system, today they are exceedingly rare. I was relieved, but in another sense I was disappointed (not that I hoped a collision of this type would actually occur). A collision of two objects in space, say, two stars, I was sure would be a spectacular event. It is quite unlikely, however, that we will ever witness the collision of two stars. The event is just too rare. But collisions of systems of stars-galaxies-oddly enough, are relatively com?? mon. In fact, we see evidence of several in the sky right now |
| ISBN,Price | 9781489933485 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
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| Title | Creation : The Story of the Origin and Evolution of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Parker, Barry R |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1988. |
| Description | XIII, 297 p. 73 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | I remember once watching a presentation of the creation of the universe in a planetarium. It was a fascinating experience: lights flashing, particles appearing to rush by as an explosive roar echoed throughout the planetarium. Then suddenly ... black?? ness. And after a few seconds ... tiny lights--stars blinking into existence. I tried to imagine myself actually going back to this event. Was this really what it was like? It was an interesting facsimile, but far from what the real thing would have been like. The creation of the universe is an event that is impossible to imagine accurately. Fortunately, this has not discouraged peo?? ple from wondering what it was like. In Creation I have attempted to take you back to the begin?? ning-the big bang explosion-so that you can watch the uni?? verse grow and evolve. Starting with the first fraction of a sec?? ond, I trace the universe from its initial dramatic expansion through to the formation of the first nuclei and atoms. From here I go to the formation of galaxies and the curious distribu?? tion they have taken in space. Finally I talk about the formation of elements in stars, and the first life on the planets around them |
| ISBN,Price | 9781489933324 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
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