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John D. Barrow FRS is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project to improve the appreciation of mathematics amongst the general public, teachers, and school students. The recipient of many distinguished prizes, his research interests are in cosmology, gravitation, and the interface between particle physics and astronomy. He is also a prolific author, the most recent of his twenty-two books being 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Maths and the Arts (2014) and The Book of Universes (2011).
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The Philosophy of Cosmology

John D. Barrow , Khalil Chamcham , Simon Saunders , Joseph Silk


Cambridge University Press

2017-04-13

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Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Origin Of The Universe
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The Origin Of The Universe


John D. Barrow


A leading cosmologist explains our current understanding of space and timeThere was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the COBE space probe sent back data that proved not only that the Big Bang had happened but also that it...

Parution : 2014-03-20
Format(s) : ePub
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Télécharger le livre :  Mathletics
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Mathletics


John D. Barrow


* How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without running any faster?* Why do high-jumpers use the Fosbury Flop?* What's the best strategy for taking penalties in football?* What statistical advantage do left-handed boxers have over their right-handed...

Parution : 2013-06-20
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport
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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport


John D. Barrow


What can maths tell us about sports? 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping, swimming and points scoring across the whole sporting spectrum. Whether you are a competitor striving to go faster or...

Parution : 2012-03-15
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  Cosmic Imagery
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Cosmic Imagery


John D. Barrow


* Certain key images embody our understanding of life and the universe we inhabit. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, or the stunning images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, were made possible by our new technical capabilities.*...

Parution : 2011-12-31
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  The Book Of Nothing
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The Book Of Nothing


John D. Barrow


How do you begin to understand the concept of nothing? Where does it begin and where does it end?From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers, from Shakespeare to the empty set, from the ether to the quantum vacuum, from being and nothingness to...

Parution : 2011-02-15
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  The Book of Universes
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The Book of Universes


John D. Barrow


This is a book about universes. It tells a story that revolves around a single extraordinary fact: that Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity describes a series of entire universes. Not many solutions to Einstein's tantalising universe equations have ever been...

Parution : 2011-02-03
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  The Constants Of Nature
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The Constants Of Nature


John D. Barrow


The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter....

Parution : 2010-07-06
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot
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Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot


John D. Barrow


'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully...

Parution : 2010-07-02
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  The Infinite Book
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The Infinite Book


John D. Barrow


‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come...

Parution : 2010-03-30
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know
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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know


John D. Barrow


'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully...

Parution : 2010-01-26
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Éditeur : Vintage Digital
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Télécharger le livre :  New Theories of Everything
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New Theories of Everything


John D. Barrow


Will we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for the theory of everything - a single key that unlocks all the secrets of the Universe - is no...

Parution : 2007-06-28
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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New Theories of Everything


John D. Barrow


Will we ever discover a single scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen, on every level in the Universe? The quest for the theory of everything - a single key that unlocks all the secrets of the Universe - is no...

Parution : 2007-06-28
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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