Rovelli, Carlo
Summary: "Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2005
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Summary: Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzlephysicists and philosophers alike.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 ROVSmoot, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 SMOSummary: Errol Morris (The Fog of War) turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRIHawking, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 523.1 HawkiHawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Summary: "In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: British physicist Stephen Hawking explores the mysteries of the universe, discussing the possibility of aliens, time travel, and how the universe began.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV INTSummary: Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking poses enduring scientific questions to teams of non-scientists to test their problem solving skills and summon their inner-genius, covering topics such as time travel, the existence of life on other planets, how the universe came to be, and the origins of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GENSummary: Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence, the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Who or what are we? Are we alone? How did life begin? What happened before? The series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science to reveal the extraordinary truth of our universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Americas 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV THRHertog, Thomas
Summary: "Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar's final thoughts on the cosmos--a dramatic revision of the theory that made him the heir to Einstein's legacy. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this mystery led Hawking to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 HERBojowald, Martin.
Summary: Traces how the author, a physics professor, used the new science of loop quantum gravity to create a simple model of the universe that launched loop quantum cosmology, proposing the theory that the universe undergoes an infinite series of expansions and contractions through time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 BOJImpey, Chris.
Summary: An astronomer discusses the latest theories of the origin of matter and the possibility of parallel universes as he provides an intergalactic tour through a telescope that serves as a time machine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.18 IMPBoslough, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 BosloSummary: "Through the wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence--the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. This series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science--Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum mechanics, String theory and more, to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2011
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Summary: An award-winning theoretical physicist and best-selling author of A Universe from Nothing traces the dramatic discovery of the counterintuitive world of reality, explaining how readers can shift their perspectives to gain greater understandings of our individual roles in the universe. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 KRASummary: There is more to the universe than meets the eye--a lot more. In recent years, scientists have discovered that 95 percent of the contents of the cosmos are invisible to our current methods of direct detection. Yet something is holding galaxies and galaxy clusters together, and something else is causing space to fly apart. Scientists call these invisible components dark matter and dark...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
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Summary: America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.01 TYSSummary: Explore the edges of space and time with Morgan Freeman as your guide in Through The Wormhole. Ten thought-provoking episodes comprise Season Three. Viewers will hold in their hands answers to some of the world's greatest mysteries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV THRSummary: "In a riveting course designed to give non-scientists the matchless experience of scientific discovery and deep understanding, The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know takes you through the most remarkable insights of contemporary physics, showing why physicists believe what they do."--The Great Courses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 EVITyson, Neil deGrasse
Summary: "The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Science TysonFerguson, Kitty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 FERGleiser, Marcelo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 GLEGreene, B. (Brian)
Summary: "From the world-renowned physicist, co-founder 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 end of time and invites us to ponder meaning in the face of this unimaginable expanse. He shows us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf Books 2020