A collection of essays by the popular science columnist for the Los Angeles Times reports on the most recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, and more to reveal the complex nature of the universe and how it is tied to art, politics, and humanity. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
An adventure into the heart of Nothing by best-selling author K. C. Cole.Once again, acclaimed science writer K. C. Cole brings the arcane and academic down to the level of armchair scientists in The Hole in the Universe , an entertaining and edifying search for nothing at all. Open the newspaper on any given day and you will read of a newly discovered planet, star, and so on. Yet scientists and mathematicians have spent generations searching the far reaches of the universe for that one elusive state—nothingness.Although this may sound like a simple task, every time the absolute void appears within reach, something new is discovered in its a black hole, an undulating string, an additional dimension of space or time—even another universe. A fascinating and literary tour de force, The Hole in the Universe is a virtual romp into the unknown that you never knew wasn't there.
Zahlen, Daten, Statistiken unser Alltag steckt voller Mathematik. Vielen scheint sie nur eine »kalte«, abstrakte Wissenschaft zu sein, doch der Schein trügt: Die Mathematik beschreibt unser Universum, lässt uns Zusammenhänge verstehen, Wahrheit und sogar Schönheit erkennen. Sie prägt unser Bild von der Welt und uns selbst ebenso entscheidend wie Philosophie, Religion oder Kunst. In diesem Buch erzählt die renommierte Wissenschaftsjournalistin K. C. Cole mit Leidenschaft und Witz von den faszinierenden Erkenntnissen der Mathematik und davon, was sie für unser Leben bedeuten.
Demystifying physics in a fascinating read, "First You Build a Cloud" does for physics what the bestselling "The Universe and the Teacup" did for math.