Jim Baggott: 12 books
Farewell to Reality
How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Scientific Truth
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
From acclaimed science author Jim Baggot, a lively, provocative, and “intellectually gratifying” critique of modern theoretical physics (The Economist).
Where does one draw the line between solid science and fairy-tale physics? Jim Baggott argues that there is no observational or experimental...
Quantum Space
Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behaviour of matter in a curved spacetime. This theory is the basis for the standard model of big bang cosmology. The discovery...
by Jim Baggott
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Tra i tanti oggetti pervasivi ed elusivi che affollano la dimensione invisibile del mondo subatomico, il "bosone di Higgs» è stato il più pervasivo ed elusivo: quella particella era l'elemento cruciale che mancava a completare il puzzle del Modello Standard, perché conferiva massa a tutte...
Origini
La storia scientifica della creazione
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 18, 2017
È possibile tracciare in un'unica, serrata narrazione la «storia materiale» dell'universo dal big bang all'evoluzione della coscienza di Homo sapiens? Sì, lo è, se al compito – ambizioso ai limiti dell'azzardo – provvede uno scienziato come Jim Baggott, con il suo approccio al contempo...
by Jim Baggott, Stephen Fender, Maryanne Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
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Higgs:The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle'
The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle'
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So exactly what is this particle? Why does it matter so much? What does it tell us about the Universe? Has the discovery announced on 4 July 2012 finished the search? And was finding it really worth all the effort?The...
The Quantum Story:A history in 40 moments
A history in 40 moments
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge...
by Jim Baggott
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual...
Mass
The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2017
Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We are taught in school that matter is not continuous, but discrete. As a few of the philosophers of ancient...
by Jim Baggott
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2006
Baggott relates an epic story of science and technology at the very limits of human understanding: the monumental race to build the first atomic weapon.
Origins
The Scientific Story of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know? There are many different versions of our creation story. This book...
La particule de Dieu
A la découverte du Boson de Higgs
Language: French
Release Date: April 10, 2013
De quoi le monde est-il constitué? Des questions aussi simples que celle-ci ont taraudé l'esprit de l'Homme depuis les origines. Même si les raisonnements sont devenus de plus en plus complexes au fil du temps, au fond, cette question centrale reste très basique.
Ce livre raconte la quête des...