"This book brings together process and postmodern theologians to reflect on the crucial topic of energy, asking: What are some of the connections between energy and theology? How do ideas about humanity and divinity interrelate with how we live our lives? Its chapters address en…
"The Vegetative Soul demonstrates that one significant resource for the postmodern critique of subjectivity can be found in German Idealism and Romanticism, specifically in the philosophy of nature. Miller demonstrates that the perception of German Idealism and Romanticism as th…
This book provides a chronological introduction to modern atomic theory, which represented an attempt to reconcile the ancient doctrine of atomism with careful experiments?performed during the 19th century?on the flow of heat through substances and across empty space. Included h…
What it is like to be an animal? Ron Broglio wants to know from the inside, from underneath the fur and feathers. In examining this question, he bypasses the perspectives of biology or natural history to explore how one can construct an animal phenomenology, to think and feel as…
Should there be limits to the human alteration of the natural world? Through a study of debates about the environment agricultural biotechnology, synthetic biology, and human enhancement, Gregory E. Kaebnick argues that such moral concerns about nature can be legitimate but are …
Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don't have the rest of eternity to read up on it' Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you' 'Course you do - and who better than Fo…
The origins of the universe for dummies
by Pincock, Stephen, Frary, Mark
fromFor dummies
Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don't have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? 'Course you do - and who better than Fo…
This volume tells of the quest for cosmology as seen by some of the finest cosmologists in the world. It starts with "Galaxy Formation from Start to Finish" and ends with "The First Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe," exploring in between the grand themes of galaxies, the…
Develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
By dividing the creation of matter, energy, life, and mind into three big bangs, the author brings into focus a history of the universe that respects both scientific discovery and the potential presence of an underlying intelligence. Matter-energy appears, initially in simpler f…
The interstellar medium
by Lequeux, James, Falgarone, E., (Edith), Ryter, Ch
fromAstronomy and astrophysics library
"Describing interstellar matter in our galaxy in all of its various forms, this book also considers the physical and chemical processes that are occurring within this matter. Emphasizing methods over results, The Interstellar Medium is written for graduate students, for young as…