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Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1980.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A portrait of an esteemed physicist whose old world sensibilities and pure approach to his work kept him at the forefront of the cutting edge across the span of his long career. He was beloved and respected as a professor, and as a researcher, his work greatly advanced our knowledge of atomic science, earning him numerous awards and distinctions including a Nobel Prize. In working to help solve the energy crisis of the 1970’s, Bethe emerged as one...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Scientific methods, tools, and discoveries have shaped modern civilization and created the landscape we've built for ourselves on which to live, work, and play. Tyson shows how an infusion of science and rational thinking renders worldviews deeper and more informed than ever before-and exposes unfounded perspectives and unjustified emotions. With crystalline prose and an abundance of evidence, Starry Messenger walks us through the scientific palette...
Series
SpaceFiles volume 36, issue 9
Publisher
Film Ideas, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Discovery : history of astronomy: "A thumbnail history -- from the ancients of Babylon and China to the Egyptians who created today's calendar and the Greek, Eratosthenes, who worked out that the Earth is round. In the 16th century Copernicus reasoned that the planets orbit the Sun and, early the following century, Galileo first used a telescope on the sky. Isaac Newton improved it -- and described the effects of gravity. Last century, Edwin Hubble...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and ground-breaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories (his website gives...
Author
Series
Football School volume Season 3
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition, Reinforced trade edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Soccer School, where every class is about soccer! In science class, you'll find out how soccer players make sure they poop before games. In math, you'll figure out the odds of dying during the game. In drama, you'll learn about some famous foul fakers! History, English, geography, political science, physics, and more are on the syllabus of this school, where soccer fans are the star students"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Science of the Perfect Swing strikes a perfect balance between hard science and an accessible tone that will appeal to golf enthusiasts, engineers, and general readers of sports science.
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2017.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 153 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Discover the fallible side of the world's most celebrated genius as you trace Einstein's path to greatness.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...
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