'Man's Place in the Universe' is a fascinating work on astronomy that deals with important aspects of cosmology and analyses the possibilities of life existing elsewhere in the universe.

A number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life, as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator God intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly...

When the Earth's shadow covers the sun's light, which would normally reflect off the moon, a lunar eclipse occurs. Total lunar eclipses, partial lunar eclipses, and penumbral lunar eclipses are the most spectacular, with the Earth's shadow totally covering the moon. Throughout history, eclipses have impressed awe and even worry, particularly once total satellite eclipses turned the moon chromatic. NASA maintains a list of predicted lunar eclipses...

Ancient humans must have found eclipses unnerving and unpredictable. Periodically, they are not easy to understand because of their complex nature. It is both dramatic and transient when a solar eclipse takes place. Due to diffraction on the moon's surface and its jaggedness, a solar eclipse appears to remove the sun from the sky as the sun disappears. However this simple explanation has fascinated humans for thousands of years. Shrouded in mystery...

The concept of Infinity has been around since the ancients and it has many practical applications in mathematics like Calculus. Infinity is also important in Fractals which are a graphical algorithm which is used in many computer graphics applications today and which has infinite depth. It is also applicable to our Universe since the standard concept we are taught about the Big Bang as the beginning of the Universe may be wrong. Modern evidence is...

Rev. 1C-11 Aug 2021 This ebook is a collection of 30 technical papers involving earth-shattering ideas. Our physical universe literally blinks, off and on, more than 1 trillion times each second. It is called the Lighthouse Frequency, and it is calculated to be 1,101,361,642,963.57 Hz, or expressed as 1.1 THz By utilizing the harmonics of this important frequency, we can do many things that were previously impossible, including time travel, faster-than-light...

Open your mind to a universe that is both awe-inspiring and accessible in The Once and Future Universe. This enlightening book presents a captivating journey through the cosmos, providing a basic understanding of its structure and ongoing mechanisms. From galaxies to subatomic particles, grasp the fundamental principles that govern the universe, unveiling its mysteries and fostering a deep appreciation for its interconnected wonders. Prepare to expand...

Daniel Kennefick is Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Arkansas. He is an editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (Princeton). Since Einstein first described them nearly a century ago, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics. These as yet undetected fluctuations in the shape of space-time were first predicted by Einstein's general theory...

Ever wonder if we are alone in this universe? Over the years, researchers and scientists have scoured government documents in search of proof that life exists beyond Earth and has regularly visited us here. One set of documents, known as Project Blue Book, includes retired, declassified records from 1947 to 1969 from the United States Air Force (USAF), currently in the custody of the US National Archives. According to a US Air Force Fact Sheet,...

Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal of Great Britain, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, a former director of the Cambridge Institute of Astronomy and author, most recently, of the bestselling Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe. Our universe seems strangely ''biophilic,'' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees, the answer depends on the answer to another...