8 fascinating books about the universe and the cosmos
Books / / December 19, 2019
In today's collection - books on the latest physical theories and plans for the colonization of Mars, as well as astronauts memoirs. They will appeal to fans of space and all who wish to understand the structure of the universe.
1. "A Brief History of Time," Stephen Hawking
The famous physicist Stephen Hawking talks about the rather complex physical theories: the appearance of the universe, space and time, superstring theories and mathematical riddles. But what makes it so exciting that even untrained reader will understand them easily.
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2. "Knockin 'on Heaven" Lisa Randall
Professor of physics at Harvard University explains the essence of the latest experiments in physics and cosmology. If you have no idea what bosons, neutrons, mesons and fermions, you here. In addition, you will learn why scientists from around the world created the Large Hadron Collider and as the tiniest particles in the universe help us understand the universe the device.
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3. "Guide the astronaut of life on Earth," Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield was 9 years old wanted to go into space, and he succeeded. Today Chris - one of the most experienced astronauts in the world, who spent 4000 hours in the open space.
In his book, he pays much attention to the curious domestic issues: how astronauts preparing for flight, what they eat, how to brush their teeth and go to the toilet. Most importantly, under the cover of this edition, you get two books in one: an interesting story about life in orbit, and the charge of the motivation that will push you not to throw their beginnings in the middle.
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4. "It is not visible from the boundary of space," Ron Garan
But the astronaut Garan made the journey to the stars seriously reconsider their views on life. He has worked with the Russian cosmonauts, once considered enemies, and wondered if the 15 nations can put aside disputes for the sake of an incredibly complex projects for space exploration, why not apply the same approach to address global problems?
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5. "How are we going to live on Mars," Stephen Petranek
It does not matter whether there is life on Mars or not. What is more important: it is there just to be. According to forecasts, after some 20 years Mars colony will live from 40-50 thousand people who will travel from the Earth to Mars one way. TED speaker Stephen Petranek tells about the problems that earthlings be solved on the spot, and technologies that make the development of new planets is possible.
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6. "Einstein's Cosmos," Michio Kaku
Einstein died a few years before the first flight into space. But without him, this event would not be possible. Physicist Michio Kaku describes the period of the scientist, who used to be virtually unknown to the general public. But Einstein's achievements are gaining popularity and help of modern physics to make new discoveries.
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7. "Space", Dmitry Kostjukov and Zina Surova
Very nice edition for children about space exploration. The authors conducted interviews with astronauts and collected interesting answers to unbanal questions: what are the spacesuits astronauts than engaged to the ISS as the first missiles were designed... You will learn about the achievements of Soviet and modern astronauts, engineers and scientists.
8. "Riding the rocket," Mike Malleyn
The book is about the flights program Space Shuttle - the most dangerous of all the funds in manned space exploration history. Two start-up of the five ended in failure. Mike Malleyn tells why because of bureaucratic errors people were killed as prepared to flights the astronauts and how important this space program for science.
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