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Dark Matter
What if only a small fraction of the stars in our galaxy are visible to us, because the vast majority of star systems are teeming with aliens who wish to remain unseen? Marc Zemin, a brilliant student of astrophysics, is the first human to ever stumble upon this startling secret, when his experiments with wormhole travel cause aliens to land on Earth and whisk him away into space. The aliens want his help in fighting a colossal interstellar war that is rapidly spiraling out of control. But as he struggles to survive from battle to battle across the farthest reaches of the galaxy, he begins to uncover a horrifying conspiracy at play, striving to keep the different sides in continuous conflict with each other. A desperate race against time ensues, as he and a handful of newfound alien friends try to stop the war and confront this mysterious, powerful force bent on destroying all life in the galaxy. "A sci-fi debut that shows great potential." - Kirkus Discoveries.
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The Unknown Universe: The Origin of the Universe, Quantum Gravity, Wormholes, and Other Things Science Still Can't Explain
For the past 10 years, physicists have been banging their heads against the wall, trying to understand one of the greatest new mysteries of the cosmos: Why is the universe pulling itself apart at an ever-increasing rate? Is this a mysterious new force--dark energy--or must we alter our most fundamental theories of time and space? For 30 years, we have been struggling to understand the nature of dark matter--the mysterious invisible matter that outweighs "normal" matter 10 to one and fills the "empty" spaces in our galaxies. For 50 years, we have grappled with the seditious theory of gravity, which has failed to fall in line with all other known forces. But the biggest mystery of all time--one that dates back to man's earliest writings--is our universe, and physicists are the detectives trying to piece together disparate clues that continually turn our view of the cosmos upside down. The Unknown Universe describes how physicists view the creation of our universe, when space and time itself came into being, and how stars formed and exploded, seeding the universe with new stars and galaxies, including our own solar system. This book also explores some of science's newest theories and their implications, such as string theory, which suggests a seemingly bizarre world of 10 dimensions yet may explain quantum gravity. It also describes the biggest conundrums physicists are grappling with today. From dark matter to cosmic rays, from black holes to wormholes, Dr. Hammond explains how these vexatious riddles arose. Filled with personal insights from his own research and historical interludes, The Unknown Universe drags some of our darkest enigmas into the light of day. This is an essential and fascinating reference work for professionals and amateurs alike..
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ROGUE BLACK HOLE
The year is 2979, and Earth is in a golden age. Wars, famine, racism, and crime, are a thing of the past. Man has learned to live in peace and harmony and work together as one, sharing all their resources and technology On the backside of the moon, a vast array of radio and mirror telescopes probe into the depth of space, shielded from the radio transmissions of Earth. But now, a super massive roving black hole (which is REAL) is now threatening this peaceful coexistence, preparing to obliterate the entire Solar System along with the human race, and there is no known technology to divert its course. Is this the end of humanity, or can a way be found to alter its course? Get a copy of the exciting book now! Special Note: If you love surfing the net for info on technology, you'll 'Click Yourself To Bliss'. ENJOY!.
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Lorentzian Wormholes: From Einstein to Hawking (AIP Series in Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics)
From H.G. Wells to Star Trek, audiences have been captivated by the notions of time travel, time warps, space warps, and wornholes But science fiction is not the only realm where these concepts thrive. An active group of general relativists and quantum field theorists has produced a considerable body of serious (thought admittedly speculative) mathematical and physical analyses of the wormhole system. Now, with this fascinating book, readers can explore in depth the science behind the science fiction. Drawing on pivotal work by Einstein, Wheeler, Morris, Thorne, Hawking, and others, Matt Visser charts the development and current state of Lorentzian wormhole physics. Dr. Visser shows that by pushing established physical theories to their limits, it is possible to deduce the physical properties of such exotica as wormholes and time travel. The physical framework he uses is derived from one of the major research frontiers of modern theoretical physics: quantum gravity-the intersection of classical Einstein gravity and quantum field theory. Physicists, students of general relativity, cosmology, quantum physics, or any interested reader with a background in physics wil find this a provocative introduction to an exciting and active topic of ongoing research..
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In Search of the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professionals)
Time travel has been a common feature in popular science fiction, but with today's understanding of black holes, it could possibly be a reality Many astrophysicists believe black holes can function as tunnels leading to other times and other places and that they contain the key to the Big Bang. In this enthralling book John Gribbin lucidly explains such theories and guides us through a still emerging cosmos of neutron and X ray stars, white dwarfs, quasars, and pulsars. "Fascinating." --Hans Christian von Beyer, The New York Times Book Review.
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Wormholes: Essays and Occasional Writings
A collection of the virtuoso nonfiction writings by one of our greatest contemporary storytellers As a novelist, John Fowles needs no introduction His popularity and his place in the English literary canon have been assured for several decades. His novels The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman became instant classics upon publication. But his nonfiction writings are less well known, in part because their appearance has been scattered in ephemeral periodicals, academic journals, or as forewords or introductions to other authors' work. Wormholes is the first representative gathering of Fowles's fugitive and intensely personal writings: essays, literary criticism, commentaries, autobiographical statements, memoirs, and musings.Wormholes is divided into four sections--Writing and the Self, Culture and Society, Literature and Literary Criticism, and Nature and the Nature of Nature; these thirty pieces, dating from 1963 to the present, range in length from a single page to substantial essays. Wormholes is a reflection of the writer's developing views on the art of fiction and on the relationship of literature to life and morality throughout the mature, fertile period of his career. Not only is it a rich mine of essays as art, it is also geography of the mind of one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century. .
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Through the Wormhole
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