David Filkin Bücher

Untersucht die Bemühungen von Stephen Hawking und anderen Wissenschaftlern, die Geheimnisse und Ursprünge des Universums zu verstehen.

Keď kozmonológovia objavili, že galaxie sa od seba vzďaľujú závratnou rýchlosťou, zmenil sa aj náš pohľad na hviezdy. Pochopenie tejto skutočnosti umožnilo vedcom vypracovať a rozvinúť teóriu o zrode vesmíru – teóriu veľkého tresku. Pri skúmaní tejto teórie Stephen Hawking a iní fyzici cítili potrebu prísť s vedecky podloženým výkladom, ktorý by riešil základnú otázku: aké povahy je vesmír? Kniha Vesmír Stephena Hawkinga popisuje, ako táto práca prebiehala, a zároveň poskytuje jednoduché vysvetlenia javov, ktoré podnecujú našu zvedavosť. Existujú čierne diery? Prečo hviezdy svietia? Čo je supernova? Dozvieme sa tiež, ako málo chýba vedcom k tomu, aby úplne pochopili vesmír.

Stephen Hawking's <i>A Brief History of Time</i> has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. Now, in everyday language, <i>Stephen Hawking's Universe</i> reveals step-by-step how we can all share his understanding of the cosmos, and our own place within it. Stargazing has never been the same since cosmologists discovered that galaxies are moving away from each other at an extraordinary speed. It was this understanding of the movement of galaxies that allowed scientists to develop a theory of how the universe was created—the Big Bang theory. Working with this theory, Stephen Hawking and other physicists felt challenged to come up with a scientific picture that would tackle the fundamental question: what is the nature of the universe? Stephen Hawking's Universe charts this work and provides simple explanations for phenomena that arouse our curiosity. This work is a voyage of discovery with an astonishing set of conclusions that will enable us to understand how matter can be produced from nothing at all and will provide us with an explanation for the basis of our existence and that of everything around us.