1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248332203316

Autore

De La Torre Miguel A.

Titolo

Doing Christian ethics from the margins / / Miguel A. De La Torre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maryknoll, N.Y. : , : Orbis Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9781608334476

9781626980754

1-60833-447-3

1-57075-551-5

Edizione

[2nd edition revised and expanded.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 362 pages ) : illustrations

Soggetti

Christian ethics

Marginality, Social - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print of version.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-351) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466742303316

Autore

Barrett Ross

Titolo

Don't be afraid of physics : quantum mechanics, relativity and cosmology for everyone / / Ross Barrett, Pier Paolo Delsanto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-63409-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 293 p. 79 illus., 48 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I: What is science all about?  -- The Ultimate Question -- The Meaning of Understanding -- Truth and Beauty -- Gödel, Hawking and the Foundations of Physics -- Part II: Today’s Frontiers -- The Incredible Quantum Mechanics -- Special Relativity -- General Relativity -- The Most Accurate Theory in Physics -- The Standard Model of Fundamental Particles -- How the World Began -- Modern Cosmology -- Part III: Open Questions -- Issues for the Future -- Appendices. .

Sommario/riassunto

With the aid of entertaining short stories, anecdotes, lucid explanations and straight-forward figures, this book challenges the perception that the world of physics is inaccessible to the non-expert. Beginning with Neanderthal man, it traces the evolution of human reason and understanding from paradoxes and optical illusions to gravitational waves, black holes and dark energy. On the way, it provides insights into the mind-boggling advances at the frontiers of physics and cosmology. Unsolved problems and contradictions are highlighted, and contentious issues in modern physics are discussed in a non-dogmatic way in a language comprehensible to the non-scientist. It has something for everyone.