Une brève histoire du temps ; du big bang aux trous noirs

Ce sont les objets les plus mystérieux de notre cosmos, des monstres si denses qu’ils engloutissent à jamais tout ce qui passe à leur portée, même la lumière. Du moins le croyait-on, jusqu’à ce que Stephen Hawking montre que les trous noirs s’évaporaient en émettant des particules dans l’espace…Pourquoi ne sont-ils pas si noirs ? Que deviennent les astres qui ont le malheur de s’en approcher de trop près ? Se pourrait-il que les trous noirs soient la porte d’entrée vers d’autres univers ? C’est bien ce que suggère le grand physicien, qui nous livre ici le fruit d’une vie de recherche et les dernières et stupéfiantes nouvelles de ces entités.

Dernières nouvelles des trous noirs

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Copernic, Galilée, Kepler, Newton et Einstein. Cinq génies qui bouleversèrent le cours de la science, bravant interdits et répression. Cinq textes révolutionnaires, dont un si controversé qu'il fut banni par l'Eglise catholique, et un autre si "dangereux" que son auteur dut faire face aux foudres de l'Inquisition. Voilà ce que vous allez trouver dans ce livre, où sont réunis par Stephen Hawking, pour la toute première fois, les grands textes fondateurs de la physique et de l'astronomie.

Sur les épaules des géants - Les plus grands textes de physique et d'astronomie

The extraordinary history of British science, with commentary from Britain's greatest living scientists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and James Dyson

 We may only be a small island, but we are far from small-minded. Over the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of British scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universe.

 Genius of Britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of British scientists as they realised they were about to change the world. Every one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human story. The relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalry. Some had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of science. The impact of this small cast of characters is remarkable. Vaccination, inoculation and the discovery of Penicillin saved the lives of millions. The electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the Big Bang, Evolution and Gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existence.

 Genius of Britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest British scientists with Robert Uhlig's compelling narrative. The result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to Britain's exceptional contribution to science.

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In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these observations, as well as his own recent research, Professor Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, written an entirely new chapter on wormholes and time travel, and updated the chapters throughout.

Une brève histoire du temps - Du Big-Bang aux trous noirs

Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another; the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe. But it is also true that in the years since its publication, readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts. This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author's wish to make its content more accessible to readers - as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings.Although this book is literally somewhat "briefer", it actually expands on the great subjects of the original. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. Conversely, subjects of wide interest that were difficult to follow because they were interspersed throughout the book have now been given entire chapters of their own, including relativity, curved space, and quantum theory.This reorganization has allowed the authors to expand areas of special interest and recent progress, from the latest developments in string theory to exciting developments in the search for a complete unified theory of all the forces of physics. Like prior editions of the book - but even more so - A Briefer History of Time will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space. Thirty-seven full-color illustrations enhance the text and make A Briefer History of Time an exhilarating addition in its own right to the literature of science.

Une belle histoire du temps

Premier livre de Stephen Hawking écrit à l'intention du non-spécialiste, succès incontournable dès sa parution, Une brève histoire du temps présente dans un langage simple et accessible les développements contemporains de l'astrophysique. 

Retraçant les grandes théories du cosmos, de Galilée et Newton à Einstein et Poincaré, racontant les avancées prodigieuses de la recherche sur l'espace et le temps, expliquant la nature des trous noirs, il propose de relever le plus grand défi de la science moderne : la quête d'une théorie unitaire unifiant la relativité générale et la mécanique quantique.

Une brève histoire du temps - Du Big Bang aux trous noirs

In Stephen Hawking's landmark #1 New York Times bestseller - now updated with a new introduction and six short essays on the current science - one of today's greatest scientific minds explores such profound questions as : How did the universe begin - and what made its start possible ? Does time always flow forward ? Is the universe unending - or are there boundaries ? Are there other dimensions in space ? What will happen when it all ends ? Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and "arrows of time", of the big bang and a bigger God - where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.

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