Timothy Ferris
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English
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For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding from us. This led to the revolutionary realization that the universe is expanding. The Red Limit is the tale of this discovery, its ramifications, and the passionately competitive astronomers who charted...
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"Ferris is a master analogist who conveys his insights on the history of cosmology with a lyrical flair." -The New York Times Book Review
In The Science of Liberty, award-winning author Timothy Ferris-called "the best popular science writer in the English language today" by the Christian Science Monitor and "the best science writer of his generation" by the Washington Post-makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of...
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There is a major revolution sweeping astronomy as amateur astronomers, linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. In Seeing in the Dark, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers, capturing the exquisite experience when ancient starlight strikes the eye and incites the mind. He reports from around the globe - from England to the Chilean Andes - on the popular movement that's putting millions...
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English
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A fascinating examination of the search for life in our solar system and beyond!
In this intriguing recording, Professor Emeritus Timothy Ferris- one of the world's most respected science writers- explores man's search for life elsewhere in the universe. Ferris combines new discoveries about the origins of life as we know it on Earth with recent revelations about the sun's planets and their moons. Ferris explains why many...
8) Galaxies
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Distributed by Workman Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1982
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English
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"A Sierra Club book." An accurately illustrated guidebook with theoretical space journeys through the universe.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity--the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas--and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer...
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Distributed by Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Looks at the question as to whether there is intelligent life on other planets in the universe. This involves new information about the origins of life on earth, and the coming possibility of communication over long distances with other intelligences.
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English
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A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber--Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track-collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters-offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and lust for life made him a legend in his own time. Containing...
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Ozma Records
Pub. Date
2017.
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Multiple
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Two-CD/book set reproducing the audio recordings and photographs contained on the phonograph records that were included aboard the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft launched in 1977. The records contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth and are intended for any intelligent life form who may find them.
