"The detection of gravitational waves - ripples in spacetime - by the Ligo-Virgo observatories has already been called the scientific coup of this century and lead to the scientists responsible being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics. Govert Schilling recounts the struggles that threatened to derail the quest and describes the detector's astounding precision, weaving far...(展开全部)

Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us. Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patt...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 哈里·科林斯（Harry Collins）为英国知名的STS（科学与技术研究）学者，任教于加的夫大学，于2012年当选为英国国家学术院院士。科林斯以引力波田野调查为研究课题，从1972年开始，对引力波社群进行了40余年的近距离观察与研究，并作为“互动型专家”融入了LIGO科学合作组织。其曾出版《改变秩序：科学实践中的复制与归纳》《引力之影：寻找引力波》《引力之魅：21世纪的科学发现》《引力之魅与大犬事件：21世纪的科学发现与社会研究》《人人应知的科学》《勾勒姆医生》等畅销科普书籍。在近20本书中，科林斯试图重新定义并解释科学专业知识与科学共识。 ◎ 译者简介 青年天文教师连线是致力联结天文人与青少年的天文教育公益组织。本书译者均为青年天文教师连线翻译组成员，其中胡一鸣副教授、张渊皞博士曾参与第一起引力波事件的探测过程，并与1 000多名...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 哈里·科林斯（Harry Collins）为英国知名的STS（科学与技术研究）学者，任教于加的夫大学，于2012年当选为英国国家学术院院士。科林斯以引力波田野调查为研究课题，从1972年开始，对引力波社群进行了40余年的近距离观察与研究，并作为“互动型专家”融入了LIGO科学合作组织。其曾出版《改变秩序：科学实践中的复制与归纳》《引力之影：寻找引力波》《引力之魅：21世纪的科学发现》《引力之魅与大犬事件：21世纪的科学发现与社会研究》《人人应知的科学》《勾勒姆医生》等畅销科普书籍。在近20本书中，科林斯试图重新定义并解释科学专业知识与科学共识。 ◎ 译者简介 青年天文教师连线是致力联结天文人与青少年的天文教育公益组织。本书译者均为青年天文教师连线翻译组成员，其中胡一鸣副教授、张渊皞博士曾参与第一起引力波事件的探测过程，并与1 000多名...(展开全部)

Packed with color photographs, this comprehensive reference chronicles the history of astronomy. This extraordinary book traces humans' interaction with the endless wonders of the night sky. The authors, both expert astronomers, researched 29 locations worldwide, from Beijing's ancient observatory to the observatory in Puerto Rico that searches for alien radio signals. They als...(展开全部)

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.

Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. They fall in love, but must then endure the calumny and gossip of the villagers.

A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from a debut cartoonist. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets William Finnegan's Barbarian Days. In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion fo...(展开全部)

A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets Barbarian Days. In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion for sur...(展开全部)