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Jeff Forshaw is the author of Why Does E=mc2? (2009), The Quantum Universe (2012), Universal (2017), Black Holes (2023), Pourquoi E=mc2 ? (2024).

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Why Does E=mc2?

release date: Jul 14, 2009
Why Does E=mc2?
The international bestseller: an introduction to the theory of relativity by the eminent physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein''s famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding commonly held misconceptions-they demonstrate how the structure of nature itself is contained within this equation. Along the way, we visit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted: the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator capable of re-creating conditions that existed fractions of a second after the Big Bang. A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the United Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, Why Does E=mc2? is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity.

The Quantum Universe

release date: Jan 31, 2012
The Quantum Universe
The authors of the international bestseller Why Does E=mc2? present a simple theory that leads to concrete and quite astonishing predictions for the natural world

Universal

release date: Mar 28, 2017
Universal
An awe-inspiring, unforgettable journey of scientific exploration from Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, the international bestselling authors of Why Does E=MC2? and The Quantum Universe, with 55 black-&-white and 45 full-color pages featuring photographs, diagrams, maps, tables, and graphs. We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the entire universe was compressed into a space smaller than an atom. And now, as Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw show, we can do more than imagine: we can understand. Universal takes us on an epic journey of scientific exploration. It reveals how we can all come to grips with some of the most fundamental questions about our Earth, Sun, and solar system--and the star-filled galaxies beyond. How big is our solar system? How quickly is space expanding? How big is the universe? What is it made of? Some of these questions can be answered on the basis of observations you can make in your own backyard. Other answers draw on the astonishing information now being gathered by teams of astronomers operating at the frontiers of the known universe. At the heart of all this lies the scientific method. Science reveals a deeper beauty and connects us to each other, to our world, and to our universe. Science reaches out into the unknown. As Universal demonstrates, if we dare to imagine, we can do the same.

Black Holes

release date: Mar 28, 2023
Black Holes
By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe. At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes. Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature black holes are creating chaos. And in a quiet part of the universe, the Swift satellite has picked up evidence of a gruesome death caused by one of these dark powers. High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole – heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon. They have the power to wipe out any of the universe’s other inhabitants, but no one has ever seen a black hole itself die. But 1.8 billion light years away, the LIGO instruments have recently detected something that could be the closest a black hole gets to death. Gravitational waves given off as two enormous black holes merge together. And now scientists think that these gravitational waves could be evidence of two black holes connecting to form a wormhole – a link through space and time. It seems outlandish, but today’s physicists are daring to think the unthinkable – that black holes could connect us to another universe. At their very heart, black holes are also where Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity is stretched in almost unimaginable ways, revealing black holes as the key to our understanding of the fundamentals of our universe and perhaps all other universes. Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe’s most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy, including our own, and what secrets they still hold, waiting to be discovered.

Pourquoi E=mc2 ?

release date: Sep 18, 2024
Pourquoi E=mc2 ?
Savez-vous que vous voyagez à la vitesse de la lumière ? Bien sûr, nous ne parlons pas ici d''un voyage dans l''espace en trois dimensions, mais dans la structure profonde de l''Univers : l''espace-temps. Vous trouvez cela difficile à croire ? Pourtant, c''est bien ce que nous dit la fameuse équation d''Einstein : E=mc2 ! En talentueux passeurs de savoirs, Brian Cox et Jeff Forshaw nous révèlent dans ce livre les mystères de la théorie de la relativité. Grâce à eux, même sans bagage mathématique, vous pourrez percer les secrets de l''équation la plus célèbre du monde !

L'univers quantique

release date: Apr 24, 2024
L'univers quantique
Brian Cox et Jeff Forshaw révèlent dans cet ouvrage la signification profonde de la physique quantique. Ils montrent pourquoi elle fournit une description de la Nature avec un immense pouvoir prédictif et explicatif, couvrant une vaste gamme de phénomènes, des puces de silicium aux fonctionnement des étoiles. L''histoire commence au tournant du XXe siècle, avec l''hypothèse de Max Planck qui postule que le rayonnement lumineux dégagé par un corps chaud est constituée de petits paquets d''énergie qu''il nomme "quanta". Brian Cox et Jeff Forshaw explorent ensuite plus d''un siècle de découvertes et de questionnements, jusqu''au fameux boson de higgs, clé de voûte du modèle standard décrivant la matière à son niveau le plus élémentaire.

Buchi neri

release date: Sep 28, 2023
Buchi neri
Nel cuore della Via Lattea c’è un buco nero supermassiccio con una massa 4 milioni di volte maggiore di quella del nostro Sole. Un luogo dove spazio e tempo sono talmente deformati che la luce resta intrappolata se si avvicina a meno di 12 milioni di chilometri. Secondo Einstein, lì si trova la fine del tempo. Secondo la fisica del XXI secolo, la realtà potrebbe essere molto più bizzarra. I buchi neri si trovano dove una volta brillavano le stelle più massicce e al limite della nostra attuale capacità di comprendere. Sono oggetti di origine naturale, inevitabili creazioni della gravità quando troppa materia collassa in uno spazio insufficiente. Eppure, anche se le leggi di natura li predicono, non riescono a descriverli completamente. I buchi neri sono luoghi nello spazio e nel tempo in cui le leggi gravitazionali, la fisica quantistica e la termodinamica entrano in collisione. Dopo averli originariamente considerati così inquietanti da concepire tanto da negarne semplicemente l’esistenza, solo negli ultimi anni abbiamo incominciato a intravedere una nuova sintesi. Una profonda connessione tra gravità e teoria dell’informazione quantistica descrive un universo olografico in cui spazio e tempo emergono da una rete di bit quantistici e cunicoli di tarlo si estendono nel vuoto. In questo libro rivoluzionario i professori Brian Cox e Jeff Forshaw portano il lettore all’ultimo stadio della nostra comprensione dei buchi neri: un viaggio scientifico alle frontiere della ricerca attraverso un secolo di fisica, da Einstein a Hawking e oltre, fino alla sorprendente conclusione che il nostro mondo potrebbe funzionare come un gigantesco computer quantistico.

Por qu E=mc ? / Why Does E=mc?

release date: Feb 01, 2013

為什麼E=mc2?看懂相對論的第一本書

release date: Mar 06, 2025
為什麼E=mc2?看懂相對論的第一本書
只用畢氏定理,也能讀懂相對論! ◎了解愛因斯坦最大發現的入門書 愛因斯坦於1905年提出的公式E=mc²,揭示了能量(E)與質量(m)可以相互轉換,然而,為什麼能量等於質量乘以光速(c)的平方?背後蘊藏的物理原理如何奠定了近代物理學的基石,又如何影響我們對宇宙的理解? 推導愛因斯坦的公式,只需要畢氏定理 物理學家考克斯與福肖從時間與空間的定義開始,一步一步帶我們建構愛因斯坦想像中的宇宙,了解光速為什麼會成為「宇宙速限」。接著,他們用簡單的圖表重新演繹愛因斯坦的狹義相對論,並只用畢氏定理(a2 + b2 = c2)推導出E=mc²。 了解質能互換,然後呢? 狹義相對論與質能互換公式為近代物理學打下基礎,不論是微觀粒子物理與宏觀宇宙結構,都看得到相對論的影子。從微觀而言,「物質為何會有質量?」這個問題可能得從希格斯粒子上尋求答案,而大型強子對撞機的研究很有可能會提供那個關鍵線索。在巨觀尺度下,愛因斯坦後續推出的廣義相對論說明重力是由時空彎曲引起的,讓我們更能夠理解天體運行,也成為宇宙學的基礎假設。 本書是一部適合所有人的科學讀物,無需專業背景也能讀懂其中奧秘。透過詼諧的語言和清晰的敘述,作者揭開了公式背後的哲學意涵和科學浪漫。無論是對科學懷抱好奇,還是希望深入理解自然規律,這本書都能滿足你的求知欲。透過了解E=mc²,將能掌握這一公式對現代科技和宇宙觀的深遠影響。 專業推薦 林秀豪 清華大學物理系教授 張峻輔 高雄中學物理科老師 鑾丕綱 中央大學光電科學與工程學系副教授

L'universo quantistico svelato

release date: Jul 10, 2013
L'universo quantistico svelato
Con accattivante chiarezza e un entusiasmo contagioso gli autori, Brian Cox e Jeff Forshaw, si confrontano con la meccanica quantistica, una delle teorie fisiche più affascinanti, ma notoriamente ostica al grande pubblico. Semplicemente: cos’è la meccanica quantistica? Come si lega con le teorie di Newton e Einstein? E soprattutto, come facciamo a essere certi che sia una teoria valida? Il regno subatomico vanta una reputazione ambigua, sospesa tra la capacità di previsioni concrete e sbalorditive sul mondo che ci circonda, e la genesi di innumerevoli malintesi. Ne l’Universo quantistico svelato, Cox e Foshaw fanno piazza pulita di ogni confusione, offrendo un approccio illuminante e accessibile al mondo della meccanica quantistica, mostrando non solo cos’è e come funziona, ma anche perché è così importante.

De ce E = mc2?

release date: Dec 13, 2023
De ce E = mc2?
BESTSELLER GAUDEAMUS 2023 Traducere de Iulian Comănescu Dacă figura lui Einstein, de savant cu părul vâlvoi, simbol al înțelepciunii și nonconformismului, fascinează de mult marele public, teoriile lui continuă să fie privite cu un respect temător, lăsând impresia că țin de domeniul ezotericului și că numai aceia care au studiat fizica ani de zile își pot face o idee despre ele. Brian Cox și Jeff Forshaw reușesc în De ce E = mc2? să demistifice asemenea prejudecăți. Pentru a le urmări raționamentele – care sunt de fapt chiar raționamentele lui Einstein reduse la esență –, cititorului îi este de-ajuns să cunoască teorema lui Pitagora. E o performanță remarcabilă să explici riguros, dar cu atât de puțină matematică, cum se poate ajunge la cea mai celebră formulă din știință. Apoi, pentru a lămuri semnificația noțiunii de masă, Cox și Forshaw ajung să explice într-un mod plastic și inteligibil chestiuni subtile de fizică fundamentală – bazele Modelului Standard, invarianța la etalonare și mecanismul Higgs – la care ți-ai închipui că numai specialiștii au acces. În fine, în ultimul capitol ni se oferă o imagine intuitivă a relativității generale, cea mai bună teorie a gravitației de care dispunem în prezent, la peste un secol de la elaborarea ei. Citindu-i pe Cox și Forshaw, descoperim că știința nu-i chiar atât de dificilă pe cât credem, iar Einstein n-a fost vreun suprau00adom, ci un om plin de imaginație, mânat de curiozitate, preocupat de întrebări aparent simple și având tenacitatea de a deduce până la capăt consecințele ideilor lui.

Warum ist E = mc2?

release date: Nov 05, 2015

Schwarze Löcher

release date: Mar 18, 2024

Kuantum Evreni - Olabilecek Her Sey Olur

release date: Nov 01, 2023

Was wiegt das Universum?

release date: Jul 05, 2018
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