This volume provides a fascinating snapshot of the future of physics, covering fundamental physics, at the frontiers of research. It comprises a wide variety of contributions ...

An interdisciplinary book for scientists interested in the origin and existence of life in our universe, first published in 2007.

"... a tour through the most influential images in science"--Jacket.

Uses basic mathematics to answer one hundred conundrums from everyday life, from the odds of winning the lottery and the method of determining batting averages to the shapes of ...

A retitled and wholly revised edition of "The World Within the World, " Barrow's extraordinary study of how we view the universe, this book traces the development of the human ...

Famous cosmologist and prolific author John Barrow explores the origin and nature of mathematics and explains the important implications of the numerous unanswered questions in ...