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The Sun - Beginner's Guide To Our Local Star (Paperback): Dr. Ryan French, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Collins Astronomy The Sun - Beginner's Guide To Our Local Star (Paperback)
Dr. Ryan French, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Collins Astronomy
R202 Discovery Miles 2 020 In Stock

Despite its apparent unchanging appearance in the daytime sky, the Sun is incredibly dynamic and shrouded in mystery. In this guide, Dr. Ryan French explores history, science, and modern observations to uncover the mysteries of the Sun.

From ancient astronomers who hailed the Sun as a deity, to new age space exploration, the way we observe the Sun has come a long way. Humanity’s scientific journey to understand the Sun has included many intriguing and humorous tales from over the centuries. In today’s age, it is far easier to become a sun observer. Learn about cutting-edge space observations of the Sun and how to access these images from home. Uncover further methods of observing the Sun safely from your own back garden using off-the-shelf solar telescopes, DIY pin-hole cameras and solar projectors.

The perfect gift for anyone wishing to learn more about our local star.

Space Science Cover-Ups - The Truth About the Moon, Mars & More (Paperback): Jonathon Ray Spinney Space Science Cover-Ups - The Truth About the Moon, Mars & More (Paperback)
Jonathon Ray Spinney
R502 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Save R114 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this new colour presentation Jonathon Ray chronicles 60 years of true space science findings by both leading astronomers and NASA. The truth is that there is evidence all over our solar system that we are not alone and that humans may have origins on other planets. Gathered from 20 years of research and photographs, the information presented here just may change how you view human existence and purpose forever. Space science information and discoveries must always be presented truthfully and unedited to the general public. The advancement of the human species is at stake. If in fact our national or international space exploration programs find evidence that there are alien races living in our solar system -- past or present, then it is critical that this information be shared not only with the scientific community but with the entire general public. Advancements in distant space travel, alternative energy, environmental protection and universal understandings are at stake.

A Research Agenda for Space Policy (Hardcover): Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Christina Giannopapa, Ntorina Antoni A Research Agenda for Space Policy (Hardcover)
Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Christina Giannopapa, Ntorina Antoni
R3,468 Discovery Miles 34 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the opportunity to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Space policy is now a top priority in international relations. This timely Research Agenda takes the definition of space policy itself as an object of analysis rather than as an unquestioned premise. It presents the multi-faceted spectrum of elements combined within space policy which are crucially relevant to security, welfare and modern society. Chapters demonstrate why space matters and how space policy research has reflected this during the past half-century. Expert international contributors set out a forward-looking research agenda for the 2020s, identifying key problems and conflicts related to the topic and exploring policy, regulatory approaches and diplomatic mechanisms to reach possible solutions. The types of actors and institutions playing a key role in space policy are also examined through an interdisciplinary lens. Scholars and students of political science, international relations and law will find this to be a sophisticated, cutting-edge resource for analysing and understanding the multi-dimensional impacts of space policy.

The Possibility of Life - Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos (Hardcover): Jaime Green The Possibility of Life - Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos (Hardcover)
Jaime Green
R548 R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Save R73 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the most powerful questions we ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? The Possibility of Life traces the history of our understanding of what and where life in the universe could be, from Galileo and Copernicus through to our current tracking of exoplanets in the Goldilocks zone, where life akin to ours on Earth might exist. Along the way, Jaime Green studies insights from a long tradition of science fiction that uses imagination to extrapolate and construct worlds, in turn inspiring scientists and their research. Bringing together expert interviews, cutting-edge astronomy, philosophical inquiry and pop culture touchstones ranging from A Wrinkle in Time to Star Trek, The Possibility of Life delves into our evolving conception of the cosmos to pose an even deeper question: what does it mean to be human?

The Little Book of Space - An Introduction to the Solar System and Beyond (Paperback): Norman Ferguson The Little Book of Space - An Introduction to the Solar System and Beyond (Paperback)
Norman Ferguson
R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Space is spectacular This short, informative and engaging guide to the wonders of the universe will fascinate and inspire readers of all ages There's never been a more exciting time to learn about space. As new rockets are launched and fresh discoveries are made, humanity's urge to explore and understand what's going on out there keeps evolving and expanding. But you don't need to have Einstein-level training to grasp the science and ponder the big questions. This little book covers everything from the Big Bang and the formation of the planets in our solar system, and how to spot them in the night sky, to a timeline of firsts and major events, including the Apollo missions, Elon Musk's SpaceX programme and Tim Peake's Principia mission. Packed with awe-inspiring facts and profiles of key figures, it will take you on an out-of-this-world adventure to the stars and back. Among the many fascinating questions the book will answer are these: How big is the universe and how was it formed? How many meteorites crash into Earth every day? Could humans one day live on Mars? Are we alone in the universe?

Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism - Legal and Policy Aspects (Hardcover): Jan Wouters, Philip de Man, Rik Hansen Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism - Legal and Policy Aspects (Hardcover)
Jan Wouters, Philip de Man, Rik Hansen
R3,655 Discovery Miles 36 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism combines the perspectives of academics, policy makers and major industry players around three central themes: the international legal challenges posed by the dramatic changes to the spacefaring landscape; the corresponding legal and regulatory responses to these challenges at the national level; and topical questions of global space governance. Chapters cover emerging activities in commercial spacefaring, including space tourism and space transportation, and identify the regulatory issues that may arise in the absence of a clear boundary between airspace and outer space. By taking a pragmatic, inductive approach, the book aims to breathe new life into the discussion of the air?space boundary, while informing readers about the many exciting recent developments in commercial spacefaring. This book will appeal to lecturers, academics and students in space law and air law, as well as policy makers and industry practitioners involved in the regulation of orbital and suborbital commercial spaceflight, both manned and unmanned. Contributors include: P. De Man, M. Gold, A. Harrington, C. Hearsey, T. Herman, A. Kerrest, J.-B. Marciacq, J.-F. Mayence, W. Munters, D.P. Murray, K. Nyman-Metcalf, L.J. Smith, A. Soucek, J. Stubbs, S. Wood, J. Wouters

The Six - The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space (Hardcover): Loren Grush The Six - The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space (Hardcover)
Loren Grush
R745 R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Save R143 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts 'Suspenseful, meticulously observed... encompasses the talent, ambition and perseverance of America's first female astronauts' Margot Lee Shetterly, bestselling author of Hidden Figures When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots - a group then made up exclusively of men - had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed too fragile for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA relented and opened the application process to everyone, regardless of race or gender. From a 1977 candidate pool of 8,000 six elite women were selected - Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon. In The Six, acclaimed journalist Loren Grush shows these brilliant and courageous women enduring claustrophobic - and sometimes deeply sexist - media attention, undergoing rigorous survival training, and preparing for years to take multi-million-dollar payloads into orbit. Together, the Six helped build the tools that made the space program run. One of the group, Judy Resnik, sacrificed her life when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded at 46,000 feet. Everyone knows of Sally Ride's history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark.

Fighting for Space - Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight (Paperback): Amy Shira Teitel Fighting for Space - Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight (Paperback)
Amy Shira Teitel
R494 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R78 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Meteorite - The Stones From Outer Space That Made Our World (Hardcover): Tim Gregory Meteorite - The Stones From Outer Space That Made Our World (Hardcover)
Tim Gregory
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky fragments offer clues not just to the earliest origins of the Solar System but also to Earth's very survival into the future. Sky at Night presenter, Dr Tim Gregory takes us on a journey through the very earliest days of our Solar System to the spectacular meteorite falls that produced 'fiery rain' in 1792, to the pre-solar grains (literally stardust) that were blown in from other solar systems and are the oldest solid objects ever discovered on earth. Meteorites reveal a story much bigger than ourselves or our planet. As Tim says, 'it is an epic beyond compare'.

Bringing Columbia Home - The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Paperback): Michael D Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward Bringing Columbia Home - The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew (Paperback)
Michael D Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward; Foreword by Robert Crippen; Epilogue by Eileen M. Collins
R541 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R80 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters The dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history. This comprehensive account is told in four parts: Parallel Confusion Courage, Compassion, and Commitment Picking Up the Pieces A Bittersweet Victory For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it ultimately holds. In the aftermath of tragedy, people and communities came together to help bring home the remains of the crew and nearly 40 percent of shuttle, an effort that was instrumental in piecing together what happened so the shuttle program could return to flight and complete the International Space Station. Bringing Columbia Home shares the deeply personal stories that emerged as NASA employees looked for lost colleagues and searchers overcame immense physical, logistical, and emotional challenges and worked together to accomplish the impossible. Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, and dedicated to the astronauts and recovery search persons who lost their lives, this is an incredible, compelling narrative about the best of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.

Super Space (Paperback): Charis Mather Super Space (Paperback)
Charis Mather; Designed by Drue Rintoul
R185 R152 Discovery Miles 1 520 Save R33 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

What's odd, scary, incredible and wonderful all at the same time? Our universe! Jump in at the deep end and learn all about our universe's super space sights! You won't believe your eyes... or will you?

Phases of the Moon - A tie-back book with sparkles and a glow-in-the-dark surprise (Novelty book): Hajera Memon Phases of the Moon - A tie-back book with sparkles and a glow-in-the-dark surprise (Novelty book)
Hajera Memon; Illustrated by Hill; Designed by Convey
R654 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R126 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Zoom Space Adventure (Board book): Susan Hayes Zoom Space Adventure (Board book)
Susan Hayes; Illustrated by Susanna Rumiz
R439 R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Save R62 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Black Holes - The Key to Understanding the Universe (Hardcover): Professor Brian Cox, Professor Jeff Forshaw Black Holes - The Key to Understanding the Universe (Hardcover)
Professor Brian Cox, Professor Jeff Forshaw
R475 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 3 - 5 working days

A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It's time to explore our universe's most mysterious inhabitants Black Holes At the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and time are so warped that light is trapped if it ventures within 12 million km. According to Einstein, inside lies the end of time. According to 21st-century physics, the reality may be far more bizarre. Black holes lie where the most massive stars used to shine and at the edge of our current understanding. They are naturally occurring objects, the inevitable creations of gravity when too much matter collapses into not enough space. And yet, although the laws of nature predict them, they fail fully to describe them. Black holes are places in space and time where the laws of gravity, quantum physics and thermodynamics collide. Originally thought to be so intellectually troubling that they simply could not exist, it is only in the past few years that we have begun to glimpse a new synthesis; a deep connection between gravity and quantum information theory that describes a holographic universe in which space and time emerge from a network of quantum bits, and wormholes span the void. In this groundbreaking book, Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw take you to the edge of our understanding of black holes; a scientific journey to the research frontier spanning a century of physics, from Einstein to Hawking and beyond, that ends with the startling conclusion that our world may operate like a giant quantum computer.

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission (Hardcover): Eileen... Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission (Hardcover)
Eileen M. Collins, Jonathan H. Ward
R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman admitted to the Air Force's elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.

Understanding Life in the Universe (Paperback): Wallace Arthur Understanding Life in the Universe (Paperback)
Wallace Arthur
R506 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our home planet. This book deals with both of these key issues. It considers possible homes for life, with a focus on Earth-like exoplanets. And it examines the possibility that life elsewhere might be similar to life here, due to the existence of parallel environments, which may result in Darwinian selection producing parallel trees of life between one planet and another. Understanding Life in the Universe provides an engaging and myth-busting overview for any reader interested in the existence and nature of extraterrestrial life, and the realistic possibility of discovering credible evidence for it in the near future.

The Universe - The Book of the BBC Tv Series Presented by Professor Brian Cox (Hardcover): Andrew Cohen The Universe - The Book of the BBC Tv Series Presented by Professor Brian Cox (Hardcover)
Andrew Cohen; Foreword by Professor Brian Cox
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least for now. With a foreword from Professor Brian Cox, and access to all the latest stunning NASA photography, Andrew Cohen takes readers on a voyage of discovery, via the probes and telescopes exploring the outer reaches of our galaxy, revealing how it was formed and how it will inevitably be destroyed by the enigmatic black hole at its heart. And beyond our galaxy, the expanding Universe, which holds clues to the biggest mystery of all - how did it all begin? We now know more about those first moments of existence than we ever thought possible, and hidden in this story of how it all began are the clues to the fate of the Universe itself and everything in it.

A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman - A Memoir (Paperback): Lindy Elkins-Tanton A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman - A Memoir (Paperback)
Lindy Elkins-Tanton
R600 R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Save R136 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Taxi from Another Planet - Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe (Hardcover): Charles S. Cockell Taxi from Another Planet - Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe (Hardcover)
Charles S. Cockell
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologist's everyday conversations with his fellow humans-taxi drivers, to be precise. If you've ever sat in the back seat of a taxi, you know that cabbies like to talk. Sports or politics, your job or theirs, taxi drivers are fine conversationalists on just about any topic. And when the passenger is astrobiologist Charles Cockell, that topic is usually space and what, if anything, lives out there. Inspired by conversations with drivers all over the world, Taxi from Another Planet tackles the questions that everyday people have about the cosmos and our place in it. Will we understand aliens? What if there isn't life out in the universe? Is Mars our Plan B? And why is the government spending tax dollars on space programs anyway? Each essay in this genial collection takes questions like these as a starting point on the way to a range of insightful, even poignant, observations. Cockell delves into debates over the inevitability of life and looks to both human history and scientific knowledge to consider what first contact will be like and what we can expect from spacefaring societies. He also offers a forceful argument for the sympathies between space exploration and environmentalism. A shrewd and entertaining foray into the most fundamental mysteries, Taxi from Another Planet brings together the wisdom of scientific experts and their fellow citizens of Earth, the better to understand how life might unfold elsewhere.

An Overview of General Relativity and Space-Time (Paperback): Nicola Vittorio An Overview of General Relativity and Space-Time (Paperback)
Nicola Vittorio
R1,881 Discovery Miles 18 810 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Features * Provides a self-contained introduction to General Relativity and to its standar applications. * Presents readers with all the tools necessary for further learning and research in the field. * Accessible to readers with just foundational knowledge of linear algebra and Lagrangian mechanics.

Origins - Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (Paperback): Neil De Grasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith Origins - Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution (Paperback)
Neil De Grasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
R531 R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Save R88 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This newly revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the more than 5,000 newly detected exoplanets that shed light on the origins of and possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a host of new ground-based and spaceborne observatories that has fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe-and maybe even the laws of physics. From the first image of a galaxy's birth to tantalising evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.

The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook - (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang) (Paperback): Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook - (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang) (Paperback)
Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis
R403 R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Save R72 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Free yourself from cosmological tyranny! Everything started in a Big Bang? Invisible dark matter? Black holes? Why accept such a weird cosmos? For all those who wonder about this bizarre universe, and those who want to overthrow the Big Bang, this handbook gives you 'just the facts': the observations that have shaped these ideas and theories. While the Big Bang holds the attention of scientists, it isn't perfect. The authors pull back the curtains, and show how cosmology really works. With this, you will know your enemy, cosmic revolutionary - arm yourself for the scientific arena where ideas must fight for survival! This uniquely-framed tour of modern cosmology gives a deeper understanding of the inner workings of this fascinating field. The portrait painted is realistic and raw, not idealized and airbrushed - it is science in all its messy detail, which doesn't pretend to have all the answers.

A Guide to Close Binary Systems (Hardcover): Edwin Budding, Osman Demircan A Guide to Close Binary Systems (Hardcover)
Edwin Budding, Osman Demircan
R5,297 Discovery Miles 52 970 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Provides a well-explained and backgrounded, up-to-date account of close binary systems, in a fast-moving field of research that is growing in scientific importance Surveys a wide range of case-studies within the context of binary and multiple star systems Fills an acknowledged gap in current literature

Circuit Modeling of Inductively-Coupled Pulsed Accelerators (Hardcover): Kamesh Sankaran, Kurt A. Polzin, Justin M. Little,... Circuit Modeling of Inductively-Coupled Pulsed Accelerators (Hardcover)
Kamesh Sankaran, Kurt A. Polzin, Justin M. Little, Ashley K. Hallock
R2,675 Discovery Miles 26 750 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Features The first book to unify the lumped-element modelling techniques for various inductively-coupled pulsed accelerator implementations. Discussion of modelling different accelerators in a coherent, rigorous manner, demonstrating the similarities and differences for each type. Authored by authorities in the field.

Flashes of Creation - George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate (Hardcover): Paul Halpern Flashes of Creation - George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate (Hardcover)
Paul Halpern
R759 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R122 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats, The Quantum Labyrinth, and Synchronicity -- that reveal the twisted, bizarre, and illuminating stories of physics' greatest thinkers and ideas. In Flashes of Creation, Halpern turns to what might be the biggest story of them all: the discovery of the origins of the universe and everything in it. Today, the Big Bang is so deeply entrenched in our understanding of the universe that to doubt it would seem crazy. And that is pretty much what has happened to the last major opponent of the theory, British astronomer Fred Hoyle. If anyone knows his name today, they probably think he went off the deep end-or at least was so very wrong for so long as to seem completely obtuse. But the hot-headed Hoyle saw himself as a crusader for physics, defending scientific progress from a band of charlatans. His doggedness was equalled by one man alone: Russian-American physicist George Gamow, who saw the idea of the Big Bang as essential to explaining where the Universe came from, and why it's full of the matter that surrounds us. The stakes were high! And the ensuing battle, waged in person and through the media over decades, was as fiery as the cosmic cataclysm the theory describes. Most of us might guess who turned out to be right (Gamow, mostly) and who noisily spun out of control as the evidence against his position mounted (Hoyle). Unfortunately for Hoyle, he is mostly remembered for giving the theory the silliest name he could think of: "The Big Bang." But as Halpern so eloquently demonstrates, even the greatest losers in physics -- including those who seem as foolish and ornery as Fred Hoyle -- have much to teach us, about boldness, imagination, and even the universe itself.

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