Tom Kitchin Boeken

A pictorial tribute to a notable predator. Wolves have been feared, hated, persecuted and driven out of their natural habitats. But thanks to the relentless efforts of conservationists and biologists, wolves are being reintroduced in limited areas in the wild. The Ghost Hunter explores the feral world of the wolf. The pack structure is explained as well as the surprisingly complex relationship between wolves and their prey. There are 110 dramatic color photographs, many double page spreads that show wolves hunting, playing and even watching us watch them. The Ghost Hunter is a magnificent tribute to one of the most notorious members of the animal kingdom.

The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational waves—proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago—could never be fully proven, since we lacked the proper technology to do it. That all changed when, on September 14, 2015, instruments at the LIGO Observatory detected gravitational waves for the first time. This book explores the nature of gravitational waves—what they are, where they come from, why they are so significant and why nobody could prove they existed before now. Written in plain language and interspersed with additional explanatory tutorials, it will appeal to lay readers, science enthusiasts, physical science students, amateur astronomers and to professional scientists and astronomers.

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Czym są fale grawitacyjne, skąd pochodzą, dlaczego są tak ważne i dlaczego nikt nie mógł udowodnić, że istniały wcześniej? Odpowiedzi na wszelkie pytania dotyczące natury tych fal znajdziecie w niniejszej książce. Napisana prostym językiem i przeplatana dodatkowymi samouczkami objaśniającymi, spodoba się czytelnikom, entuzjastom nauki (w tym astronomii szczególnie), studentom fizyki oraz astronomom – zarówno amatorom, jak i naukowcom. Chris Kitchin jest emerytowanym profesorem na Uniwersytecie Hertfordshire (Wielka Brytania) i niezależnym autorem książek z zakresu astrofizyki. W latach 1987–2001 był dyrektorem obserwatorium uniwersyteckiego w Bayfordbury oraz kierownikiem Zakładu Fizyki i Astronomii. Napisał czternaście książek oraz setki artykułów z zakresu astronomii popularnej i specjalistycznej.