Physics

Wenn sich die Menschen früher die Natur nicht erklären konnten, haben sie Mythen erfunden. Heute wissen wir es besser: Nicht Götter und Geister bestimmen die Welt, sondern Gleichungen und Gesetze. Und doch klammern sich viele lieber an Mythen, wenn die Wissenschaft schlechte Nachrichten hat. So wie die Nachricht von der Erderwärmung. In dieser Ausgabe von „Erzähl mir alles: Physik" entlarvt das Physiker-Team die hartnäckigsten Fehlinformationen über den Klimawandel und die Energiewende.

America’s favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials. “Ever since...

A young queer millennial physicist unveils some of the most mind-bending physics concepts in the universe—and uses them to illuminate their own fascinating life story “I see physics everywhere,” Karmela Padavic-Callaghan writes. “It offers itself to me when I try to make sense of all the...

What is the true cost of mankind's misuse of atomic power? In Atomic Suicide, Walter and Lao Russell present a bold and timeless warning: humanity's reckless pursuit of nuclear energy is not only a scientific crisis but a spiritual one. First published in the mid-20th century, this prophetic work speaks directly to the 21st century's most pressing dilemmas—climate instability, technological hubris, and the fragile balance of life on Earth.

In previous audiobooks, I have put forth a new theory of time - in that time flows about the universe in waves. This has not been proven yet, but I'm confident it will be some day since everything else in the universe flows or comes out of wave energy - the odds are very good that time does as well.

This book challenges the centuries-old pursuit of a final theory in physics by revealing why reality resists scale-independent description. Drawing on developments in effective field theory, renormalization, and the philosophy of science, it argues that physical laws are not universal absolutes but layered tools adapted to context. With clarity and precision, it explores the limits of unification, the power of pragmatic models, and the intellectual maturity required to live with structural incompleteness.

Why is the fine-structure constant approximately one over one hundred and thirty-seven? Why is the proton exactly 1836 times heavier than the electron? Why is gravity so absurdly weak compared to the other forces? For more than a century, physicists have measured the fundamental constants of nature with exquisite precision—yet no one can explain why they have the values they do. Three answers have been proposed. The constants are brute accidents with no deeper explanation. They will one day be derived from a final theory.

The universe is vast, silent, and filled with mysteries that continue to challenge everything we think we know. Strange Mysteries Of The Universe takes you on a fascinating journey through the most intriguing and unexplained phenomena of the cosmos —from the invisible matter holding galaxies together to the powerful gravity of black holes that bend space and time itself. This audiobook explores deep cosmic questions: What lies beyond the observable universe? Are parallel universes real? How do neutron stars survive in extreme conditions? And what does the future of the universe look like?

В мире науки есть множество явлений, которые кажутся невероятными, но мы вынуждены в них верить. Такие концепции, как корпускулярно-волновой дуализм света, бросают вызов привычному для нас пониманию реальности. Мы не можем увидеть темную материю, хотя она, по утверждению ученых, составляет 90% массы Вселенной. Большой взрыв—еще один пример: никто не был его свидетелем, но наука полагается на его следы как на основу современной космологии.

Известный физик Митио Каку исследует кажущиеся сегодня неправдоподобными технологии, явления или приборы с точки зрения возможности их воплощения в будущем. Рассказывая о нашем ближайшем будущем, ученый доступным языком говорит о том, как устроена Вселенная. Что такое большой взрыв и черные дыры, фазеры и антивещество.

We have long treated uncertainty as a flaw to be eliminated—a gap in knowledge, a defect in reality itself. But what if uncertainty is not optional—what if it is imperative? In this radical and rigorously argued book, Boris Kriger proposes The Law of Imperative Uncertainty: Any system capable of sustained complexity must permit exceptions to its laws in the form of persistent uncertainty and probabilistic deviation. A perfectly deterministic universe—closed, exceptionless, rigid—cannot endure.

The universe is watching you. And it's been running tests. Why does observing a particle change how it behaves? Why are physical constants tuned to impossible precision? Why do we see no aliens despite billions of planets where life could exist? Why does the future affect the past in quantum experiments? These aren't mysteries. They're experimental protocols.

What was before the universe? If space is expanding, what is it expanding into? Where did all the matter come from to form planets, stars, and oceans? What is nothing? And if none of these questions can be answered, why do we keep asking them? The Pointless Book asks the biggest questions human beings have ever conceived. The kind of questions that keep you awake at three in the morning. The kind that feel like they should have answers but never do. This book tries to answer them. It reaches for quantum physics, simulation theory, cosmology, philosophy, and religion.

Der Materialismus stößt an seine erklärenden Grenzen. Geht man davon aus, dass es nur Materie, Energie und die Wechselwirkungen dazwischen gibt, bleiben Fragen unbeantwortet - zum Beispiel: Warum gibt es überhaupt Leben? Warum sind die Naturkonstanten so genau eingestellt...

Warum fühlt sich im Sommer eine Metallplatte viel heißer an als eine Holzplatte – auch wenn beide dieselbe Temperatur haben? Warum nehmen Fledermäuse Töne wahr, wo für uns alles still ist? Und ist das Rot, das ich sehe, dasselbe Rot, wie du es siehst? In unserem Kopf...