Looking at the Universe through the Eyes of Physics, Cosmology and Philosophy

Angelo Tartaglia (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

142 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-1956-5 (ISBN)

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This book delves into the foundations of physics and discusses our capability of describing and interpreting the universe, covering areas which border history and philosophy, such as: cosmology and origin myths, late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the universe after Copernicus, the beginnings of scientific Cosmology, relativity and space-time, the expanding universe, interweaving general relativity and quantum mechanics, missing mass, cosmic radiation, accelerated expansion, cosmological constant and dark energy. The discussion of these topics takes place in a didactic way, combining intuition and rigor, and manifesting the intent to bring out what is still not clear or remains controversial: open problems and unsolved puzzles that inevitably intertwine physics, astrophysics and philosophy.

Angelo Tartaglia is a former professor of the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy. He attained a degree in nuclear engineering at the Politecnico, and a degree in physics at the University of Turin. He is now a member of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). He taught basic physics in the engineering faculty and relativity and tensor calculus for the PhD students of physics at the Politec-nico. His main research topics are space-time structure and cosmology, gravito-magnetic phenomena, and relativistic global positioning systems. He is a member of the collaboration implementing the Galileo for Science (G4S) project of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Angelo has also dealt with problems connected with complex systems and the compatibility between the present human way of producing and consuming and the global equilibrium of the Earth's ecosphere. Tartaglia is the author of more than 150 scientific publications.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10	1-5275-1956-2 / 1527519562
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-1956-5 / 9781527519565
Zustand	Neuware