Stuart Clark

Europe is marching blindly into the First World War and Berlin is in a storm of nationalist marches and army recruitment. Albert Einstein anticipates the carnage to come when his university colleagues begin work on poison gas to shorten the war. He is also struggling with the collapse of his marriage in the wake of an illicit affair. Increasingly isolated, Einstein finds his academic work sidelined with few people entertaining his outlandish new way of understanding the universe.Meanwhile, in the trenches of the western front, a devoutly religious young Belgian Georges Lemaitre vows to become both a physicist and a Catholic priest if he survives. When the war ends, Einstein does make his breakthrough and is thrust into the international limelight. Lemaitre confronts him with a startling concept: that buried in the maths of the theory of relativity is a beginning of space and time, a moment when the universe came into existence - a day without yesterday. But can the priest be trusted? Or is he simply trying to foist a version of Biblical Genesis onto Einsteins now world famous theory.

Una historia de la humanidad contada a través de nuestra relación con las estrellas, perfecta para los lectores de Sapiens, de Yuval Noah Harari, y Siete breves lecciones de física, de Carlo Rovelli.Mirar al cielo nocturno en busca del sentido de la existencia es un sello distintivo de nuestra humanidad. Desde la Edad de Piedra hasta la Era Espacial, hemos contemplado las estrellas y nos hemos sentido hechizados por su majestuosidad y belleza.Stuart Clark explora esta fascinacion compartida por todos los seres humanos durante milenios y que nos ha moldeado como civilizacion y como individuos. El resultado es un libro que, mas que ofrecer una historia sobre nuestros conocimientos astronomicos, es un relato de la humanidad contado a traves de nuestra relacion con las estrellas.La contemplacion del cielo nocturno ha dado forma a nuestra comprension cientifica del universo; nos ha ayudado a navegar por el mundo terrestre; nos ha dado un lugar para proyectar nuestras esperanzas y temores; ha servido de inspiracion a poetas, artistas y filosofos; nos ha revelado nuestro autentico origen y nos ha dado pistas sobre nuestro destino. Esta es la impresionante historia del universo y nuestro lugar dentro de el.La critica ha dichoSientate bajo las estrellas y maravillate, no solo por su eterna belleza y misterio, sino tambien por el coraje de los hombres que arriesgaron sus vidas para que pudieramos entenderlas. Daily Mail

At the dawn of the seventeenth century everyone believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Yet some men knew that the heavens did not move as they should. And some men began to suspect that this heresy was in fact the truth. As Europe convulsed in conflict between Catholic and Protestant, these men prepared to die for that truth. This is the story of Kepler and Galileo, two men whose struggle with themselves, with the evidence and with the forces of reaction changed not simply themselves but our world.The Skys Dark Labyrinth is the first of a trilogy of novels inspired by the dramatic struggles, personal and professional, and key historical events in mans quest to understand the Universe.

It is the late seventeenth century and still the movement of the planets remains a mystery despite the revolutionary work of Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei and Tycho Brahe almost a hundred years previously. Edmond Halley - dynamic adventurer and astronomer - seeks the help of Isaac Newton in unravelling the problem, but though obsessed with understanding the orbits of the planets, Newton has problems of his own which could undermine the essential work.The reclusive mathematician and alchemist has a guilty secret. He stole some of his ideas from Robert Hooke, and the quarrelsome experimentalist is demanding recognition. While capable of the loftiest ideals and theorising, the three men are just as quick to bicker and hold petty grudges which could derail scientific advancement.The mens lives and work clash as Europe is pushed headlong towards the Age of the Enlightenment and science is catapulted into its next seismic collision with religion.

When the U.S. government accused powerful agri-business giant Archer Daniels Midland of price-fixing, they thought they had the ultimate star witness--a vice president turned informant who had taped nefarious meetings with competitors.

En este volumen, Stuart Clark da cuenta de las preguntas más relevantes sobre astronomía, cosmología y nuestra misma existencia.

With Stuart Clark's lucid text and nearly 500 cutting-edge images, "Galaxy" investigates every aspect of the Milky Way - from its place in the Universe to its large-scale anatomy, from its history to its future. Con el lucido estilo de Stuart Clark y mas de 500 impactantes imagenes, "Galaxy" investiga cada aspecto de la Via Lactea, desde su lugar en el universo hasta su anatomia a gran escala, desde su historia hasta su futuro.

¿Existen otros seres inteligentes en el Universo? ¿Se podrá, en un futuro, viajar a través del tiempo? ¿Qué es realmente un agujero negro?En este volumen, Stuart Clark da cuenta de las preguntas más relevantes sobre astronomia, cosmologia y nuestra misma existencia.

Mirar al cielo nocturno en busca del sentido de la existencia es un sello distintivo de nuestra humanidad. Desde la Edad de Piedra hemos contemplado las estrellas y nos hemos sentido hechizados por su majestuosidad y belleza. Clark explora esta fascinacion compartida por todos los seres humanos durante milenios y que nos ha moldeado como civilizacion y como individuos. La contemplacion del cielo nocturno ha dado forma a nuestra comprension cientifica del universo; nos ha ayudado a navegar por el mundo terrestre; nos ha dado un lugar para proyectar esperanzas y temores; ha servido de inspiracion a poetas, artistas y filosofos; nos ha revelado nuestro autentico origen y nos ha dado pistas sobre nuestro destino. Esta es la impresionante historia del universo y nuestro lugar dentro de el.