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The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, from the infinitesimal to the colossal. Humanity, the unlikely product of uncountable coincidences on unimaginable scales, inhabits a tumultuous universe that extends from our immediate environs to the most distant galaxies and beyond. But when the mind balks at the vertiginous complexity of the universe, science unveils the elegance amid the chaos.In this book, Thomas R. Scott ventures into the known and the unknown to explain our universe and the laws that govern it. The Universe as It Really Is begins with physics and the building blocks of the universe-time, gravity, light, and elementary particles-and chemistry's ability to explain the interactions among them. Scott, with the assistance of James Lawrence Powell, next tours the earth and atmospheric sciences to explain the forces that shape our planet and then takes off for the stars to describe our place in the cosmos. He provides vivid introductions to our collective scientific inheritance, narrating discoveries such as the shape of the atom and the nature of the nucleus or how we use GPS to measure time and what that has to do with relativity. A clear demonstration of the power of scientific reasoning to bring the incomprehensible within our grasp, The Universe as It Really Is gives an engrossing account of just how much we do understand about the world around us.

Cosmic physics. --- Space sciences. --- Gravitational fields. --- Meteorology. --- Aerology --- Atmospheric science --- Fields, Gravitational --- Field theory (Physics) --- Gravitation --- Gravity --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomy --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Earth (Planet) --- Universe. --- Earth

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De tienjarige Sarah wordt in de nacht van 16 juli 1942 samen met haar ouders opgepakt en naar het Vélodrome d'Hiver in Parijs gebracht, waar duizenden joden worden verzameld voor deportatie. Niemand heeft echter gezien dat Sarah haar kleine broertje Michel in een kast opsloot, net voordat de politie het appartement binnendrong. Zestig jaar later krijgt Julia Jarmond, een Amerikaanse journaliste in Parijs, de opdracht een artikel te schrijven over deze razzia, een inktzwarte bladzijde in de Franse geschiedenis. Ze gaat op zoek in archieven, en via het dossier van Sarah ontdekt ze een goed verborgen geheim van haar eigen schoonfamilie.