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Science in the 20th Century: A Social-Intellectual Survey
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Modern Physics for Non-Scientists
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Stargazing Live
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Introduction to Astrophysics
…future of the universe. Discovered in the 1990s, the problem is “dark energy,” which is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate. Trace this mysterious force to the lambda…
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The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality
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Black Holes Tides and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity
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Cosmos : A Personal Voyage
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