Jiří Bičák Book order (chronological)

O hvězdách, oceánech a lidstvu : XXI. valné shromáždění Učené společnosti České republiky s příspěvky představitelů Královské společnosti v Londýně / uspořádal Jiří Bičák = On stars, oceans and mankind : XXI general assembly of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic with contributions from representatives Royal Society of London / edited by Jiří Bičák ; přeložil Martin Žofka. (souběžný anglický text) Praha : Učená společnost České republiky, 2016

In April 1911, Albert Einstein became a professor in Prague, where he focused on gravitation and submitted a significant paper before leaving in 1912. A centenary conference, "Relativity and Gravitation, 100 Years after Einstein in Prague," gathered over 200 scientists to discuss various topics in relativity and gravitation, with this volume featuring their contributions.

Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time.

Neformální autobiografie slavného fyzika ruského původu.

An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.