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Russell Stannard

    December 24, 1931 – July 4, 2022

    Russell Stannard is a retired physicist whose work delves into the profound connections between science and spirituality. His writings aim to foster a deeper understanding of the universe, exploring complex scientific concepts with clarity and insight. Stannard's unique approach bridges the apparent divide between empirical knowledge and existential questions, offering readers a thought-provoking perspective on our place in the cosmos. His contributions highlight the potential for science to enrich our appreciation of the world and its mysteries.

    Russell Stannard
    Our universe
    Inside out. Student's book. Advanced
    The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
    Black Holes and Uncle Albert
    More Letters to Uncle Albert
    Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest
    • Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Who will solve the riddle of the quantum? Join Uncle Albert's niece Gedanken as she drinks from the magic bottle and shrinks down into the tiny world of jumping quarks and electrons. Help her and the White Rabbit explore a wonderland of light and matter where nothing is what it seems. Even today scientists remain baffled by their discoveries!

      Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest
      4.4
    • More Letters to Uncle Albert

      • 171 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Why do people die in graveyards? What is space made of? How do they make rainbows? These are among the 60 wide-ranging questions written by children and answered in this book by Professor Russell Stannard in the guise of "Uncle Albert".

      More Letters to Uncle Albert
      4.5
    • Black Holes and Uncle Albert

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Book Two in the bestselling Uncle Albert science/adventure series. Uncle Albert and his intrepid niece Gedanken make some astonishing discoveries when they set out on their next mission: to investigate the universe .

      Black Holes and Uncle Albert
      4.3
    • The Time and Space of Uncle Albert

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Uncle Albert, the famous scientist, has got stuck. To unlock the deep mysteries of space and time someone must agree to be beamed up into the unknown world of the thought bubble. His brave niece, Gadanken, decides to risk it. So begin her exciting and astonishing adventures.

      The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
      4.2
    • Inside out. Student's book. Advanced

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      This book traces the growth of English literary criticism from its origins to the present. It has a supplementary introduction to the concepts of structuralism, reader response criticism, and deconstructive theory and practice.

      Inside out. Student's book. Advanced
      4.0
    • Our universe

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      This book provides 9-13 year olds with a rea l understanding of how the universe began and the expectatio ns of its future. It includes many amazing statistics, quizz es and glossary entries which help build comprehension. '

      Our universe
      3.0
    • The New World of Mr Tompkins

      • 270 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      An inspirational introduction to the physics of the twenty-first century. schovat popis

      The New World of Mr Tompkins
      4.1
    • Relativity: A Very Short Introduction

      • 114 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics - replacing Newtonian ideas of space and time with bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: a world of slowing clocks and stretched space, black holes and curved space-time. This Very Short Introduction explores and explains the theory in an accessible and understandable way.

      Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
      4.0
    • The End of Discovery

      Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable?

      • 228 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Many scientists assert that scientific thinking will eventually lead to a complete understanding of everything. However, Russell Stannard, a prominent high-energy physicist, strongly disagrees. He argues that fundamental science will eventually reach its explanatory limits, marking the end of the scientific age, similar to the stone and iron ages. To illustrate the boundaries of scientific understanding, Stannard explores profound questions in science today, such as consciousness, free will, the nature of space and time, and the existence of extraterrestrial life. He notes that understanding the subatomic world requires particle accelerators, and to grasp the tiniest units of nature, an accelerator the size of a galaxy would be needed. Without a new approach, we may never fully comprehend the universe's basic building blocks. Stannard remains hopeful that some questions will be answered, but acknowledges that certain puzzles may remain unsolved indefinitely, often without our awareness of having reached an insurmountable barrier. While he assures us that scientific knowledge will continue to find new applications and technology will advance, he contends that the quest for fresh discoveries about how the world works must ultimately come to a halt.

      The End of Discovery
      3.5
    • Inside Out Advanced. Workbook

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The workbook provides additional grammar exercises and further vocabulary practice. It also contains a complete writing syllabus linked to the language and situations in the student's book.

      Inside Out Advanced. Workbook
    • Eine schreckliche Nachricht erreicht die Menschen: Die Erde soll vom Rat der Universen vernichtet werden. Ein Richter setzt den Vernichtungstermin auf den nächsten Tag. Doch eine Lehrerin, Physis, führt mit ihm Gespräche über die Geheimnisse des Universums, die 1001 Nächte dauern. (Ab 12 Jahre.)

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    • Kniha vysvětlující základy kvantové fysiky a zákony mikrosvěta zábavnými příhodami děvčete Gedanken. Dolů, dolů, pořád dolů... Gedanken už padala hezkých pár minut. Dosud sice neztratila z očí okraj studny, do níž sklouzla, ale teď už to byl pouhý střípek světla míhající se kdesi nesmírně vysoko a daleko. A přitom dno té záhadné studny bylo ještě v nedohlednu. Ne, že by si s tím dělala kdovíjaké starosti. Což bylo ale na pováženou. Taková pád by člověku nějakou tu vrásku nepochybně přidělat měl. Jenže tohle vlastně opravdový pád ani příliš nepřipomínalo. Gedanken měla pocit, že se spíš plavně snáší - asi jako parašutista na padáku. Copak mě tam dole čeká? přemítala celkem nevzrušeně, zatímco zvolna míjela vlhké a tmavé studniční stěny.

      Strýček Albert a pátrání po kvantech
      4.5
    • Tu som!

      • 148 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Dievčatá a chlapci začnú v istom veku klásť otázky, na ktoré mnohí ich rodičia nevedia, alebo nechcú odpovedať. Svetoznámy autor kníh pre deti, prichádza týmto dievčatám a chlapcom na pomoc... Pre deti od 10 rokov.

      Tu som!
      4.0
    • Věda a víra

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Mnoho lidí se dnes snaží najít kompromis mezi náboženstvím a nejnovějšími vědeckými poznatky. Věda a víra se zabývá zásadními otázkami, které tyto dvě oblasti zdánlivě rozdělují. Autor se věnuje problémům stvoření, evoluce, inteligentního designu, mimozemské inteligence, psychologie, morálky, zázraků a antropického principu a ke každému z nich předkládá jasné a srozumitelné argumenty pro a proti, nahlíží na ně z nejrůznějších úhlů pohledu tak, aby si čtenář mohl sám utvořit úsudek.

      Věda a víra
      3.6
    • Čas a priestor uja Alberta

      • 123 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Príbeh v tejto knihe nie je obyčajný. Príhody uja Alberta a Gedanky sú síce vymyslené, ale priestor a čas majú naozaj také výnimočné vlastnosti, ako sa tu píše.

      Čas a priestor uja Alberta