Bøker av Michael Mark (University Of York Woolfson

This fully-updated second edition remains the only truly detailed exploration of the origins of our Solar System, written by an authority in the field.

The Nebula Theory, at present the standard model of planet formation, proposes that a star and planets are derived from a single spinning nebula. Woolfson here introduces an alternative, the Capture Theory, in which planets are produced from a protostar tidally disrupted by a condensed star which 'captures' most of the formed planets into orbits.

Time and Age explores how time is defined by man. It follows the development of our means for measuring time from early methods using the flow of water or the steady burning of candles through to the atomic clock that records time with incredible precision.

Presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. This title enables an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.

Traces through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, and then through to the beginnings of life and the evolution of man. This book does not solve the mysteries of what initiated the Big Bang or how life evolved from inanimate matter, but it does make clear the nature of those problems.

The three greatest scientific mysteries, as yet poorly understood, are the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the development of consciousness. This book follows a narrow scientific pathway from the Big Bang to mankind, and depicts the causal relationship between each step and the next. It deals with many important areas of science.

It is through images that we understand the form and function of material objects, from the fundamental particles that are the constituents of matter to galaxies that are the constituents of the Universe. This book gives an understanding of the principles behind the imaging process and a general account of how those principles are utilized.

This book explores a large number of resonance effects that occur both in everyday life and in scientific contexts. It is a topic that provides a cross-link between many branches of science and shows how a single scientific principle can manifest itself in many, apparently disparate, ways.

Presents a historical review of four major theories for the origin of the Solar System in particular, or of planets in general, which highlight the major problems that need to be solved by any plausible theory.

Starting with the ideas of ancient civilizations that air, earth, fire and water were the basic ingredients of all matter, this title traces the development of the science of chemistry beginning within the ranks of the alchemists.

Probability and statistics effect the life of the average person in a variety of ways. This book presents the results of probability and statistics. It enables the reader to assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.