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Sir Isaac Newton famously complained about action at a distance. How was it possible, he wrote, that gravity, or attraction, operated between objects without physical contact? Well, jump to the twenty-first century, and we have a lot more to say about that. Listeners will enjoy a brilliant, outrageous, playful exploration of quantum physics in everyday life, from a secret interplay of TV plots with us, in electricity, to other speculations, founded in the authors decades of initiations as well as being an original thinker and a scholar.

Best-selling author and commentator Jay Ingram is back to explain the magic and mysteries of the world around us. Jay takes listeners on a tour of the universe, exploring wonders big and small. From the farthest reaches of space to the most perplexing historical riddles to the marvels of who we are and what we're made of, Jay answers the important questions, such as: What's inside a black hole? Will machines ever learn to feel? And how much pee is in the average pool?

Set in a revolutionary era of physics and science when a series of rapid-fire discoveries was upending our understanding of the universe, Splinters of Infinity by Mark Wolverton tells a little-known story: the tale of two of America's foremost physicists, Robert Millikan (1868-1953) and Arthur Compton (1892-1962), who found themselves locked in an intense, often deeply personal, conflict about cosmic rays.

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries. Bartusiak shares the back stories for many momentous astronomical discoveries, including the contributions of such pioneers as Beatrice Tinsley and her groundbreaking research in galactic evolution.

Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch lehrt seit 1995 theoretische Astrophysik an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und ist Lehrbeauftragter für Naturphilosophie an der Hochschule für Philosophie München. Seine Hauptforschungsgebiete sind Schwarze Löcher, Neutronensterne und kosmische Plasmaphysik. In der "Alpha Centauri"-Reihe erklärt er faszinierende Phänomene des Kosmos einprägsam und für Laien verständlich.

Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch lehrt seit 1995 theoretische Astrophysik an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und ist Lehrbeauftragter für Naturphilosophie an der Hochschule für Philosophie München. Seine Hauptforschungsgebiete sind Schwarze Löcher, Neutronensterne und kosmische Plasmaphysik. In der "Alpha Centauri"-Reihe erklärt er faszinierende Phänomene des Kosmos einprägsam und für Laien verständlich.