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  The Miracle of Our Universe - A...

  Bernard Haisch, Marsha Sims

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  Without consciousness there is nothing. Have you ever wondered why and how the world around you came to exist, and whether there might be an afterlife experience awaiting you after our physical bodies die? Might there actually be a God and a heaven of some sort? The hypothesis presented in this book is that our seemingly physical universe of matter and energy is a virtual simulation which is thought into existence by a universal consciousness which we call God.A reason for a universal consciousness to do such a thing could be to experience and evolve itself through the free will actions of its offspring. This would entail thinking into existence a virtual universe so as to interact with such a universe and each other. Literally everything is consciousness in action, resulting in a gigantic cosmic simulation. We and other creatures are offspring of this God consciousness.The Miracle of Our Universe explores the forefront of science and spirituality research, including: Are near-death experiences real? What is the Zero-Point Field? What kind of being could God be? Is there some place that God could have come from? How does the Big Bang figure into this? Is there an afterlife and what could it be like? What is the purpose of life? Is consciousness all there is? Is the Universe a virtual reality? Why is Hell impossible?

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  Devil's Gate - Brigham Young and...

  David Roberts

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  The little-known story of a deadly 1,300-mile trek by Mormon converts in 1856: “This compelling account of a major frontier catastrophe is hard to put down.” —Booklist 
   
  In 1856, led by the church’s second Prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, the Mormon faithful headed west to escape persecution. They arrived in what is now Utah the following year and established a new Zion in the wilderness. Nine years later, fearing a federal invasion, Young and other Mormon leaders debated how to bring thousands of impoverished European converts, mostly British and Scandinavian, from the Old World to Zion. Young conceived of a plan in which the European Mormons would travel by ship to New York City and by train to Iowa City. From there, instead of crossing the plains by covered wagon, they would push and pull wooden handcarts all the way to Salt Lake. 
   
  But the plan was badly flawed and the food provisions were woefully inadequate as the travelers navigated the handcarts across plains and mountains for 1,300 miles. Five companies left Iowa that spring and summer, but the last two left late. As a consequence, some 900 Mormons were caught in early snowstorms in Wyoming. When the church leadership in Salt Lake became aware of the dire circumstances, Young launched a heroic rescue effort. But for more than 200 of the immigrants, the rescue came too late. 
   
  This story has never before been told in full despite its stunning human drama: At least five times as many people died in the Mormon handcart tragedy than in the more famous Donner Party disaster. David Roberts has researched this story in Mormon archives and elsewhere, and traveled along the route where the pioneers came to grief. Based on his research, he concludes that the tragedy was entirely preventable. Brigham Young and others in the Mormon leadership failed to heed the abundant signs of impending catastrophe, including warnings from other Mormon elders in the East and Midwest, where the journey began. Devil’s Gate is a powerful indictment and a gripping story of survival and suffering, superbly told. 
   
  “A gripping story of impoverished Europeans brought to the New World with a promise of hope, who died in the wilderness of the American West under the most appalling circumstances. . . . This book is proof that people who are serenely certain they know the mind of God are not only presumptuous, they are dangerous.” —Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God 
   
  “Vivid prose truly brings to life the dangers and deprivations these immigrants suffered along their perilous cross-country trek.” —Library Journal

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  Sidelights on Relativity

  Albert Einstein

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  Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; and GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, an expanded form of an address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on January 27th, 1921. (Intro from Project Gutenberg)

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  Humanity and the Universe

  Martin K. Ettington

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  The Universe is a very big place and has many mysteries. Most people don't realize just how mysterious it is. Scientists are stumped by many of the conundrums which Astronomy reveals. 
    
  In this book I want to give readers a sense of the grandeur, mystery, and puzzles which the Universe poses to scientists. When you realize how incredible our Universe really is you may be surprised. 
    
  We used to think the Sun was the center of the Universe. Now we know our solar system is just one of billions. 
  Most of the matter in the Universe is also missing. 
    
  And there must be alien life somewhere—you will see the logic and discoveries about this in later chapters. 
    
  I also have interspersed some chapters which cover my beliefs in the overall consciousness of the Universe which should provide some interesting perspectives. 
  There are some amazing facts about our Universe which will also give you some food for thought. 
    
  Overall, I hope this book amazes you about what we know about the Universe today and the incredible mysteries which we are just beginning to explore.

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  The Einstein Theory of Relativity

  Hendrik Lorentz

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  When Albert Einstein published his first paper on relativity theory, it caused a stir in the physicists' community. When more and more evidence was gathered to prove the theory correct, even laymen became interested in it. Since the theory of relativity uses involved higher mathematics, it is considered notoriously difficult to grasp, and at the time it was published, it was claimed that only 12 people in the world were able to fully understand it. One of these was the Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz, who wrote the articles collected in this book for a lay audience. He explains the basics of the theory in clear and concise terms without needing any mathematics. All that is needed to fo follow his arguments is a bit of patience and time.

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  Einstein's Unfinished Symphony -...

  Marcia Bartusiak

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  This updated edition of the New York Times Notable Book recounts the long hunt for Einstein’s predicted gravitational waves—and celebrates their discovery. In February 2016, astronomers announced that they had verified the last remaining prediction of Einstein’s general theory of relativity—vibrations in space-time, called gravitational waves. Humanity can now tune in to a cosmic orchestra. We have heard the chirp of two black holes dancing toward a violent union. We will hear the cymbal crashes from exploding stars, the periodic drumbeats from swiftly rotating pulsars, and maybe even the echoes from the Big Bang itself.   More than a decade earlier, Marcia Bartusiak chronicled the gamble taken by astronomers who were determined to prove Einstein right. In their quest to detect gravitational waves, they built the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, the most accurate measuring devices ever created. In this updated edition, Bartusiak brings the story to a thrilling close with the triumphant discovery of gravitational waves made with the LIGO.  "An important, multifaceted scientific story…part theoretical physics, part astronomy, part experimental physics, part engineering."—James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review

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