Cosmology
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Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
$18.99 Add to cartIn this fascinating book, the renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott leads time travel out of the world of H. G. Wells and into the realm of scientific possibility. Building on theories posited by Ei
- Author: Gott, J. Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0618257357
- Language: English
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Eclipses: What Everyone Needs to Knowr
$16.95 Add to cart“Have you ever seen a total solar eclipse?” If the question caused you to search your memory, the correct answer would have been “no.” A common response is: “Yes–I saw one, it was about 90% partial e… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0190902469
- Language: English
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Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space
$12.99 Add to cartOn July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For fort
- Author: Randall, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0062300474
- Language: English
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Life, the Universe, and Everything
$40.00 Add to cart–Has modern science made philosophy obsolete? –Is the soul real? –Do we have a free will? –Why should we be moral? –Does God exist, and if so, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world… [more below]
- Author: Machuga, Ric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1608998126
- Language: English
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The Greatest Story Ever Told–So Far: Why Are We Here?
$18.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning physicist, public intellectual, and the bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing Lawrence Krauss, comes “a masterful blend of history, modern physics, and cosmic perspective th… [more below]
- Author: Krauss, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1476777624
- Language: English
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The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating . . . One of the most important stories in the history of science.”– Washington Post
In recent years, a handful of scientists has been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our univer- Author: Panek, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0547577575
- Language: English
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Gravity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartGravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most difficult force to quantize. Understanding gravity is not o… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Clifton, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198729146
- Language: English
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Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
$34.95 Add to cartA portrait of trailblazing astronomer Henrietta Leavitt and an illustrated exploration of the power of attention in scientific observation, artistic creation, and the making of meaning.
Our galaxy, th- Author: Von Mertens, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0262049384
- Language: English
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Blind Watchers of the Sky
$21.99 Add to cartIn this immensely readable book, noted cosmologist Rocky Kolb reveals the very human struggles of astronomy superstars seeking cosmic truths while lost in the clouds of confusion. Punctuated by the au… [more below]
- Series: Helix Book
- Author: Kolb, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 2006
- ISBN10: 020115496X
- Language: English
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Holodynamics: How to Develop and Manage Your Personal Power
$29.95 Add to cartIn a conscious holographic universe where everything and everyone and everywhen are connected, and all life forms have a built-in order by which they grow and unfold their potential, Dr. Woolf shows i… [more below]
- Author: Woolf, Victor Vernon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: June 29 1990
- ISBN10: 0965713202
- Language: English
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The Goldilocks Enigma
$16.95 Add to cartThe Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies’s eagerly awaited return to cosmology, the successor to his critically acclaimed bestseller The Mind of God. Here he tackles all the big questions, including the b… [more below]
- Author: Davies, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0547053584
- Language: English
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50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know
$12.99 Add to cartIn a series of 50 accessible essays, Jo Baker introduces and explains all of the essential concepts, major discoveries and the very latest thinking in astrophysics.
From heliocentrism to Newton’s the- Author: Baker, Joanne
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1529432197
- Language: English
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
$16.95 Add to cartAmerica’s space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American
- Author: Degrasse Tyson, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0393350371
- Language: English
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Dance to the Tune of Life
$29.99 Add to cartIn this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed fr… [more below]
- Author: Noble, Denis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1107176247
- Language: English
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Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWritten in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the lates… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #51
- Author: Coles, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 06 2001
- ISBN10: 019285416X
- Language: English
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The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
$26.95 Add to cartA leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destru… [more below]
- Author: Berry, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 16 2009
- ISBN10: 0231149522
- Language: English
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Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story
$20.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1996, this book sought to answer the question: What does it mean to be human, to live on planet Earth, in the universe as it is now understood? Now, with a new introduction and the
- Author: Swimme, Brian Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1626983437
- Language: English
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The Nature of Space and Time
$16.95 Add to cartFrom two of the world’s great physicists–Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose–a lively debate about the nature of space and time
Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about th- Series: Princeton Science Library #40
- Author: Hawking, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 069116844X
- Language: English
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The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
$22.99 Add to cartWhat happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did, and in doing so put at risk everything we know ab… [more below]
- Author: Susskind, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0316016411
- Language: English
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Space Is Cool as F*ck
$19.99 Add to cartPacked with wild art and mind-blowing space facts, this book proves how awesome the universe is–and that space is for everyone.
From astrophysics to rocket science to the future of space exploration,- Author: Howells, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1524862975
- Language: English
