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The Story of Science: Newton at the Center
Newton at the Center
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-161-7 (1-58834-161-5)
In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus’s systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe–to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and... Read more >
Newton at the Center
Written by Joy Hakim
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-161-7 (1-58834-161-5)
In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus’s systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe–to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and... Read more >
Science Matters
Achieving Scientific Literacy
Written by Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-45458-4 (0-307-45458-4)
Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good.
Science Matters is a rare exception-a science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a... Read more >
Achieving Scientific Literacy
Written by Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-45458-4 (0-307-45458-4)
Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good.
Science Matters is a rare exception-a science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a... Read more >
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History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two
Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981
Written by T. A. Heppenheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-285-0 (1-58834-285-9)
Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in... Read more >
Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981
Written by T. A. Heppenheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-285-0 (1-58834-285-9)
Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in... Read more >
The Age of Wonder
The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3187-0 (1-4000-3187-7)
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3187-0 (1-4000-3187-7)
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain... Read more >
The Age of Wonder
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42222-5 (0-375-42222-6)
Winner of the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover... Read more >
How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Written by Richard Holmes
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42222-5 (0-375-42222-6)
Winner of the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books
A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.
When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover... Read more >
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Parallel Worlds
A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Written by Michio Kaku
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3372-0 (1-4000-3372-1)
Is our universe dying?
Could there be other universes?
In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku—an author who “has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth” (Wall Street Journal)—takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the... Read more >
A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Written by Michio Kaku
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3372-0 (1-4000-3372-1)
Is our universe dying?
Could there be other universes?
In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku—an author who “has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth” (Wall Street Journal)—takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the... Read more >
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UFOs
Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
Written by Leslie Kean
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Crown Archetype
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $25.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-71684-2 (0-307-71684-8)
In this impeccably researched and fascinating book, veteran investigative journalist and leading expert Leslie Kean explores the controversial history of UFOs and the people who study them. She has interviewed U.S. Air Force generals, senior NASA officials, and government investigators from around the world, and also has collected information from hundreds... Read more >
Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
Written by Leslie Kean
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Crown Archetype
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $25.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-71684-2 (0-307-71684-8)
In this impeccably researched and fascinating book, veteran investigative journalist and leading expert Leslie Kean explores the controversial history of UFOs and the people who study them. She has interviewed U.S. Air Force generals, senior NASA officials, and government investigators from around the world, and also has collected information from hundreds... Read more >
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Moon Lander
How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
Written by Thomas J. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: September 11, 2009
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-58834-273-7 (1-58834-273-5)
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on... Read more >
How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
Written by Thomas J. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: September 11, 2009
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-58834-273-7 (1-58834-273-5)
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on... Read more >
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eBook.
Lost in Space
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72773-3 (0-375-72773-6)
The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured... Read more >
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-72773-3 (0-375-72773-6)
The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured... Read more >
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eBook.
Space Stations
Base Camps to the Stars
Written by Roger D. Launius
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 2003
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-120-4 (1-58834-120-8)
This new edition of Space Stations: Base Camp to the Stars, winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics History Manuscript Award, has been fully updated to tell the complete story of the vision, technological achievement and political infighting that led to the establishment of the first space stations. From... Read more >
Base Camps to the Stars
Written by Roger D. Launius
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 2003
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-120-4 (1-58834-120-8)
This new edition of Space Stations: Base Camp to the Stars, winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics History Manuscript Award, has been fully updated to tell the complete story of the vision, technological achievement and political infighting that led to the establishment of the first space stations. From... Read more >
The Big Bang Never Happened
A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe
Written by Eric Lerner
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 27, 1992
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74049-0 (0-679-74049-X)
A mesmerizing challenge to orthodox cosmology with powerful implications not only for cosmology itself but also for our notions of time, God, and human nature -- with a new Preface addressing the latest developments in the field.
Far-ranging and provocative, The Big Bang Never Happened is more than a critique of one... Read more >
A Startling Refutation of the Dominant Theory of the Origin of the Universe
Written by Eric Lerner
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 27, 1992
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74049-0 (0-679-74049-X)
A mesmerizing challenge to orthodox cosmology with powerful implications not only for cosmology itself but also for our notions of time, God, and human nature -- with a new Preface addressing the latest developments in the field.
Far-ranging and provocative, The Big Bang Never Happened is more than a critique of one... Read more >
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How the Universe Got Its Spots
Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
Written by Janna Levin
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3272-3 (1-4000-3272-5)
Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin not only announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial new book but establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. For even as she sets out... Read more >
Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
Written by Janna Levin
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3272-3 (1-4000-3272-5)
Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin not only announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial new book but establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. For even as she sets out... Read more >
Relativity and Quantum Physics For Beginners
Written by Steven L. Manly
Illustrated by Steven Fournier
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: For Beginners
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 978-1-934389-42-3 (1-934389-42-0)
As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were... Read more >
Written by Steven L. Manly
Illustrated by Steven Fournier
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: For Beginners
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 978-1-934389-42-3 (1-934389-42-0)
As we humans have expanded our horizons to see things vastly smaller, faster, larger, and farther than ever before, we have been forced to confront preconceptions born of the human experience and create wholly new ways of looking at the world around us. The theories of relativity and quantum physics were... Read more >
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 15, 1991
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-40852-9 (0-679-40852-5)
This comprehensive guide includes 272 full-color photographs of the solar system and deep-sky objects. The 48 Monthly sky charts and 88 constellation charts, all in full color, provide a guided tour of the heavens.
This is the first field guide to be organized with a visual key. A unique thumb-tab reference... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 15, 1991
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-40852-9 (0-679-40852-5)
This comprehensive guide includes 272 full-color photographs of the solar system and deep-sky objects. The 48 Monthly sky charts and 88 constellation charts, all in full color, provide a guided tour of the heavens.
This is the first field guide to be organized with a visual key. A unique thumb-tab reference... Read more >
National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Constellations of the Northern Skies
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-77998-8 (0-679-77998-1)
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Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $10.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-77998-8 (0-679-77998-1)
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Cycles of Time
An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
Written by Roger Penrose
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26590-6 (0-307-26590-0)
From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future?
Current understanding... Read more >
An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
Written by Roger Penrose
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26590-6 (0-307-26590-0)
From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future?
Current understanding... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
First Light
The Search for the Edge of the Universe
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 300 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 29, 1996
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9185-7 (0-8129-9185-0)
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The Search for the Edge of the Universe
Written by Richard Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 300 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 29, 1996
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9185-7 (0-8129-9185-0)
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Pale Blue Dot
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-37659-6 (0-345-37659-5)
This is the sequel to Sagan's highly acclaimed Cosmos.
A thousand years from now, our epoch will be remembered as the time when we first left the Earth and saw it from beyond the outermost planet as a pale blue dot, almost lost against the backdrop of the stars. Now, the... Read more >
A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: September 8, 1997
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-37659-6 (0-345-37659-5)
This is the sequel to Sagan's highly acclaimed Cosmos.
A thousand years from now, our epoch will be remembered as the time when we first left the Earth and saw it from beyond the outermost planet as a pale blue dot, almost lost against the backdrop of the stars. Now, the... Read more >
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eBook.
National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky
Written by Howard Schneider
Foreword by Sandy Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0281-0 (1-4262-0281-4)
Stargazing’s too much fun to leave to astronomers, but often we’re blinded by science—dry facts can easily turn enchantment into a chore. We just want to lie down, look up, and understand the heavens above. The National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky shows us how.
Authors Howard Schneider and Patricia... Read more >
Written by Howard Schneider
Foreword by Sandy Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0281-0 (1-4262-0281-4)
Stargazing’s too much fun to leave to astronomers, but often we’re blinded by science—dry facts can easily turn enchantment into a chore. We just want to lie down, look up, and understand the heavens above. The National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky shows us how.
Authors Howard Schneider and Patricia... Read more >
Confessions of an Alien Hunter
A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Written by Seth Shostak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0392-3 (1-4262-0392-6)
Aliens are big in America. Whether they’ve arrived via rocket, flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they’ve been invading, infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades, and they’ve fascinated moviegoers and television watchers for more than fifty years. About half of us believe that aliens really exist, and millions are convinced they’ve... Read more >
A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Written by Seth Shostak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0392-3 (1-4262-0392-6)
Aliens are big in America. Whether they’ve arrived via rocket, flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they’ve been invading, infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades, and they’ve fascinated moviegoers and television watchers for more than fifty years. About half of us believe that aliens really exist, and millions are convinced they’ve... Read more >
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eBook.
The Universe Within
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37843-9 (0-307-37843-8)
From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?
In Your Inner... Read more >
Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People
Written by Neil Shubin
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37843-9 (0-307-37843-8)
From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?
In Your Inner... Read more >
We Have Capture
Tom Stafford and the Space Race
Written by Tom Stafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 302 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: January 17, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-101-3 (1-58834-101-1)
What an amazing career. Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test pilot (28,547 mph), carried a cosmonaut’s coffin with Soviet Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, led the team that designed the sequence of missions leading to the original lunar landing, and drafted the original specifications for the B-2 stealth... Read more >
Tom Stafford and the Space Race
Written by Tom Stafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 302 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: January 17, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-101-3 (1-58834-101-1)
What an amazing career. Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test pilot (28,547 mph), carried a cosmonaut’s coffin with Soviet Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, led the team that designed the sequence of missions leading to the original lunar landing, and drafted the original specifications for the B-2 stealth... Read more >
Hawking and Black Holes
The Big Idea
Written by Paul Strathern
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 13, 1998
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49242-3 (0-385-49242-1)
Stephen Hawking is arguably the most famous scientist in the world, and many of us may know that black holes are his forte, but do we really have any idea what a black hole is? In this remarkably engaging book, Paul Strathern not only demystifies Hawking's universe-expanding theories, but helps readers... Read more >
The Big Idea
Written by Paul Strathern
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 13, 1998
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49242-3 (0-385-49242-1)
Stephen Hawking is arguably the most famous scientist in the world, and many of us may know that black holes are his forte, but do we really have any idea what a black hole is? In this remarkably engaging book, Paul Strathern not only demystifies Hawking's universe-expanding theories, but helps readers... Read more >
The Dark Side of the Universe
A Scientist Explores the Mysteries of the Cosmos
Written by James Trefil
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 28, 1989
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-26212-5 (0-385-26212-4)
Award-winning writer James Trefil takes readers on a tantalizing journey to the outer reaches of the universe. Along the way he discusses scientific questions such as; How did the universe begin and what is its ultimate fate? He also explores such phenomena as the Big Bang theory, "Hubble bubbles," and "Wimps."... Read more >
A Scientist Explores the Mysteries of the Cosmos
Written by James Trefil
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 28, 1989
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-26212-5 (0-385-26212-4)
Award-winning writer James Trefil takes readers on a tantalizing journey to the outer reaches of the universe. Along the way he discusses scientific questions such as; How did the universe begin and what is its ultimate fate? He also explores such phenomena as the Big Bang theory, "Hubble bubbles," and "Wimps."... Read more >
Space Atlas
Mapping the Universe and Beyond
Written by James Trefil
Foreword by Buzz Aldrin
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0971-0 (1-4262-0971-1)
Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presented--the planets, the stars, and the large scale universe itself--each including the ones before it and extending outward.
The tour starts close to home within the first domain, our own solar system. There is... Read more >
Mapping the Universe and Beyond
Written by James Trefil
Foreword by Buzz Aldrin
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-1-4262-0971-0 (1-4262-0971-1)
Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presented--the planets, the stars, and the large scale universe itself--each including the ones before it and extending outward.
The tour starts close to home within the first domain, our own solar system. There is... Read more >
