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A Briefer History of Time

by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS

The science classic made more accessible

• More concise • Illustrated

FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS...

The Grand Design

by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things...

The Origin of the Universe - Case Closed

by Robert Amneus

"The Origin of the Universe" brings the elegance of creation to the grasp of the reader using simple language, over 78 illustrations and many examples.

No math skills are required. Easy to follow mathematical...

Cosmos

by Carl Sagan

This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan’s thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan’s remarkable ability to...

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

by Ann Druyan & Carl Sagan

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."

--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the...

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

by Brian Greene

From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date—a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe?...

A Universe From Nothing

by Lawrence M. Krauss & Richard Dawkins

“WHERE DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM? WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT? WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING? AND FINALLY, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?”

Now with color illustrations throughout.

Lawrence Krauss’s...

War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not

by Leonard Mlodinow & Deepak Chopra

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist.  This remarkable book is the product...

About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang

by Adam Frank

The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe’s “beginning” is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically...

The Order of Days: The Maya World and the Truth About 2012

by David Stuart

The world's foremost expert on Maya culture looks at 2012 hysteria and explains the truth about what the Maya meant and what we want to believe.

Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilizations End. The World...

A Grand and Bold Thing: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering

by Ann K. Finkbeiner

LATE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, what had been a fevered pace of discovery in astronomy for many years had slowed. The Hubble Space Telescope continued to produce an astonishing array of images, but the study...

The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context

by Timothy Ferris

His style as playful as ever, Timothy Ferris explores inner as well as outer space in these essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, and their intersection....

Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe

by Charles Seife

Humankind has grappled for millennia with the fundamental questions of the origin and end of the universe--it was a focus of ancient religions and myths and of the inquiries of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus,...

Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery

by Stephen J. Pyne

A brilliant new account of the Voyager space program-its history, scientific impact, and cultural legacy Launched in 1977, the two unmanned Voyager spacecraft have completed their Grand Tour to the four outer...

Warped Passages

by Lisa Randall

The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for...

Deep Time

by David Darling

What would it be like to see the whole history of the universe, from the moment of creation to the farthest future? Deep Time shows us - through the eyes of a single particle that emerges from the fires of genesis...

Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology

by R. C. Sproul

R. C. Sproul refutes the view of many contemporary scientists that chance can cause something to come into being or cause an event to occur.

Possibilities in Parallel

by Scientific American Editors

Parallel universes are a staple of science fiction, and it's no wonder. They allow us to explore the question, "what if?" in a way that lets us step completely outside of the world we know, rather than question...

Giordano Bruno: His Life, Thought, and Martyrdom

by William Boulting

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16^th Century. This book follows Bruno's life and the development of his thought in the order in which he...

John Dee's Natural Philosophy: Between Science and Religion

by Nicholas Clulee

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone...