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2024 Solar Eclipse for Dummies

Uncover the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse--and more! Prepare to say, "oh my stars!" The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse is visible in North America o...

2025 Night Sky Almanac - A Month-By-Month Guide to North America's Skies from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

A portable guidebook for enjoying the night sky in 2025. 2025 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky...

A Beautiful Question - Finding Nature's Deep Design

Born in New York, Frank Wilczek studied at the University of Chicago and gained his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University. Frank won t...

A Brief History of Black Holes - And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientif...

A Dictionary of Astronomy

Completely revised and updated, this dictionary contains over 4,300 entries covering all aspects of astronomy. Written by an expert team ...

A Meteorite Killed My Cow - Stuff That Happens When Space Rocks Hit Earth

This book introduces the reader to the fascinating and sometimes bizarre world of space rocks using a simple, clear layman-friendly style...

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Life lessons from space

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth is an inspirational memoir of space exploration and hard-won wisdom, from an astronaut who has spen...

An Infinity of Worlds - Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe

What happened before the primordial fire of the Big Bang: a theory about the ultimate origin of the universe. In the beginning was the Bi...

Apollo 11 - The Moon Landing in Real Time

Brings Apollo 11's moon landing mission back to life as never before in a thrilling day-by-day account.

Astrotopia - The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race

A revealing look at the parallel mythologies behind the colonization of Earth and space-and a bold vision for a more equitable, responsib...

A Traveler's Guide to the Stars

A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travel With known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Ye...

A Universe from Nothing - Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing

The astounding "New York Times" bestseller--updated with an explanation of the Higgs Boson and its implications--offers new answers to th...

A Universe From Nothing - why there is something rather than nothing

A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: where did the universe come from and how w...

Before the Big Bang - Our Origins in the Multiverse

One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse. 'Fascinating' ROG...

Black Holes - The Key to Understanding the Universe

A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. It...

Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

STEPHEN HAWKING was a brilliant theoretical physicist and is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. He h...

Black Hole Survival Guide

What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole? Black holes are found throughout the universe. They can be microscopic. They can be bill...

Conjuring the Universe - The Origins of the Laws of Nature

The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale...

Cycles of Time - An Extraordinary New View of the Universe

What came before the Big Bang? How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end? This book illuminates some of the deepest mysteries...

Death by Black Hole - And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Readers of his essays in Natural History magazine recognise Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the co...

Eclipse Almanac 2031 to 2040 - Black and White Edition

Eclipse Almanac 2041 to 2050 - Color Edition

Eclipse Almanac 2061 to 2070 - Color Edition

Eclipse Bulletin: Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 August 21 - Color Edition

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity - A Concise Introduction

This short text describes the physics of curved space-times and Einstein's general theory of relativity for physics undergraduates with a...

Einstein's Monsters - The Life and Times of Black Holes

Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, yet every galaxy harbours a black hole at its centre. In Einstein's Monsters, C...

Endurance - A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Scott Kelly is a retired astronaut and International Space Station commander. He recently returned from his #YearInSpace to break all rec...

Extraterrestrial - The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

VISIONARY' Stephen Greenblatt Harvard's top astronomer takes us inside the mind-blowing story of the first interstellar visitor to our so...

Eyes in the Sky - Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb

Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope. This allowed them to gaze further into outer space and exam...

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them - A Journey to the Edge of Physics

What are the mysterious numbers that unlock the secrets of the universe? In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical...

Fundamentals - Ten Keys to Reality

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical w...

Galaxies

"This book introduces readers to the rich history and physics of galaxies, describing what we know about these systems as well as the mys...

General Relativity: The Essentials

A straightforward introduction to General Relativity, explaining the physical, philosophical and mathematical ideas it is built on.

Heidelberg - City of Astronomy - From Small Planets to the Second Earth

Heidelberg has been a home for astronomy innovation for centuries. In 1609 Kepler's Astronomia Nova was printed here. Heidelberg also saw...

Hyperspace - A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens Ion

The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of h...

Impact Cratering Across the Solar System: Volume 3

Impact Cratering Across the Solar System, Volume Three provides an up-to-date, accessible and comprehensive discussions on the impact lan...

In Six Days

Harvard professor Stephen J. Gould, on CNN's Crossfire in November of 1999, said no legitimate scientist in the world believes the Genesi...

Interstellar - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future Beyond Earth

'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES' Washington Post 'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD ...

Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium

Aimed at graduate students and advanced undergraduates in physics and astronomy, this concise textbook covers all aspects of the ISM and ...

interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas - Desk Edition

Der interstellarum Deep-Sky-Atlas ist das Kartenwerk einer neuen Generation. Er ist ein einzigartiges und unverzichtbares Hilfsmittel für...

Letters from an Astrophysicist

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe, from the 'most popular scientist...

Light in the Darkness - Black Holes, The Universe and Us

For readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective of world-leading astrophysicist Heino Falcke, ...

Mars - A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Red Planet

The perfect gift for anyone eager to learn more about the Red Planet. Discover all you need to know about Mars - including the history, c...

Observational Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction

Unlocking the secrets of the Universe involves the critical application of the laws of physics to the observations. This Very Short Intro...

Optics of the Moon

Optics of the Moon presents methods for interpreting optics of surfaces on the Moon with complicated structures. For example, the book il...

Origins - Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollin...

Our Mathematical Universe - My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

A journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality from a science author well-known among hi...

Planetary Systems: A Very Short Introduction

For many decades, we were only familiar with our own system of planets, the Solar System, orbiting our Sun. Now we know that it is just o...

Reality Is Not What It Seems - The Journey to Quantum Gravity

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who has made significant contributions to the physics of space and time. He has worked in Italy ...

Starborn - How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them

Revealing the fundamental connection between the stars and the story of civilization, leading cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores how the...

Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets 2025: 2025

Starry Messenger - Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, ...

Stars - A Month-by-Month Tour of the Constellations

"Stargazing is a perfect hobby. It can be done any time of year from anywhere, and it's easy to share with friends and family of all ages...

Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis

An ideal bridging text for astrophysics and physics majors looking to move on from the introductory texts.

The Black Hole War - My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics

Winner of the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. The father of string theory recounts the inside story behind ...

The Dream - The Extraordinary Revelation Of Who We Are And Where We Are

The Extraordinary Revelation Of Who We Are And Where We Are

The Elegant Universe - Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

An erudite explanation of String theory, which resolves the hundred-year-old antagonism between General Relativity and Quantum Theory. Re...

The End of Everything - (Astrophysically Speaking)

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NEW SCIENTIST, BBC FOCUS, INDEPENDENT AND WASHINGTON POST 'A rollicking tour of...

The Future of Humanity - Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond

Michio Kaku is a professor of physics at the City University of New York, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several wid...

The God Equation - The Quest for a Theory of Everything

'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial Times From the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of t...