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Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Yearbook of Astronomy 2024

The longest-running astronomy book of its kind in the world (has appeared every year since 1962). Popular astronomy annual for amateur an...

The Sky Vault - The Comet Cycle Book 3

The third and final book in Percy's innovative and acclaimed Comet Cycle, The Sky Vault follows the aftermath of an airplane that goes mi...

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...

Night Sky with the Naked Eye: How to Find Planets, Constellations, Satellites and Other Night Sky Wonders Without a Telescope - How to Find Planets, Constellations, Satellites and Other Night Sky Wonders without a Telescope

Understand and Enjoy the Wonders of the Stars with Fun Activities for the Whole Family Gain a deeper appreciation of the universe and our...

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 Hidden Reality - Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

The bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos tackles perhaps the most mind-bending question in modern phys...

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...

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.

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...

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

The Extraordinary Revelation Of Who We Are And Where We Are

General Relativity: The Essentials

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

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 Dictionary of Astronomy

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

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Violent Phenomena in the Universe

Acclaimed by "Nature" as "excellent and uncompromising," this reader-friendly book explores exploding stars, black holes, and the Big Ban...

We Have No Idea - A Guide to the Unknown Universe

In our small corner of the universe, we know how some matter behaves most of the time and what even less of it looks like, and we have so...

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...

The Order of Time

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

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...

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...

Time Reborn - From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

One of the 21st century's foremost physicists and thinkers presents a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos, concluding t...

Eclipse Almanac 2031 to 2040 - Black and White Edition

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Until the End of Time - Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe

From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration ...

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...

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...

This Way to the Universe - A Journey into Physics

'Extraordinary' Leonard Susskind 'A rare event' Sean Carroll _____ When leading theoretical physicist Professor Michael Dine was asked wh...

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...

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 Science of Can and Can't - A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals

A young theoretical physicist's guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal the full scope of our universe There i...

What's Eating the Universe? - And Other Cosmic Questions

'Brilliant. You won't find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put to...

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...

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...

The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far

'Probably the most readable, exciting and authoritative writer on science we have. A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top of t...

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...

The Sun: A Very Short Introduction

Without the Sun, our planet - and life on it - would not exist. As our nearest star, the Sun is also important for astronomers and still ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Titan After Cassini-Huygens

Titan After Cassini-Huygens is the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of our knowledge on Titan, including results and insights f...