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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

The Universe in a Box - A New Cosmic History

**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST** Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look u...

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...

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 ...

The Privileged Planet

Earth. The Final Frontier

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Under Alien Skies - A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturn's rings look from a spaceship sailing just above th...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

The Tao of Cosmos - The Holographic Unity of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind

Explores the interplay between ancient wisdom and modern cosmology

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

This handbook provides detailed coverage of historical discoveries in cosmology, such as the expansion of the universe, the Big Bang theo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

General Relativity: The Essentials

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Eclipse Almanac 2031 to 2040 - Black and White Edition

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.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 ...