Astrophysics category: 1588 books
by Kip Thorne
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar, from executive producer and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system....
Death from the Skies!
The Science Behind the End of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe?s most fascinating events.
According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen But how much do we really need to fear from things like black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae?...
by Mike Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Three elements of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) final report are reproduced in this ebook. The CAIB reported on the last flight of space shuttle Columbia, which ended in the horrible, sudden loss of the vehicle and crew during entry on February 1, 2003. The report has been professionally...
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
A revised edition of the New York Times bestselling classic: the epic story of the golden years of American space exploration, told by the men who rode the rockets
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space,...
Thirteen
The Apollo Flight That Failed
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
An “exciting” minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston (The New York Times).
On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through...
The Mercury 13
The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
**For readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s...
by Mary Roach
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller.
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer....
The View From the Center of the Universe
Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
In this strikingly original book, a world-renowned cosmologist and an innovative writer of the history and philosophy of science uncover an astonishing truth: Humans actually are central to the universe. What does this mean for our culture and our personal lives? The answer is revolutionary: a science-based...
The Goldilocks Enigma
Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
An acclaimed physicist and cosmologist considers the multiverse and more: “Very readable indeed . . . This is Doctor Who, but for real.” —*TheGuardian***
The Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies’s eagerly awaited return to cosmology, the successor to his critically acclaimed bestseller...
Parallel Worlds
A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2006
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
Kaku skillfully...
by James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and...
The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos tackles perhaps the most mind-bending question in modern physics and cosmology: Is our universe the only universe?
There was a time when "universe" meant all there is. Everything. Yet, a number of theories...
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 16, 2017
¿Qué son los agujeros negros? ¿Y los quarks? ¿Tienen sentido las expediciones en busca de vida extraterrestre? Todos nos hemos hecho preguntas como estas, pero lo cierto es que hoy en día pocos tenemos tiempo para contemplar el cosmos e intentar disipar nuestras dudas. Neil deGrasse Tyson nos...