Astrophysics category: 1588 books
by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
#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 in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly...
Hidden Figures
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The #1 New York Times bestseller
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst,...
Spooky Action at a Distance
The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time--and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Long-listed for the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
“An important book that provides insight into key new developments in our understanding of the nature of space, time and the universe. It will repay careful study.” —John Gribbin, The Wall Street Journal
“An...
by Kip Thorne
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 1995
**Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even...
A Briefer History of Time
The Science Classic Made More Accessible
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
#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
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time...
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A Princeton astrophysicist explores whether journeying to the past or future is scientifically possible in this “intriguing” volume (Neil deGrasse Tyson).
It was H. G. Wells who coined the term “time machine”—but the concept of time travel, both forward and backward, has always provoked...
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
The New York Times bestseller: “You gotta read this. It is the most exciting book about Pluto you will ever read in your life.”—Jon Stewart
When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet, the New York Times proclaimed...
Challenger: An American Tragedy
The Inside Story from Launch Control
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
The former launch commentator “offers a personal—and sometimes painful—look back at one of the darkest chapters in US human spaceflight” (Space.com).
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seventy-three seconds after launch,...
by Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. In Wonders of the Solar System – the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series – Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit. The Wonders of the Solar System –...
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
What are these graceful visitors to our skies? We now know that they bring both life and death and teach us about our origins.
Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan...
Chasing New Horizons
Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Called "spellbinding" (Scientific American) and "thrilling...a future classic of popular science" (PW), the up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons’ mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern...
"Live from Cape Canaveral"
Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
“From Sputnik to the International Space Station, Jay Barbree has seen it all, and reported it well. ‘Live from Cape Canaveral’ encapsulates the most technically exciting half century in history.” –Neil Armstrong
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space...
Rocket Men
The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
A New York Times Bestseller
"Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride."
-The Wall Street Journal
Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig...
by Matthias Matting
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
May I introduce: the universe. Born 13.75 billion years ago. Constantly growing. Nearly empty. Electrically neutral. Poor in antimatter. Populated by 100 billion galaxies, including 130 sextillion stars with approximately just as many planets. Consisting of only 4 percent...