Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
Apollo's Fire
A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
It?s the oldest story on Earth. You relive it every day.
So much of our shared daily experience in the world is shaped by the sometimes dramatic, sometimes subtle effects of the Earth?s spin, its tilt on its axis, the alternation of light and darkness, the waxing and waning of the moon, the...
The Aliens Are Coming!
The Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Actor and bestselling science writer Ben Miller takes readers to the cutting edge of one of the greatest questions of all: Is there life beyond Earth?
For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe, but in the last few years—as our probes begin...
by A. Rupert Hall
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
The near century (1630-1720) that separates the important astronomical findings of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the vastly influential mathematical work of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) represents a pivotal stage of transition in the history of science. As a result of the raging intellectual battle...
Five Equations That Changed the World
The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995!
Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations.
As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor...
UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens
What Science Says
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
A wide-ranging survey offers “entertainment as well as wisdom for everyone who’s ever wondered what’s behind so many conspiracy theories and paranormal phenomena” (Publishers Weekly).
UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of...
Light is the Bridge between God, Relativity and Quantum Physics
The Power of Light, #7
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2018
The presented theory in this book has been grounded on a fundamental mathematical mistake in the famous George Maxwell's Classical Electromagnetic Field Theory with an Impact on General Relativity, Quantum Physics and the boundaries of our Universe.
In this new theory the old concept in Quantum...
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. The sheer enormity of...
Mind Over Matter
Conversations with the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2004
“Ruminations on every scientific subject over the sun—and plenty beyond it”—from the bestselling author of The Universe and the Teacup (The Boston Globe).
A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
This ebook provides comprehensive coverage of the history and accomplishments of wind tunnels, featuring a reproduction of the NASA history document, Wind Tunnels of NASA, along with a special section outlining some current NASA wind tunnel capabilities. The foreword of this important volume states:
Although...
A Final Story
Science, Myth, and Beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Popular science readers embrace epics—the sweeping stories that claim to tell the history of all the universe, from the cosmological to the biological to the social. And the appeal is understandable: in writing these works, authors such as E. O. Wilson or Steven Weinberg deliberately seek to move...
Exploring Mars
Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Red Planet has been a subject of fascination for humanity for thousands of years, becoming part of our folklore and popular culture. The most Earthlike of the planets in our solar system, Mars may have harbored some form of life in the past and may still possess an ecosystem in some underground...
Imminent Science
What Remains to be Discovered
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This is not science fiction. It’s a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino’s collection of short stories, The Cosmicomics, will go with us – he who knows all the answers but will give out no hints. He will help...
The Copernicus Complex
Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Longlisted for the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Short-listed for Physics World**'s** Book of the Year
The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2014
An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014
A Politics & Prose 2014...
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery....