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Little, Brown and Company 2001; US$ 9.99The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today. Through this astonishing work, he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem, and us. more...
Cosmology
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 9.99This work is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. more...
The Universe
Wiley 2012; US$ 99.95Written by a well-known author in the field, this book presents a modern understanding of the universe based on relativity, quantum physics and their elusive combination. It introduces the crucial theoretical ingredients in an accessible way, starting from the physics of Newton and developing subsequent theories all the way to the modern enigma of... more...
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 40.00In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing. It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies. The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature... more...
From First Light to Reionization
Wiley 2009; US$ 161.00This up-to-date and concise account of a critical period of the early universe directly links the latest theories and experiments. Targeted at cosmological problems rather than specific methods, it begins with an introduction reviewing the early universe and looks at why reionization is important. The process of reionization analyzes simple analytical... more...
Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 53.00A comprehensive and coherent introduction to modern quantum cosmology. more...
About Time
Free Press 2011; US$ 16.00The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe?s ?beginning? is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken again?as altered as they were with the invention of the clock, the steam engine, the railroad, the radio and the Internet. In The End... more...
Warum die Reichen reicher werden und Ihr Nachbar so aussieht wie Sie
Campus Verlag 2008; US$ 23.13Hauptbeschreibung Wir verstehen die Verhaltensweisen von Gruppen nicht, wenn wir die Entscheidungen der daran beteiligten Menschen isoliert betrachten. Doch eine neue Disziplin entdeckt die physikalischen Gesetze des menschlichen Zusammenlebens: die Sozialphysik. Sie zeigt unter anderem, dass Einzelentscheidungen sich summieren und zu Massenphänomenen... more...
Das Buch der Universen
Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 23.13Hauptbeschreibung Jahrtausendelang war für uns Menschen das eigene Universum so unbegreiflich, dass der Gedanke an andere Welten unvorstellbar war. Erst die moderne Physik mit der Theorie der Multiversen schuf die Voraussetzung, andere, neue Universen zu beschreiben, wie sie nach den Gesetzen der Physik möglich sind. John Barrow zeigt uns die bislang... more...
Cosmic Update
Springer 2011; US$ 54.99"...The Multiversal book series is equally unique, providing book-length extensions of the lectures with enough additional depth for those who truly want to explore these fields, while also providing the kind of clarity that is appropriate for interested lay people to grasp the general principles involved." - Lawrence M. Krauss Cosmic Update... more...









