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Calibrating the Cosmos
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2007; US$ 31.99Explains in non-mathematical language the measurements and the interpretation of the resulting data that have led to the understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of our expanding Big Bang universe. This book includes the results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the results of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. more...
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.95From Brian Greene, one of the world?s leading physicists and author the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe , comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why... more...
Parting the Cosmic Veil
Springer 2007; US$ 35.99Describing our awareness of a vast Universe, this book talks about the story of expanding horizons and the discovery of invisible worlds, made possible with technology and telescopes. It presents the Cosmic Veil within universal themes, such as invisibility, motion, content, form, impermanence, violence and emptiness, beginnings and ends. more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Theories of the Universe
Alpha Books 2001; US$ 19.95You?re no idiot, of course. You know Heisenburg?s uncertainty principle has nothing to do with where you put your car keys. But modern cosmology is relatively complicated. The mystery of the universe definitely isn?t one we can flip to the end to see whodunit. That hasn?t stopped physicists, astronomers, and philosophers from searching for clues!... more...
Turn Right At Orion
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.00"Turn Right at Orion is the account of an epic astronomical journey, discovered sixty million years in Earth's future-the product of one man's amazing, revelatory, and occasionally perilous space odys" more...
The Universe
Oldcastle Books 2012; US$ 8.74Where did the Universe come from? The single biggest and most difficult question that there is. From early religions through Greek Philosophy and Western Science man has attempted to discover the meaning of our place in the Universe. In the last twenty years these debates have been cast in a new light by amazing discoveries, big bang theory and... more...
The Cosmic Keyhole
Springer 2009; US$ 23.99In the last thirty years humans have probed the Universe, explored the Solar System and visited with spacecraft some of the most incredible places humans have ever laid eyes upon. We have expanded our knowledge slowly and surely, but still now only see a glimpse of the bigger picture. "The Cosmic Keyhole" explores the big discoveries of recent... more...
The Universe Within
House of Anansi Press 2012; US$ 15.95Every technology we rely on today was created by the human mind, seeking to understand the universe around us. Scientific knowledge is our most precious possession, and our future will be shaped by the breakthroughs to come. In this personal, visionary, and fascinating work, Neil Turok, Director of Canada?s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,... more...
The Universe
Oldcastle Books 2007; US$ 13.99Where did the Universe come from? The single biggest and most difficult question that there is. From early religions through Greek Philosophy and Western Science, man has always attempted to discover the meaning of our place in the Universe. In the last twenty years these debates have all been stood on their head by amazing discoveries, big bang... more...
The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos
OUP Oxford 1999; US$ 14.99How old is the universe? How far away are the galaxies and how fast are they travelling away from us? What is dark matter and why do astronomers think it pervades the universe? How heavy is the vacuum? How do galaxies form?Michael Rowan-Robinson answers these and many more questions in a highly original and intriguing way. He encapsulates our current... more...









