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The Emergence of Lifeby Pier Luigi Luisi
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 35.00Uniquely combining biology and philosophy, this book offers a systematic course in the emergence of life from inanimate matter through to cellular life. With review questions included, this book will appeal to graduate students, academics and researchers in the field of the origin of life and other related areas. more...
Cosmic Catastrophesby J. Craig Wheeler
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 38.00Fully updated second edition for undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics. more...
The Hidden Realityby Brian Greene
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 11.99From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos comes his most expansive and accessible book to date—a book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe? There was a time when “universe” meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. With crystal-clear prose and inspired use of analogy, Brian Greene shows how a range of different “multiverse” proposals emerges from theories developed to explain the most refined observations of both subatomic particles and the dark depths of space: a multiverse in which you have an infinite number... more...
Particle Dark Matterby Gianfranco Bertone
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 96.00Describes the dark matter problem in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology for graduate students and researchers. more...
Cosmosby Carl Sagan
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 7.99This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan’s thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan’s remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting, Cosmos is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. The book also explores spacecraft missions of discovery of the nearby planets, the research in the Library of ancient Alexandria, the human brain, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the origin of life, the death of the Sun, the evolution of galaxies and the origins of matter, suns and worlds. Sagan retraces the fifteen billion years of cos-mic evolution that have transformed matter... more...
Routledge Companion to the New Cosmologyby Peter Coles
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95This approachable and authoritative guide to the cosmos includes topics such as Black Hole; Doppler Effect; Heat Death of the Universe; Life in the Universe; Quantum Field Theory; Supernova; and much more. more...
The Accelerating Universeby Mario Livio
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 17.95Advance Praise for The Accelerating Universe " The Accelerating Universe is not only an informative book about modern cosmology. It is rich storytelling and, above all, a celebration of the human mind in its quest for beauty in all things." —Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams "This is a wonderfully lucid account of the extraordinary discoveries that have made the last years a golden period for observational cosmology. But Mario Livio has not only given the reader one clear explanation after another of what astronomers are up to, he has used them to construct a provocative argument for the importance of aesthetics in the development of science and for the inseparability of science, art, and culture." —Lee Smolin, author... more...
Cosmologyby Peter Coles; Francesco Lucchin
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 90.00This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the this addition include: An overall introduction to the book Two new chapters: Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves Each part has a collection of exercises with solutions to numerical parts at the end of the book Contains a table of physical constants The addition of a consolidated bibilography more...
Facts of Causationby D.H. Mellor
Routledge 1998; US$ 43.95The Facts of Causation, now available in paperback, is essential reading for students and anyone interested in reading one of the ground-breaking theories in metaphysics. more...
Unsolved Mysteries of Scienceby John Malone
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 32.50A LIVELY EXPLORATION OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE How Did the Universe Begin? The Big Bang has been the accepted theory for decades, but does it explain everything? How Did Life on Earth Get Started? What triggered the cell division that started the evolutionary chain? Did life come from outer space, buried in a chunk of rock? What is Gravity? Newton's apple just got the arguments started, Einstein made things more complicated. Just how does gravity fit in with quantum theory? What Is the Inside of the Earth Like? What exactly is happening beneath our feet, and can we learn enough to help predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? How Do We Learn Language? Is language acquisition an inborn biological ability, or does every child... more...









