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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene Publisher Comments From Brian Greene, one of the worlds leading physicists, 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... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $18.75 New - Compact Disc
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Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge by Jack Arnold Publisher Comments As optics improved, man began to see the solar system. Tycho Brahe in Denmark, Nicolaus Copernicus of Poland, Johannes Kepler of Germany, and Italy's Galileo Galilei all began to see a new relationship between the world and the stars. Their questions... (read more) Your price: $23.25 New - Compact Disc
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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil Degrasse Tyson Synopsis This New York Times best-selling author chronicles America's irrational love affair with Pluto, man's best celestial friend.... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Compact Disc
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil Degrasse Tyson Publisher Comments This vibrant collection of essays on the cosmos from the nations best-known astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, shows his talent for revealing the mysteries of outer space with stunning clarity and almost childlike enthusiasm.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Compact Disc
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A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments 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 remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Compact Disc
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Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of The Emperors New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmologys most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Compact Disc
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Theories of the Universe CD (Listen to Genius) by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments The theoretical physicist shares his latest thoughts on the nature of space and time in this anthology of selections from Princeton University Press. Along with eminent colleagues, Hawking extends theoretical frontiers by speculating on the big questions... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Compact Disc
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About Time: Cosmology, Time and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang by Adam Frank Publisher Comments The 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... (read more) Your price: $95.99 New - Compact Disc
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Sun (Exploring the Galaxy) by Thomas K. Adamson Publisher Comments - Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index - Labeled photographs - Diagrams - Close photo-text match - Extended glossary definitions - Note to parents and teachers - Plus...... (read more) Your price: $29.93 New - Compact Disc
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Earth (Exploring the Galaxy) by Thomas K. Adamson Publisher Comments - Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index - Labeled photographs - Diagrams - Close photo-text match - Extended glossary definitions - Note to parents and teachers - Plus...... (read more) Your price: $29.93 New - Compact Disc
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Moon (Exploring the Galaxy) by Thomas K. Adamson Publisher Comments - Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index - Labeled photographs - Diagrams - Close photo-text match - Extended glossary definitions - Note to parents and teachers - Plus...... (read more) Your price: $29.93 New - Compact Disc
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Pluto: A Dwarf Planet (Exploring the Galaxy) by Thomas K. Adamson Synopsis - Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index - Labeled photographs - Diagrams - Close photo-text match - Extended glossary definitions - Note to parents and teachers - Plus...... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Compact Disc
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Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss Your price: $55.00 New - Compact Disc
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Death by Black Hole Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries and Other Cosmic Quandries by Neil Degrasse Tyson Your price: $90.00 New - Compact Disc
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Origins of the Universe by Jack Arnold Publisher Comments The story of the cosmos?its beginning and its changes through time?has been a topic of much speculation and myth. It also has attracted intense attention from scientists. There are many questions about the universe's size, stability, growth, and its... (read more) Your price: $23.25 New - Compact Disc
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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking About the Author Michael Jackson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. He is an award-winning poet, novelist, and anthropologist. Among his many books are Minima Ethnographica: Intersubjectivity and the Anthropological Project; Barawa, and the... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Compact Disc
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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin Synopsis Writing with originality, lucidity, and even poetry, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin sets out to discover the size of the universe, weaving in anecdotes about the life of a globetrotting physicist.... (read more) Your price: $69.00 New - Compact Disc
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