Special Offers see all

More at Powell's

Interviews | Q&As | Essays

Employee Picks

Employee Picks
Astronomy

There are 17 books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Employee Picks - Astronomy
Page 1 of 1

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'If you haven\'t read Mary Roach\'s previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you\'ll find. Space travel hasn\'t been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it\'s', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '1', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '2995088', 
 'isbn' => '9780393068474', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130919', 
 'author_key' => 'roachmary', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13590716', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void', 
 'price' => '8.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Mary Roach', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'packingmarscurioussciencelifevoid', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780393068474-10', 
 'list_price' => '25.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110620', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780393068474' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '2995088', 
 'isbn' => '9780393068474', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130919', 
 'author_key' => 'roachmary', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13590716', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void', 
 'price' => '8.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Mary Roach', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'packingmarscurioussciencelifevoid', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780393068474-10', 
 'list_price' => '25.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110620', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
Staff Pick
If you haven't read Mary Roach's previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you'll find. Space travel hasn't been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it's... (read more)

List Price $25.95
Your price: $8.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Lawrence Krauss\'s new book, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing, summarizes the continuing developments in the field of cosmology. In addition to championing these new insights in the study of modern physics, Krauss also', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '2', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-COSMOLOGY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2013', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4281225', 
 'isbn' => '9781451624465', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Free Press', 
 'received_date' => '20130827', 
 'author_key' => 'lawrencemkraussandricharddawkins', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15916316', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing', 
 'price' => '7.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins', 
 'section' => 'Physics-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'universenothingwhytheresomethingratherthannothing', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9781451624465-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20130808', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781451624465' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-COSMOLOGY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2013', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4281225', 
 'isbn' => '9781451624465', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Free Press', 
 'received_date' => '20130827', 
 'author_key' => 'lawrencemkraussandricharddawkins', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15916316', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing', 
 'price' => '7.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins', 
 'section' => 'Physics-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'universenothingwhytheresomethingratherthannothing', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9781451624465-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20130808', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins
Staff Pick
Lawrence Krauss's new book, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing, summarizes the continuing developments in the field of cosmology. In addition to championing these new insights in the study of modern physics, Krauss also... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '3', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Science Reference-Technology', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2013', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '724862', 
 'isbn' => '9780393343625', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'degrassetysonneil', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier', 
 'price' => '16.95', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Neil deGrasse Tyson', 
 'section' => 'Science Reference-Technology', 
 'title_key' => 'spacechroniclesfacingultimatefrontier', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '9.66', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '72-9780393343625-0', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '72', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ScienceReferenceTechnology', 
 'create_date' => '20130304', 
 'qty' => '70', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780393343625' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Science Reference-Technology', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2013', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '724862', 
 'isbn' => '9780393343625', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'degrassetysonneil', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier', 
 'price' => '16.95', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Neil deGrasse Tyson', 
 'section' => 'Science Reference-Technology', 
 'title_key' => 'spacechroniclesfacingultimatefrontier', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '9.66', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '72-9780393343625-0', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '72', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ScienceReferenceTechnology', 
 'create_date' => '20130304', 
 'qty' => '70', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Staff Pick
The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the... (read more)

Your price: $16.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '4', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-COSMOLOGY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4125950', 
 'isbn' => '9780375727207', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Vintage Books USA', 
 'received_date' => '20130927', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '16061063', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality', 
 'price' => '6.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Physics-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'fabriccosmosspacetimetexturereality', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780375727207-14', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20130927', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780375727207' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-COSMOLOGY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4125950', 
 'isbn' => '9780375727207', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Vintage Books USA', 
 'received_date' => '20130927', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '16061063', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality', 
 'price' => '6.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Physics-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'fabriccosmosspacetimetexturereality', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780375727207-14', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20130927', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
Staff Pick
Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more)

List Price $16.95
Your price: $6.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Started as a series of letters to her mom, How the Universe Got Its Spots turned into Janna Levin\'s diary of her life as a scientist out to determine the size of the cosmos. Levin poetically mixes fascinating scientific details with personal anecdotes. A', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '5', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'General-General', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4496804', 
 'isbn' => '9781400032723', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Anchor Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'levinjanna', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Janna Levin', 
 'section' => 'General-General', 
 'title_key' => 'howuniversegotitsspotsdiaryfinitetimefinitespace', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9781400032723-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'GeneralGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781400032723' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'General-General', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4496804', 
 'isbn' => '9781400032723', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Anchor Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'levinjanna', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Janna Levin', 
 'section' => 'General-General', 
 'title_key' => 'howuniversegotitsspotsdiaryfinitetimefinitespace', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9781400032723-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'GeneralGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
by Janna Levin
Staff Pick
Started as a series of letters to her mom, How the Universe Got Its Spots turned into Janna Levin's diary of her life as a scientist out to determine the size of the cosmos. Levin poetically mixes fascinating scientific details with personal anecdotes. A... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'In the first chapter of The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene writes, "There was a time when \'universe\' meant \'all there is.\' Everything. The whole shebang." Well, those days are over. From string theory to the Inflationary Multiverse scenario to artificial', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '6', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'General-General', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4380606', 
 'isbn' => '9780307278128', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Vintage', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos ', 
 'price' => '9.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'General-General', 
 'title_key' => 'hiddenrealityparalleluniversesdeeplawscosmos', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780307278128-2', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'GeneralGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780307278128' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'General-General', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4380606', 
 'isbn' => '9780307278128', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Vintage', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos ', 
 'price' => '9.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'General-General', 
 'title_key' => 'hiddenrealityparalleluniversesdeeplawscosmos', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780307278128-2', 
 'list_price' => '16.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'GeneralGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
Staff Pick
In the first chapter of The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene writes, "There was a time when 'universe' meant 'all there is.' Everything. The whole shebang." Well, those days are over. From string theory to the Inflationary Multiverse scenario to artificial... (read more)

List Price $16.95
Your price: $9.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '7', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-SPACE EXPL36', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2012', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1663097', 
 'isbn' => '9780393082104', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130926', 
 'author_key' => 'tysonneildegrasse', 
 'bookscape_id' => '16059419', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier', 
 'price' => '13.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Neil deGrasse Tyson', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Space Exploration', 
 'title_key' => 'spacechroniclesfacingultimatefrontier', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780393082104-10', 
 'list_price' => '26.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomySpaceExploration', 
 'create_date' => '20130926', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780393082104' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-SPACE EXPL36', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2012', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1663097', 
 'isbn' => '9780393082104', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130926', 
 'author_key' => 'tysonneildegrasse', 
 'bookscape_id' => '16059419', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier', 
 'price' => '13.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Neil deGrasse Tyson', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Space Exploration', 
 'title_key' => 'spacechroniclesfacingultimatefrontier', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780393082104-10', 
 'list_price' => '26.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomySpaceExploration', 
 'create_date' => '20130926', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '8', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'binding' => 'Mass Market', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '3239195', 
 'isbn' => '9780141011110', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality. Brian Greene', 
 'price' => '18.00', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'fabriccosmosspacetimetexturerealitybriangreene', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '11.54', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '66-9780141011110-0', 
 'list_price' => undef, 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '66', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20050224', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780141011110' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'binding' => 'Mass Market', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '3239195', 
 'isbn' => '9780141011110', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality. Brian Greene', 
 'price' => '18.00', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'fabriccosmosspacetimetexturerealitybriangreene', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '11.54', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '66-9780141011110-0', 
 'list_price' => undef, 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '66', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20050224', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality. Brian Greene
by Brian Greene
Staff Pick
Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more)

Your price: $18.00
New - Mass Market

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Astro Turf is a witty and perceptive look at the history of NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California as seen from the daughter of one of its leading rocket scientists. Lord\'s lens is trained on the macho culture of the program, the culture that set', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '9', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-SPACE EXPL36', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1379902', 
 'isbn' => '9780802777393', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Walker & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20121208', 
 'author_key' => 'lordmg', 
 'bookscape_id' => '1835084', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science', 
 'price' => '5.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'M G Lord', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Space Exploration', 
 'title_key' => 'astroturfprivateliferocketscience', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780802777393-4', 
 'list_price' => '16.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomySpaceExploration', 
 'create_date' => '20060523', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780802777393' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-SPACE EXPL36', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1379902', 
 'isbn' => '9780802777393', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Walker & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20121208', 
 'author_key' => 'lordmg', 
 'bookscape_id' => '1835084', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science', 
 'price' => '5.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'M G Lord', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Space Exploration', 
 'title_key' => 'astroturfprivateliferocketscience', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780802777393-4', 
 'list_price' => '16.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomySpaceExploration', 
 'create_date' => '20060523', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
by M G Lord
Staff Pick
Astro Turf is a witty and perceptive look at the history of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California as seen from the daughter of one of its leading rocket scientists. Lord's lens is trained on the macho culture of the program, the culture that set... (read more)

List Price $16.00
Your price: $5.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '10', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-GENERAL35', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '35', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '1325574', 
 'isbn' => '9780670034468', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Viking Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130504', 
 'author_key' => 'sobeldava', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15545547', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Planets', 
 'price' => '6.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Dava Sobel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'planets', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.13', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780670034468-19', 
 'list_price' => '24.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20130417', 
 'qty' => '3', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780670034468' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-GENERAL35', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '35', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '1325574', 
 'isbn' => '9780670034468', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Viking Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130504', 
 'author_key' => 'sobeldava', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15545547', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Planets', 
 'price' => '6.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Dava Sobel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'planets', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.13', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780670034468-19', 
 'list_price' => '24.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20130417', 
 'qty' => '3', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Planets
by Dava Sobel
Staff Pick
Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.... (read more)

List Price $24.95
Your price: $6.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Simon Singh continues to demonstrate his mastery of bringing complex concepts to lay readers with this brilliant book on the origins of the universe. Singh clearly presents an overview of the history of science, filled with colorful characters, and how', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '11', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '2928954', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162215', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Perennial', 
 'received_date' => '20130805', 
 'author_key' => 'singhsimon', 
 'bookscape_id' => '7449563', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)', 
 'price' => '6.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Simon Singh', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'bigbangoriginuniverseps', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780007162215-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20060625', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162215' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '2928954', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162215', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Perennial', 
 'received_date' => '20130805', 
 'author_key' => 'singhsimon', 
 'bookscape_id' => '7449563', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)', 
 'price' => '6.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Simon Singh', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'bigbangoriginuniverseps', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780007162215-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20060625', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)
by Simon Singh
Staff Pick
Simon Singh continues to demonstrate his mastery of bringing complex concepts to lay readers with this brilliant book on the origins of the universe. Singh clearly presents an overview of the history of science, filled with colorful characters, and how... (read more)

List Price $15.99
Your price: $6.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'When it\'s hot as all get out, sometimes even reading takes energy. Go away Wall Street Journal, hello, People magazine. Author J. R. Minkel understands this concept. Instant Egghead Guide: The Universe is full of 60-second tidbits about the universe that', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '12', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-ASTRONOMY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4118821', 
 'isbn' => '9780312386375', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'St. Martin\'s Griffin', 
 'received_date' => '20091001', 
 'author_key' => 'minkeljr', 
 'bookscape_id' => '4703283', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Instant Egghead Guide: The Universe', 
 'price' => '2.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'J. R. Minkel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'instanteggheadguideuniverse', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.63', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780312386375-1', 
 'list_price' => '17.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20091001', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780312386375' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-ASTRONOMY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4118821', 
 'isbn' => '9780312386375', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'St. Martin\'s Griffin', 
 'received_date' => '20091001', 
 'author_key' => 'minkeljr', 
 'bookscape_id' => '4703283', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Instant Egghead Guide: The Universe', 
 'price' => '2.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'J. R. Minkel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'instanteggheadguideuniverse', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.63', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780312386375-1', 
 'list_price' => '17.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20091001', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Instant Egghead Guide: The Universe
by J. R. Minkel
Staff Pick
When it's hot as all get out, sometimes even reading takes energy. Go away Wall Street Journal, hello, People magazine. Author J. R. Minkel understands this concept. Instant Egghead Guide: The Universe is full of 60-second tidbits about the universe that... (read more)

List Price $17.99
Your price: $2.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Simon Singh continues to demonstrate his mastery of bringing complex concepts to lay readers with this brilliant book on the origins of the universe. Singh clearly presents an overview of the history of science, filled with colorful characters, and how', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '13', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-COSMOLOGY36', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1187170', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162208', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Fourth Estate', 
 'received_date' => '20121212', 
 'author_key' => 'singhsimon', 
 'bookscape_id' => '10970', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe', 
 'price' => '9.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Simon Singh', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'bigbangoriginuniverse', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780007162208-7', 
 'list_price' => '27.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20050417', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162208' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-COSMOLOGY36', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '36', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1187170', 
 'isbn' => '9780007162208', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Fourth Estate', 
 'received_date' => '20121212', 
 'author_key' => 'singhsimon', 
 'bookscape_id' => '10970', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe', 
 'price' => '9.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Simon Singh', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-Cosmology', 
 'title_key' => 'bigbangoriginuniverse', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780007162208-7', 
 'list_price' => '27.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyCosmology', 
 'create_date' => '20050417', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
by Simon Singh
Staff Pick
Simon Singh continues to demonstrate his mastery of bringing complex concepts to lay readers with this brilliant book on the origins of the universe. Singh clearly presents an overview of the history of science, filled with colorful characters, and how... (read more)

List Price $27.95
Your price: $9.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '14', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-ASTRONOMY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4111430', 
 'isbn' => '9780142001165', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130528', 
 'author_key' => 'sobeldava', 
 'bookscape_id' => '4577096', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Planets', 
 'price' => '2.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Dava Sobel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'planets', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.08', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780142001165-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20061019', 
 'qty' => '3', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780142001165' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSCI-ASTRONOMY', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '308', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4111430', 
 'isbn' => '9780142001165', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130528', 
 'author_key' => 'sobeldava', 
 'bookscape_id' => '4577096', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Planets', 
 'price' => '2.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Dava Sobel', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'planets', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.08', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780142001165-2', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20061019', 
 'qty' => '3', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'In the first chapter of The Hidden Reality, Brian Greene writes, "There was a time when \'universe\' meant \'all there is.\' Everything. The whole shebang." Well, those days are over. From string theory to the Inflationary Multiverse scenario to artificial', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '15', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2011', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2999651', 
 'isbn' => '9780307265630', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Knopf Publishing Group', 
 'received_date' => '20130519', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '14889182', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos', 
 'price' => '11.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'hiddenrealityparalleluniversesdeeplawscosmos', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.89', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780307265630-4', 
 'list_price' => '29.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20120904', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780307265630' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2011', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2999651', 
 'isbn' => '9780307265630', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Knopf Publishing Group', 
 'received_date' => '20130519', 
 'author_key' => 'greenebrian', 
 'bookscape_id' => '14889182', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos', 
 'price' => '11.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Brian Greene', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'hiddenrealityparalleluniversesdeeplawscosmos', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.89', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780307265630-4', 
 'list_price' => '29.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20120904', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Ancient thinkers asked why nature operates as it does; modern scientists inquire how. Hawking and Mlodinow argue that M-theory explains both, and they make great use of gorgeous illustrations, for some of these ideas come across most powerfully in', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '16', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2998935', 
 'isbn' => '9780553805376', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Bantam', 
 'received_date' => '20130817', 
 'author_key' => 'stephenhawkingandleonardmlodinow', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13007086', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Grand Design 1st Edition', 
 'price' => '11.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '1', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'granddesign1stedition', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780553805376-4', 
 'list_price' => '28.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20101203', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780553805376' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHYSI', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '220D', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2998935', 
 'isbn' => '9780553805376', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Bantam', 
 'received_date' => '20130817', 
 'author_key' => 'stephenhawkingandleonardmlodinow', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13007086', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Grand Design 1st Edition', 
 'price' => '11.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '1', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow', 
 'section' => 'Physics-General', 
 'title_key' => 'granddesign1stedition', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780553805376-4', 
 'list_price' => '28.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhysicsGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20101203', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Grand Design 1st Edition
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Staff Pick
Ancient thinkers asked why nature operates as it does; modern scientists inquire how. Hawking and Mlodinow argue that M-theory explains both, and they make great use of gorgeous illustrations, for some of these ideas come across most powerfully in... (read more)

List Price $28.00
Your price: $11.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Forget about the paranoid hysteria of 2012. Here are the ways the earth will really die. From extinction-event comets slamming into the planet to the inevitable death of the sun, astronomer Philip Platt covers the most likely futures for this little ball', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-10-01', 
 'placement' => '17', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksAstronomy', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Astronomy', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-GENERAL35', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2008', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '35', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1325191', 
 'isbn' => '9780670019977', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Viking Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130429', 
 'author_key' => 'plaitphilip', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15574735', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...', 
 'price' => '12.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Philip Plait', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'deathskiesthesearewaysworldwillend', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780670019977-9', 
 'list_price' => '25.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20130429', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780670019977' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'ASTRO-GENERAL35', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2008', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '35', 
 'dustjacket' => 'P', 
 'id' => '1325191', 
 'isbn' => '9780670019977', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Viking Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130429', 
 'author_key' => 'plaitphilip', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15574735', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...', 
 'price' => '12.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Philip Plait', 
 'section' => 'Astronomy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'deathskiesthesearewaysworldwillend', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780670019977-9', 
 'list_price' => '25.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'AstronomyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20130429', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...
by Philip Plait
Staff Pick
Forget about the paranoid hysteria of 2012. Here are the ways the earth will really die. From extinction-event comets slamming into the planet to the inevitable death of the sun, astronomer Philip Platt covers the most likely futures for this little ball... (read more)

List Price $25.95
Your price: $12.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

There are 17 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Employee Picks

Follow us on...

RSS 2.0
Log Off

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

More at Powell's

Employee Picks

Employee Picks Astronomy

Employee Picks
Astronomy