2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on Google+Follow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS


Physics


spacer

Physics
Cosmology


There are 153 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Physics - Cosmology
Page 1 of 8 next

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
by Neil Degrasse Tyson
Publisher Comments
'Loyal readers of the monthly \"Universe\" essays inNatural Historymagazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson\'s talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with stunning clarity and almost childlike enthusiasm. Here, Tyson... (read more)

Your price: $15.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
by Lisa Randall
Publisher Comments
The bestselling author of Warped Passages, one of Time magazine's “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," Lisa Randall gives us an exhilarating overview of the latest... (read more)

List Price $29.99
Your price: $21.00
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
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: $9.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Grand Design
The Grand Design
by Stephen Hawking
Publisher Comments
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science... (read more)

List Price $18.00
Your price: $12.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss
Publisher Comments
“WHERE DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM? WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT? WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING? AND FINALLY, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?” Lawrence Krausss provocative answers to these and other timeless questions in a wildly popular... (read more)

Your price: $24.99
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


The Holographic Universe
The Holographic Universe
by Michael Talbot
Staff Pick
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot is one of my favorite books. Fascinating. Amazing! Physics, swamis, waves, and particles. Extremely readable.... (read more)

List Price $14.99
Your price: $3.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
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: $11.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Staff Pick
This learned and amusing work covers the origin of the universe to the human genome. A welcome journey with Bryson in typical wise and witty fashion.... (read more)

List Price $16.99
Your price: $8.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Grand Design
The Grand Design
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: $14.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
by Stephen W. Hawking
Publisher Comments
Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme... (read more)

List Price $27.95
Your price: $3.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (Terry Lectures)
The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (Terry Lectures)
by Nancy Ellen Abrams
Review
Winner of the 2012 Nautilus Gold Award for the science/cosmology category. The Nautilus Awards recognizes Books and Audio Books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living & positive social change, while at the same time they stimulate the... (read more)

Your price: $20.00
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
Staff Pick
"Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe."... (read more)

List Price $16.00
Your price: $7.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Stephen W Hawking
Publisher Comments
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always... (read more)

List Price $18.00
Your price: $5.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Short History of Nearly Everything
Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Publisher Comments
One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it... (read more)

Your price: $10.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Publisher Comments
One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey — into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail — well... (read more)

List Price $32.00
Your price: $11.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Cosmos
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan
Publisher Comments
The best-selling science book ever published in the England language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots... (read more)

List Price $7.99
Your price: $5.50
Used - Mass Market

add to wish list


Biocentrism (10 Edition)
Biocentrism (10 Edition)
by Robert Lanza
Synopsis
Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world — a US News and World Report cover story called him a “genius” and a “renegade thinker,” even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the... (read more)

List Price $14.95
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Briefer History of Time
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
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 one of the landmark volumes in scientific writing of our time. But for years... (read more)

List Price $22.00
Your price: $12.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time
Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time
by Martin Gorst
Publisher Comments
The untold story of the religious figures, philosophers, astronomers, geologists, physicists, and mathematicians who, for more than four hundred years, have pursued the answer to a fundamental question at the intersection of science and religion: When... (read more)

List Price $23.95
Your price: $7.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
by Neil Degrasse Tyson
Publisher Comments
Origin's explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe- of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of orbiting planets, and of different forms of life. Distill s] complex... (read more)

List Price $22.95
Your price: $9.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


1 3 4 5 ... 8 next»


Browse the entire aisle:
by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
There are 153 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Physics
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...



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.