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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson  
Powells.com 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. Recommended by...
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Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
by Lisa Randall Publisher Comments The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for now. Warped Passages is a brilliantly...
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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
Powells.com 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." Blane, Powells...
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Bang! The Complete History of the Universe
by Brian May and Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott Publisher Comments Who knows what Brian May was thinking when he wrote We Will Rock You for Queen? As a lifelong astrophysics aficionado, he may have been thinking about the origins of the universe. He's certainly been thinking about it lately. May, a freshly minted...
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory
by Lawrence M. Krauss Publisher Comments An exploration of mankinds fascination with worlds beyond our ownby the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss an international leader in physics and cosmologyexamines our long and ardent romance with parallel universes, veiled...
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene
Powells.com 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...
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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...
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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Forgotten Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
by George Johnson Publisher Comments HOW BIG IS THE UNIVERSE? In the early twentieth century. Scientists took sides. One held that the entire universe was contained in the Milky Way galaxy. Their champion was the strong-willed astronomer Harlow Shapely. Another camp believed that the...
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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking& #8217; s worldwide bestseller, < i> A Brief History of Time< /i> , has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author& #8217; s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is...
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Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe
by Michio Kaku Publisher Comments Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolutionary...
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universe, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
by Michio Kaku Publisher Comments The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent...
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The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking?s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly...
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Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments For all those who couldn't understand 'A Brief History of Time', the incomparable Bill Bryson takes on popular science, travelling through space and time to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything, and reveals the world in a way most of us...
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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
by Kip S Thorne Publisher Comments Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even...
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Publisher Comments On the 10th anniversary of his death, brilliant astrophysisist and Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan's prescient exploration of the relationship between religion and science and his personal search for God. Carl Sagan is considered one of the...
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The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe
by Arthur Koestler Synopsis This book is intended to be a concise account of the history of science in Western civilization from the Babylonians to Newton. Koestler attempts to demonstrate that during this period the astronomer as philospher enabled the peaceful co-existence of...
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
by Neil Degrasse Tyson Publisher Comments "One of today's best popularizers of science."—Kirkus Reviews Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with...
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Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe
by David Layzer Publisher Comments Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first...
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The Birth & Death of the Sun: Stellar Evolution and Subatomic Energy
by George Gamow Publisher Comments In this fascinating book, a renowned physicist outlines the discoveries and theories that illuminate the evolution of our world. One of the founders of Big Bang theory, George Gamow employs language that's both scientifically accurate and easy to...
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