Astronomy

Stephen Hawking’s first full length book since the worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time, lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout. Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time was a publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over nine million copies worldwide... More

"A Brief History of Time," published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in world-wide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. The original edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But th... More

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, blending science and philosophy in a wholly ene... More

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."--The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the... More

The Holy Grail of modern scientists is "The Theory of Everything," which will contain all that can be known about the Universe -- the magic formula that Einstein spent his life searching for and failed to find. In this elegant and exciting book, first published in 1990, John Barrow challenges the qu... More

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there?In "Cosmos," Carl Sagan explained the universe. In "Contact," he predicts its future -- and our own.In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out t... More

Drawing as much on Darwinian ideas as on Einstein’s, this radical, exciting book suggests that the laws of nature are not fixed, but that they evolve in the same way that living things evolve. Smolin suggests our universe is the result of a process of evolution that has created a universe containi... More

THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON capture the Spirit of adventure, the thirst for change, for the new, that stirs beneath man's apparent want of stability and calm.H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, best-known for his science fiction novels. His first attempt at fi... More

The authors of "Civilization One" return, bringing new evidence about the Moon that will shake up our world. Christopher Knight and Alan Butler realized that the ancient system of geometry they presented in their earlier, breakthrough study works as perfectly for the Moon as it does the Earth. They ... More

The great theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winnder, Richard Feynman, left an indelible imprint on scientific thought. On 14 March 1964 he delivered a remarkable lecture which, until now, was believed to be lost. His lecture was about a single fact, though by no means a small one. When a planet ... More

Everybody is intrigued by ideas such as the Big Bang and black holes, and we all want to know how we fit into the Universe at large. Companion to the Cosmos is a user-friendly guide which nobody interested in the world around us can afford to be without.... More

This Collins Gem features individual charts for all 88 constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres, complee with star charts and a star atlas for the entire sky. It details the brightest stars and objects of interest that can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars and small telescopes.... More

The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars... More

Informative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section of new photos. Over 100 photos and diagrams. "Extraordinary delight awaits the amateur astronomer or teacher who opens this book.... More

This comprehensive coverage of the thousands of celestial objects outside our solar system. The objects are grouped according to constellation, and their definitions feature names, coordinates, classification, and physical description, along with hundreds of visual aids. Volume I of the three-volume... More