Modern cosmology tells us that the universe is remarkably 'fine-tuned' for life. If the constants of physics or the initial …
Meet 12 men and women whose research and work in new technologies brought about a revolution in the understanding of …
Are we on the verge of solving the riddle of creation using Einstein's ''greatest blunder''? In a work that is …
Long out of print, this classic book investigates the experimental determination of one of the fundamental constants of astrophysics and …
A useful scientific theory, claimed Einstein, must be explicable to any intelligent person. In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist …
In this book, the author leads the reader, step by step and without any advanced mathematics, to a clear understanding …
Introduction to Astronomy & Cosmology is a modern undergraduate textbook, combining both the theory behind astronomy with the very latest …
How did life originate in the universe? How did it all start after the creation of matter and the formation …
From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new …
Astrobiology is a very broad interdisciplinary field covering the origin, evolution, distribution, and destiny of life in the universe, as …
Drawing on observations from Chandra, Newton, and previous X- ray observatories, the author provides an accessible introduction to the history, …
Carl Sagan once noted that there is only one generation that gets to see things for the first time. We …
"In October, 1991, twenty-one scholars with cross-disciplinary expertise ... met for a week-long research conference at the Vatican Observatory near …
This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, …
Hidden from human view, accessible only to sensitive receivers attached to huge radio telescopes, giant versions of backyard satellite dishes, …
"Why"? Why is the world, the Universe the way it is? Is space infinitely large? How small is small? What …
