cosmology

Offers facts about a variety of topics in science, including cosmology, outer space, earth science, human beings, science fiction, and more.

An authoritative introduction to the fascinating topic of archaeoastronomy?ancient peoples' understanding and use of the skies.

A collection of facts, photographs, riddles, jokes, tongue twisters, and illustrations that provide information about the universe, discussing how space objects were formed, what they are made of, and the effects they have on each other.

Contains illustrated definitions about astronomy and space.

Like peoples throughout history, the ancient Greeks maintained largely fanciful stories about how the world, animals, and humans came to be. At the core of those tales were descriptions of the origins of the gods. Unlike many societies, which envisioned gods fashioning the universe, the Greeks held that the universe came first and gave birth to the gods.

Collects writings from several leading theoretical physicists and cosmologists that offer an overview of our scientific understanding of the universe as it stands today.

"The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this...book, John Gribbin...presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified "Theory of Everything" that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe, and everything. With his...mixture of science, history, and biography, Gribbin shows how--despite skepticism among many physicists--these two...theories are very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence"--Amazon.com.

Presents a collection of over forty essays on the mysteries of outer space by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; and examines such issues as the relationship between science and religion and the physics of black holes.

"... traces the lives of stars and also the lives of famous scientists like Edwin Hubble, Albert Einstein, and Henrietta Leavit"--Amazon.com.