cosmology

Pictures and text illustrate relationships of size among objects in the universe.

A brief, illustrated biography of scientist Stephen Hawking that describes his life and education, scientific work on black holes, and how he lives with the disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Discusses the possiblity of life on other planets and explains how scientists are exploring this possibility.

Superman invites the reader to fly along with him as he explores and explains the universe.

Examines the scientific discovery that mankind only knows about four percent of the universe--meaning ninety-six percent is unknown--and discusses the efforts of scientists to discover "dark" matter and energy, bitter rivals between professionals, and the eureka moments that have altered the way people view the universe.

Explores how society changes along with people's understanding of the origin of the universe.

Discusses the history of how astronomers came to know the age of the universe, exploring the age of various celestial bodies within the universe and covering the inner workings of scientific inquiry.

Describes potential universes, such as ones that spin and bounce or multiply without limit, that physicists and mathematicians have hypothesized may exist based on Einstein's theory of relativity.

Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss offers answers to basic philosophical questions, Where did our universe come from?, Why is there something rather than nothing?, and How is it all going to end?, and presents the evidence that explains how our universe evolved.

Offers a concise, scientific history of the universe, and discusses how nothing came to be everything, quarks, galaxy clusters, black holes, and more.