Stephen Hawking 
My Brief History 

Over the last decade, astrophysical observations of neutron stars — both as isolated and binary sources — have paved the way for a deeper understanding of the structure and dynamics of matter beyond …

More than any other book for the introductory human geography course, Contemporary Human Geography shows what geographers actually do – how they conduct research, develop new insights, teach us about …

Discover the mysteries of the Universe and journey to galaxies beyond our own in this fact-including companion to space. From icy worlds and hot, fiery giants to the biggest telescopes and latest spa …

An astronomer brings the mysteries of space down to earth in this accessible guide to cosmology, astrophysics, and the ageless wonder of the night sky.   The universe is big. Really big. And …

You”re no idiot, of course. You know Heisenburg”s uncertainty principle has nothing to do with where you put your car keys. But modern cosmology is relatively complicated. The mystery of the univer …

The participation of such diverse scientific and technical disciplines as meteorology, astronomy, atmospheric electricity, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, electromagnetic wave propagation, …

Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. ”REVISED AND UPDATED ___ ”A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).” Dr David Whitehou …

Offering a series of well-defined problems supplemented by solutions, Exercises in Practical Astronomy: Using Photographs presents meaningful practical work in elementary astronomy and astrophysics. …

Written by an award-winning cosmologist, this brand new textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with coverage of the very latest developments in the observational science of co …

It is only several decades since galaxies were recognized as huge aggregations of matter in the universe which consist of myriads of stars and vast clouds of gas. The wide variety of shapes of …