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$11.20 

About Time : Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

 by P. C. W. Davies

Examines the ramifications of Einstein's relativity theory, exploring the mysteries of time and considering black holes, time travel, the existence of God, and the nature of the universe. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

$10.00 

Are We Alone? : Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life

 by Paul Davies

"Is life a random accident, or is the universe in some way designed to produce it? Davies explores some of the mind-boggling consequences of an infinite universe, in which everything that can happen will happen an infinite number of times. . . .An excellent survey of the arguments that have raged around this subject for centuries."

$14.36

The Artful Universe : The Cosmic Source of Human Creativity

 by John D. Barrow

In this eclectic and entertaining study of the interrelationship between the arts and the sciences, Barrow explains how the landscape of the Universe has influenced the development of philosophy and mythology, and how millions of years of evolutionary history have fashioned our attraction to certain patterns of sound and color. Photos, line drawings.

$20.97

Companion to the Cosmos

 by John R. Gribbin, Geoffrey Kloske (Editor)

For the first time, a renowned science writer describes in detail the tremendous advances in astronomy over the last decade, with an extended essay that sums up the present state of knowledge about the universe, in a comprehensive guide to the cosmos. By the author of Schroedinger's Cat.

$24.95

Empire of the Sun : Planets and Moons of the Solar System

 by John R. Gribbin, Simon Goodwin

$11.96 

The Fabric of Reality : The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its Implications

by David Deutsch

The Fabric of Reality is full of refreshingly oblique, provocative insights. But I came away from it with only the mushiest sense of how the strands in Deutsch's tapestry hang together. Early on he entertains the notion that, as he writes The Fabric of Reality, other David Deutsches in other universes are also writing books.... I wish I could reach into one of those worlds and grab a clearer version of this perplexing book.

$10.36

Fire on Earth : Doomsday, Dinosaurs, and Humankind

 by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin (Contributor)

Able and prolific science popularizers, the Gribbins turn their attention to that worldwide attention-getter of 1993: the Jupiter-comet collision. Wondering if it can happen to Earth, the Gribbins retell the discovery of the principal terrestrial evidence that it already has--the iridium layer and crater in Mexico confirming a cataclysmic, dinosaur-extinguishing collision. Where in the solar system such cosmic killers come from next occupies their presentation as they provide statistics for known Earth-crossing asteroids and comets.

$14.36

The Ghost in the Atom: A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics

 by J.R. Brown (Editor), P. C. Davies (Editor), J. Broown (Editor)

Nine distinguished physicists consider the conceptual foundations of quantum physics--its paradoxes as well as its profound implications for the theory of nature--within a text based on a BBC radio documentary broadcast.

$11.96

In Search of Schrodinger's Cat : Quantum Physics and Reality

 by John Gribbin

Part history book and part remedial physics text for those who lost interest when the equations started getting unintuitive, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat explains quantum physics in a way that's not only clear, but also enjoyable.

$20.95

Origins : Our Place in Hubble's Universe

 by John R. Gribbin, Simon Goodwin

The much-anticipated follow-up to "Hubble's Universe", this breathtakingly illustrated history of the universe from the big bang to the present presents stunning photographs of vents that previous generations of astronomers could only picture in their mind's eye--and which non-astronomers could not even imagine. 50 color illustrations Online publicity.

$9.60

Parallel Universes : The Search for Other Worlds

 by Fred Alan Wolf

The author of the award-winning Taking the Quantum Leap explains how the new physics predicts the existence of universes that are similar to and perhaps even duplicates of our own universe.

 $24.50

Q Is for Quantum : An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

 by John R. Gribbin, Mary Gribbin (Editor), Jonathan Gribbin (Illustrator)

Here in one volume John Gribbin, the award-winning science writer and physicist, has collected the answer to everything you need to know about the quantum world -- the place where most of the greatest scientific advances of the twentieth century have been made.