Astronomy, Space & Time

Interpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertia...

Have you ever looked up at the stars and wondered what you were really seeing? Do you often stop to ponder why we are all here; what we are all mad...

In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientis...

The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and dest...

'Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing' STEPHEN KING It might have been the end of days. Instead it was the beginning of something sho...

The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatu...

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory as...

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory as...

A world-renowned astrophysicist takes us through the huge, unfolding history of the universeThe night sky is an endless source of wonder and myste...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe No.1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in spaceHuman ci...

This new book is a thorough but short review of the history and present status of ideas in cosmology. It is aimed at a broad audience, but will con...

Within the last one hundred years, the scientific conception of the universe has undergone radical change. As a result a new field has evolved, cal...

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the Unit...

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is a great guide to the night sky at a great price Astronomy Now ...

The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this a...

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical worldIn Fun...

So staggering you go whoa! every few seconds Guardian Really impressive Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morn...

So staggering you go whoa! every few seconds Guardian Really impressive Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morn...

From Nobel Prizewinning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to todayModern cosmology began a century ago with Albert E...

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the...

There''''s a whole universe out there...Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orb...

This book summarizes the science to be carried out by the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, a major ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will ...

An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the hist...

The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (192293), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge University. After wartim...

The Galactic Centre represents a unique and extreme environment in the Galaxy. It hosts the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, its most concentra...

Building on the latest discoveries in astronomy and cosmology, this guide to space covers everything from the Solar System to black holes, dark mat...

This book presents a comprehensive review of the methods applied to derive cosmological parameters for a given model and test different cosmologica...

This is the inside story of one of the world's largest particle detectors. Two years ago, the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva...

Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most diffic...

This book presents readers with the latest research in interferometry. Chapters include research done on an approach that can be used to identify t...

This book presents a historical-philosophical analysis of the concept of evolution, considering the degree of development of the theories of evolut...