Astronomy, Space & Time

In The Janus Point renowned physicist Julian Barbour presents a major new solution to one of the most profound questions in physics - what is time?...

In 1633, the Roman Inquisition condemned Galileo as a suspected heretic for defending Copernicus's hypothesis of the earth's motion and denying the...

As humanity expands its presence into space and ultimately settles beyond earth permanently, what freedoms can people expect? On the one hand space...

Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philoso...

Why do we exist? For centuries, this question was the sole province of religion and philosophy. But now science is ready to take a seat at the tabl...

Forget about rockets to Mars the future of space science lies with the search for exoplanets Twenty years ago, the search for planets outside the...

Setting Aside All Authority is an important account and analysis of seventeenth-century scientific arguments against the Copernican system. Christo...

It has been the aim of the authors to give in this book a brief, simple, and accurate account of the heavens as they are known to astronomers of th...

In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discove...