Astrophysics category: 1588 books
Endless Universe
Beyond the Big Bang
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
**Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that “steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.” —**Wall Street Journal
The Big Bang theory—widely regarded as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe—posits that space and time sprang...
First Light
The Search for the Edge of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses in The Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. In First Light, he demonstrates his gift for creating an exciting and absorbing narrative around a complex scientific subject--in this case the efforts by astronomers at the Palomar...
The Mars Mystery
The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
An asteroid transformed Mars from a lush planet with rivers and oceans into a bleak and icy hell. Is Earth condemned to the same fate, or can we protect ourselves and our planet from extinction?
In his most riveting and revealing book yet, Graham Hancock examines the evidence that the barren...
UFOs
Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Foreword by Jacques F. Vallee
Introduction by Burt Rutan
Commentary by Tom Clancy
A never-before-heard firsthand account of a government insider's experience on the cutting edge of UFO exploration
While still on active duty in the U.S. Army during the 1980s, Colonel John...
Discover the Stars
Starwatching Using the Naked Eye, Binoculars, or a Telescope
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
For everyone who has looked up at the stars on a clear night and longed to know more about them, here is the perfect introduction and guide to discovering the stars.
Discover the Stars leads you on a tour of all the stars and constellations visible with the naked eye and introduces you to deep-sky...
by Marcia Bartusiak
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
The riveting and mesmerizing story behind a watershed period in human history, the discovery of the startling size and true nature of our universe.
On New Years Day in 1925, a young Edwin Hubble released his finding that our Universe was far bigger, eventually measured as a thousand trillion...
Chasing the Sun
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports from locations in eighteen different countries. As he soon discovers,...
by TD Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
In 1955, the Central Intelligence Agency established a clandestine base of operations in the Nevada desert with a mission to protect the United States from a growing communist threat. Special projects at Area 51 were shrouded in mystery, and the first was one of the world's most famous spy planes,...
This New Ocean
The Story of the First Space Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond.
The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and...
by Jason P Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
We are going to travel to the stars. I'd like to help get us there. In the interest of that, I offer this theory, and the accompanying inventions and ideas to humanity. Please take it from here. Thank you.This brief document is intended for those who understand superconductors and particle...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provides a fascinating look at NASA's research program using the YF-12. Contents: Chapter 1: YF-12 Design and Development * Chapter 2: Joint USAF/ NASA YF-12 Research * Chapter 3: Heating and Loads...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is a comprehensive survey of America's experimental aircraft from the pathfinding supersonic X-1 to the X-50. The introduction states: For a while, it seemed the series of experimental aircraft sponsored...
by Galileo Galilei
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) needs no formal introduction, being one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. After four years, Galileo had announced to his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo was hastily withdrawn from the monastery....
Nothing
Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Incredible discoveries from the fringes of the universe to the inner workings of our minds—all from nothing!
It turns out that almost nothing is as curious—or as enlightening—as, well, nothing. What is nothingness? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science...