Cosmology & the universe
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A brief history of black holes
£10.99A brief history of black holes
Black holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects. In A Brief History of Black Holes, Dr Becky explores the mysteries and realities of this misunderstood phenomenon – and that nearly everything you know about them is wrong.
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Inside the stargazer’s palace
£25.00Inside the stargazer’s palace
Step inside the dazzling world of the sixteenth-century scientist.
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Nothing
£8.99Nothing
What is ‘nothing’? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space – a void – exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle’s theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.
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Origins
£11.99Origins
For centuries poetry and science have been improbable, yet constant, bedfellows. Chaucer was an amateur astronomer; Milton broke bread with Galileo; and, before turning to the arts, Keats was a doctor. Meanwhile, scientific luminaries like Ada Lovelace and James Clerk Maxwell moonlighted as poets, composing verse between experiments and equations. Following in this tradition, theoretical physicist Joseph Conlon spins a dazzling intergalactic epic. Drawing on his scientific expertise, Conlon reveals the origins of our universe through two long-form poems – ‘Elements’ and ‘Galaxies’. Journeying from the Big Bang to the edges of our ever-expanding cosmos, Origins offers a delightful and revelatory adventure through contemporary physics.
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Our accidental universe
£22.00Our accidental universe
The BBC presenter of ‘Sky at Night’, and Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Chris Lintott, takes us on an astonishing tour of bizarre accidents, big characters, and human error to tell the story of some of the most important astronomical events of the past hundred years.
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Philip’s 2024 stargazing month-by-month guide to the night sky Britain & Ireland
£6.99Philip’s 2024 stargazing month-by-month guide to the night sky Britain & Ireland
This is a guide for stargazers in Britain and Ireland. The new 2024 edition has been completely revised to make it even more essential for exploring the night skies – making the night sky accessible to beginners and experts alike.
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Space oddities
£18.99Space oddities
An eye-opening and accessible account of the latest as-yet-inexplicable phenomena of the universe – oddities that could transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality.
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The cosmic revolutionary’s handbook
£12.99The cosmic revolutionary’s handbook
For all those who wonder about our bizarre universe, and those who want to overthrow the big bang, this book gives you ‘just the facts’: the observations that have shaped established ideas and theories. The authors pull back the curtains, and show how cosmology really works.
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Unknown universe
£16.99Unknown universe
A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmos
A beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful infrared space observatory, along with expert insights into their revelations.
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