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Genesis of the Cosmos: The Ancient Science of Continous Creation by Paul A. LaViolette 9781591430346
RRP: €23.79€15.78Recent developments in theoretical physics, including systems theory and chaos theory, are challenging long-held mechanistic views of the universe. Many thinkers have speculated that the remnants of an ancient science survive today in mythology and... -
Human Universe by Brian Cox 9780007488803 [USED COPY]
RRP: €29.75€3.33Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller 'Engaging, ambitious and creative' Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? ... -
Human Universe by Brian Cox
RRP: €29.75€21.46Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller 'Engaging, ambitious and creative' Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? ... -
Gravity: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Clifton
RRP: €10.70€7.68Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most difficult force to quantize. Understanding gravity is not only essential for understanding the motion of objects... -
The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle’s Grand Role in the Cosmos by Rabindra N. Mohapatra
RRP: €33.31€30.52Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all. Tiny and weakly interacting this subatomic particle may be, but this book will show you... -
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity by Martin Rees
RRP: €19.03€15.36A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over... -
The Search for Life by Hannah Banyard 9781906367909
RRP: €13.08€9.17Have you ever looked up at the night sky and thought, 'is there anybody out there?' The stars you see are the suns of other solar systems, each system with its own complex story of formation and evolution, perhaps leading to an environment where life can... -
The Aliens Are Coming!: The Exciting and Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe by Ben Miller
RRP: €13.08€3.32Discover the fascinating and cutting-edge science behind the greatest question of all: is there life beyond Earth? For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. In the last few years, scientists have... -
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler
RRP: €15.46€10.82Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from... -
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson
RRP: €15.46€11.55Readers of his essays in Natural History magazine recognise Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. Here, Tyson compiles his favourite essays across a myriad of topics. The title... -
We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What everyday things tell us about the universe by Marcus Chown
RRP: €13.08€8.71Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees... -
Planets: A Very Short Introduction by David A. Rothery
RRP: €10.70€7.68This Very Short Introduction looks deep into space and describes the worlds that make up our Solar System: terrestrial planets, giant planets, dwarf planets and various other objects such as satellites (moons), asteroids and Trans-Neptunian objects. It... -
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics by Antonio Padilla
RRP: €13.08€9.25What are the mysterious numbers that unlock the secrets of the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Antonio Padilla takes us on an irreverent cosmic tour of nine of the most extraordinary... -
2024 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America by Storm Dunlop 9780008619626
RRP: €9.51€6.44The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada, and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events... -
Universe or Multiverse? by Bernard Carr 9780521140690
RRP: €64.25€54.70Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics, such as the string landscape picture, have led to the remarkable realization that our universe - rather than being unique - could be just one of many universes. The multiverse proposal helps to... -
Interstellar Tours: A Guide to the Universe from Your Starship Window by Brian Clegg 9781837730759
RRP: €22.60€15.27'Strap in and enjoy the ride!' JOHN GRIBBIN'A window seat on a flight to our galaxy's sites of outstanding beauty' MARCUS CHOWN, AUTHOR OF THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW'His best yet!' HENRY GEE, WINNER OF THE 2022 ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK... -
Our Final Century: The 50/50 Threat to Humanity's Survival by Martin Rees
RRP: €19.03€13.82World authority on astrophysics, Sir Martin Rees, takes us on a journey through all the things which could wipe out mankind in the near future. From asteroids to disease to scientific discoveries gone wrong (from nanobots to the large Hadron collider)... -
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False by Thomas Nagel
RRP: €37.47€32.34In Mind and Cosmos Thomas Nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenable. The mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodies. If materialism cannot accommodate... -
Rediscovering the Integral Cosmos: Physics, Metaphysics, and Vertical Causality by Jean Borella 9781621384076
RRP: €19.04€17.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621384076Author Jean BorellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins 9780198813378
RRP: €20.22€14.61The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where... -
My Brief History Stephen Hawking (University of Cambridge) 9780857502636
RRP: €10.70€7.68'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New ScientistMy Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity... -
Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson
RRP: €26.18€21.13New York Times bestsellerJourney into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3DWelcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in... -
A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity by Robert B. Scott
RRP: €27.36€24.41This comprehensive student manual has been designed to accompany the leading textbook by Bernard Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity, and uses detailed solutions, cross-referenced to several introductory and more advanced textbooks, to enable... -
The Oxford Companion to Cosmology by Andrew Liddle 9780199560844
RRP: €20.81€15.01The Oxford Companion to Cosmology is a comprehensive but accessible encyclopedic overview of this enduringly popular subject. With over 350 in-depth entries - ranging from cosmic inflation and dark energy to Higgs boson and neutrinos - it both... -
Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Physics by David J. Griffiths
RRP: €32.12€27.13The conceptual changes brought by modern physics are important, radical and fascinating, yet they are only vaguely understood by people working outside the field. Exploring the four pillars of modern physics - relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary... -
The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation by Jude Currivan 9781620556603
RRP: €15.46€9.73Exploring how information is more fundamental than energy, matter, space, or time, Jude Currivan, Ph.D., examines the latest research across many fields of study and many scales of existence to show how our Universe is in-formed and holographically... -
Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity by James B. Hartle
RRP: €59.49€53.25Einstein's theory of general relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics. It also touches upon a wealth of topics that students find fascinating - black holes, warped spacetime, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Now reissued by Cambridge University... -
The Story of Gaia: The Big Breath and the Evolutionary Journey of Our Conscious Planet by Jude Currivan
RRP: €20.22€13.19Explores how the Universe, our planet, ourselves, and everything in existence has inherent meaning and evolutionary purpose* 2023 Nautilus Gold Award* Examines our emergence as self-aware members of a Universe that is itself a unified and innately... -
A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years: a journey through life, the universe, and everything by David Baker
RRP: €17.84€11.66How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? Combining knowledge from chemistry, biology, and physics, with insights from the social... -
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter by Govert Schilling
RRP: €29.69€24.15An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter-and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae,... -
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World by Carlo Rovelli 9780593192153
RRP: €30.94€22.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593192153Author Carlo RovelliFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 216mm... -
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman
RRP: €13.08€8.47Opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our universe's history: when the first stars were born. Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging... -
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity by Antonio Padilla
RRP: €29.75€26.41What are the mysterious numbers that unlock the secrets of the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Tony Padilla takes us on an irreverent cosmic tour of the most extraordinary numbers in... -
What's Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
RRP: €20.22€14.61'Brilliant. You won't find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put together' Bill BrysonCelebrated physicist and global bestselling author Paul Davies tells the story of the universe in... -
The Omniverse: Transdimensional Intelligence, Time Travel, the Afterlife, and the Secret Colony on Mars Alfred Lambremont Webre 9781591432159
RRP: €15.46€9.73We are all citizens of the Omniverse, the overarching matrix of energy, spirit, and intelligence that encompasses all that exists: all universes within the multiverse as well as the spiritual dimensions centred on the divine Source that many call God. In... -
Timaeus and Critias by Plato
RRP: €13.08€9.67'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.' Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result... -
After Life Eugene Thacker 9780226793726
RRP: €36.89€35.93Life is one of our most basic concepts, yet when examined directly it proves remarkably contradictory and elusive, encompassing both the broadest and the most specific phenomena. We can see this uncertainty about life in our habit of approaching it as... -
A Mysterious Universe: Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, and Cosmology for Everyone by M. Suhail Zubairy 9780198883067
RRP: €29.75€25.69A Mysterious Universe introduces the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, and cosmology to a novice in simple language. This concise book deals with deep issues related to the mysteries of modern physics. Both quantum... -
The Cygnus Mystery: Unlocking the Ancient Secret of Life's Origins In The Cosmos by Andrew Collins 9781842931936 [USED COPY]
RRP: €20.22€8.12It was a universal belief among ancient civilizations that life came originally from the cosmos, and ultimately would return there after death. The shamanic journey was always to this sky-world - and it appears that it was always located in the direction... -
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe by Nils Andersson 9780198568032
RRP: €98.77€81.80This book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics. It provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Starting with Einstein's...