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“A rich and rewarding history of one of the most astounding ideas in physics and astronomy” (Marcia Bartusiak) – that the universe we know isn’t the only one   Our books, our movies—our imaginations—are obsessed with extra dimensions, alternate timelines, and the sense that all we see might not... Read More about The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes

A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashe... Read More about Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate

A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence,... Read More about What's Science Ever Done for Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe

An accessible look at the hottest topic in physics and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universe The biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle-smasher, and the anticipation of finally discovering the Higgs b... Read More about Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles

An accessible look at the mysteries that lurk at the edge of the known universe and beyond The observable universe, the part we can see with telescopes, is incredibly vast. Yet recent theories suggest that there is far more to the universe than what our instruments record--in fact, it could be infin... Read More about Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond

The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein's famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr, w... Read More about The Great Beyond: Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything