Books for Adults

By Joshua Winn.For centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only sine the 1990s has the technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more that five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the Webb Space Telescope. In "The Little Book of Exoplanets", Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behing recent findings.

by Stephen Hawking with Leonard MlodinowStephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller "A Brief History of Time" remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts--the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe. "A Briefer History of Time is Professor Hawking's response. Although "briefer," this book is much more than a mere explanation of Hawking's earlier work.

by Jonathan PoppeleMake stargazing more fun that ever! Includes all 88 constellations. A simple approach: Focus on one constellation at a time, instead of dizzying charts. Ensure success: Start with the easy-to-find constellations and work toward the more difficult ones. Use what's familiar: Learn to identify constellations in relation to the Big Dipper, the North Star, and the top of the sky. Mythology and more: Fascinating facts, interesting tidbits, detailed information about the planets and solar system, and more.

by Stephen Hawking and Leonard MlodinowWhen and how did the universe begin? Why are we hear? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent "grand design" of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion - or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity.

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene25th Anniversary EditionIn this new, thenty-fifth anniversary edition, renowned physicist and author Brian Green--"the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today" updates his classic work with a new preface and epilogue summarizing the significant theoretical and experimental developments over the past quarter-century. From established science, including relativity and quantum mechanics, to the cutting edge thinking on black holes, string theory, and quantum gravity.

The Big Idea What Shape is Space? A primer for the 21st century by Giles Sparrow General Editor: Matthew TaylorIf the edge of the observable Universe is not the edge of everything, where does it end? If we were to stand on the edge of our observable Universe, would we see another stretching before us? And if we were to stand on the edge of that, what would we see? If the Universe is infinite, what does that mean? Is it simply made up of an infinite number of finite observable universes? Does it consist of myriad bubble universes, each containing its own infinite universe?

The Nature of Space and Time by Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose. With an afterword by the authors.Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united into a single quantum theory of gravity? Can quantum and cosmos ever be combined?

Realitivity The Special & The General Theory 100th Anniversary Edition by Albert EinsteinWith commentaries and background material by Hanoch Gutfreund & Jurgen RennAfter completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote "Relativity". Intended for a popular audience, the book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written.

by Michael Summers and James TrefilDiamond worlds, super Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system.