'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended' the Independent '(Greene) send(s) the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride.

Despite its apparent materiality, the universe is actually a kind of 3-D projection and is ultimately no more real than a hologram. Using this theory, the author presents his idea of reality. This includes not only reality as we know it, but also an explanation of paranormal phenomena.

Although everyone is familiar with the concept of time in everyday life and has probably given thought to the question of how time began, scientific developments in this field have not been accessible in a simple understandable form. This book presents ideas about the role of time in theoretical cosmology.

What are the boundaries of our universe? Can there be different physical laws from the ones we know? Are there in fact other universes? Do we really live in a multiverse? This book takes us on a journey, examining the most fundamental questions in science. It explores the frontiers of reality.

Reviews developments in applications of inhomogeneous models to cosmology, for graduate students and academic researchers in astrophysics.

Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the nature of reality and the place of life in the universe.

Explores and explains core science concepts and topics. This book includes and high-interest ideas that connect students to science in the world around them. It features a range of text types and visual information organizers to aid comprehension.

Featuring several high-resolution images collected by a fleet of telescopes, satellites and inter-planetary probes, this book takes us on a voyage to the edge of the cosmos.

One boggles at the thought of the stupendous work ...that has gone into the book. It deserves an honored place in what promises to be one of the great stages of advance in the physics of the cosmos. Contemporary Physics

An account of the development of modern cosmology with contributions by many of the leading protagonists in the field. The book looks at physical and observational cosmology, the great cosmological debates, important observations and the riddle of dark matter, as well as the Big Bang theory.

What would the universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our tininess to give it scale? This work is written by the author of novels such as Spies , plays ( Copenhagen and Noises Off ) and films ( Clockwise ).

The discovery in 1992 of 'cosmic ripples' led to sensational headlines and a scramble among scientists to claim credit. This book offers an explanation of one of the biggest discoveries in modern science - and a picture of what happened next.

Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents. This book considers the development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature. It explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks.

Physicists argue from different perspectives for and against the idea of the existence of multiple universes.

In the Introduction to the Phenomena , Geminos provided a clear view of Greek astronomy in the period between Hipparchos and Ptolemy. This book, an English translation of Geminos' work, is accompanied by an introduction and commentary that set Geminos' work in its historical, scientific, and philosophical context.

Stephen Hawking is an intellectual icon, known not only for the adventurousness of his ideas but for the clarity and wit with which he expresses them. His phenomenal multi-million-copy bestseller A Brief History of Time introduced the fascinating landscape of theoretical physics to readers all over the world.

Unravelling the latest amazing breakthroughs in theoretical physics, Stephen Hawking guides the reader through the evolution of Einsteinian physics to a universe of ten dimensions and a so-called theory of everything.

Did the universe originate from a 'big bang' as argued by leading astrophysicists and others? Or does some other theory more accurately describe its beginnings? Are there other forms of life in our universe? This book covers modern cosmology, relativistic theories of the universe, the Big Bang, the problem of God and creation, and cosmology.