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Cosmosapiens is a big-picture look at how human life emerged and evolved in the universe, incorporating the ideas of world-renowned experts....

The story of the unlikely friendship between the two physicists who fundamentally recast the notion of time and history....

In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of The Universe and everything in it....

A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles....

These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing listeners how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition....

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe....

Written by a friend and scientific collaborator with Albert Einstein, this remarkable study is a model of what a biography of a scientist should be....

In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a 27-year-old post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity - a cunning combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics - to create a simple model of the Universe....

No 20th-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988), physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon....

Humans have long sought to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time. Here, best selling...

An acclaimed experimental physicist at CERN takes you on an exhilarating search for the most basic building blocks of our universe, and the dramatic quest to unlock their cosmic origins....

Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This "deft and consuming" narrative humanizes the profound questions of meaning and existence it confronts....

Brian Greene and an ensemble cast perform this lively story tracing Albert Einstein's electrifying journey toward the discovery of the general theory of relativity....

The bestselling author of The God Equation takes an exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease.

Science Magazine reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before....

Oxford mathematician and author John Lennox takes a closer look at Hawking's logic regarding what brought the universe into being. In lively, layman's terms, Lennox guides us through the key points in Hawking's arguments....

Werner Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle" challenged centuries of scientific understanding and placed him in direct opposition to Albert Einstein....

The second half of the 20th century, many mysteries of the atom came unraveled, but one remained intractable: what Frank Close calls the "Infinity Puzzle"....

In How the Laser Happened, Nobel laureate Charles Townes provides a highly personal look at some of the leading events in 20th-century physics....

Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery....