What's Really Out There? exploring the cosmos 8 H&SC

Beyond The Galaxies

what do we really know

1. Cosmic Odyssey ~ Jean Heidmann – Examines the history of the Universe as established by modern astro-physics and evaluates our place in it .Cambridge University Press, 1989 5 ½” X 8 ½”, 182 pps. Hard cover, dust jacket unclipped, soiled, scuffed at top edge..Spine tilted, coreners bumped, rubbed. Closed tear at front top spine edge. Pages unmarked, tight, clean and bright..

2. An Old Man’s Toy ~ A. Zee – Review of developments in physics and astro-physics since Einstein . MacMillan Publishing Company, 1989 6 ½ X 9 ¼” 272 pps. Hard cover, dust jacket unclipped, edgeworn, one closed tear. Spine titled. Corners, spine ends bumped, abraded. Pages unmarked, tight, clean and bright.

3. The Unifnished Universe ~Louise B. Young - Combining the findings of biology, physics, astronomy and cosmology, disputes the applicability of the law of entropy to all matter. Contends it is only one aspect of “a single process that is creating more complex, highly organized and more efficient forms of matter all the time and at every level…” Oxford University Press, 1986 5 ½” X 8” 239 pps. Soft cover, shallow crease down center. Corners bumped, abraded. Pages unmarked, tight, age-discolored, dog eared at front and back .

4. The Dark Matter ~ Wallace and Karen Tucker – Popular history of the discovery of the ‘dark matter’ that is now thought to comprise 90% of the known universe, of the people who discovered it and of the impact of these newly discerned facts on cosmology William Morrow & Company, 1988 5 ¾” X 8 ½”, 254 pps. Hard cover, dust jacket unclipped, spine tilted. Shelf grime on top text edge. Pages unmarked, tight, age discolored at edges.

5. The Dark Side of the Universe ~ James Trefil – Describes the ‘dark matter’ that comprises so much of the Universe and notes the impact of its discovery on scientific thought … and humanity’s ideas of its place in creation. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 197 pps. 6 ½” X 9 ¼”, 197 pps. Hard cover, dust jacket unclipped. Coffee stains across top and bottom edges, front text edge. Does not affect text. Pages unmarkded, tight, clean and bright.

6. Masters of Time ~ John Boslough - Contends that cosmologists, who thought they had all the answers in the 80s have seen much of their theory disproved by the findings of the 90s. Efforts to make sense of the new, constantly changing data, have produced a whole new wave of theories that fall short of explaining the Universe. Addison Wesley, 1992 6 ¼” X 9 ½”, 266 pps. Hard cover, dust jacket unclipped, very lightly scuffed at top edge. No other blemishes.

7. Beyond Einstein ~ Dr. Michio Kaku and Jennifer Trainer – Kau, one of the founders of string theory, describes how this new cosmology unites “all the laws of physics into one description of all known forces of the universe.” Bantam New Age Books, 1987 5 ½ X 8 ¼”, 225 pps. Soft cover, no crease in spine. Corners rubbed. Pages unmarked, tight, age discolored.

8. Deep Time ~ David Darling – An attemp to unite the findings of modern astro-physics and cosmological theory in a subjective, philosophical explaination of what it means to the individual human. Delacort Press, 1989 5 ¾” X 8 ½”, 189 pps. Hard cover, no dust jacket. Front cover stained. Corners, spine ends bumped, abraded. Ownere's name on front endpaper. Pages unmarked, tight clean and bright

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