Astronomy

Our ideas about black holes are most often based on popular myths and a few well-known scientific facts. Describing the history of black hole research, Chris...

Encyclopedias of various countries in references to B. L. Van der Waerden characterize him as an outstanding mathematician who predetermined the leading tren...

How do mathematical models explain space? Ian Stewart, winner of several awards for the popularization of science, presents a fascinating guide to the mechan...

The latest cosmological revolution began in 2015, when gravitational waves from the merger of many invisible black holes of stellar mass that make up the dar...

An appendix to the novel "Rope" is an ethnographic study that formed the basis of the novel and is mentioned in the last chapter as the heroine's report at a...

“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times ...

The book presents detailed and edited recordings of some lectures given in recent years to students of various specialties. The basis for them was the interf...

Timed to release for the 15th Anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, this is the epic true story of one of the most dramatic, unforgettable a...

In this book, children will learn about the structure and properties of the Sun, as well as the planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. All inform...

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union, constrained by fears of nuclear holocaust, turned a dangerous confrontation into a unique compet...