The Sun's Heartbeat
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A wide-ranging summer science beach read describing the sun's profound effects on our lives, our history and our future.
Bob Berman Books
January 1, 1946
Bob Berman is a leading voice in American astronomy writing. His extensive career includes authoring the beloved "Night Watchman" column for Discover magazine and currently contributing to Astronomy magazine. He also shares his passion for the cosmos as a host on NPR's Northeast Public Radio and as the science editor for the Old Farmer's Almanac, making complex celestial topics accessible to a wide audience.
Secrets of the Night Sky
Most Amazing Things in the Universe You Can See with the Naked Eye, the
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
This guide offers a witty and informative exploration of the night sky, covering celestial phenomena from blue moons to Betelgeuse. Richly illustrated and packed with facts, it draws on the author's expertise from the "Night Watchman" column in Discover magazine, making complex astronomical concepts accessible and engaging for readers.
Zapped
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
All the light you cannot see, is it friend or foe?
An explosive epic encompassing the Big Bang, other past booms and future cataclysms!
Earth-Shattering
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive, and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90% of the universe's 70 billion trillion suns had non-attention-getting births and are living out their existences in a steady predictable fashion. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes the very fabric of the universe with mega-explosions and ripple effects that reach the near limits of human comprehension. From exploding galaxies to supernovas and hypernovas to gamma ray bursts and space-and-time warping upheavals, these moments are rare yet powerful, often unseen but consequentially felt. In Cataclysms, Astronomy writer Bob Berman guides us through an epic, all-inclusive investigation into these instances of cosmic violence of the largest-magnitude. He will explore the sudden creation of dazzling "new stars," the furiously explosive birth of our own Moon, how every moment ultra-high energy cosmic rays continue to bombard us, despite the Earth's protective mechanisms, and even the ways in which humanity itself has harnessed cataclysmic energy for its own gain. It will lead us humans, seemingly hard wired to enjoy fireworks, to savor the all-time greatest pyrotechnic displays -- and the strange objects that arose from them, including the very materials Nature has used to fashion our brains
From the speed of light to moving mountains - and everything in between - Zoom reveals the universe's never-ending journey
