Timothy Ferris has written 27 work(s)
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Hardcover:
9781426208102 | Natl Geographic Society, September 6, 2011, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity—the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview.
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Hardcover:
9780060781507 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, February 9, 2010), cover price $26.99 | About this edition: In his most important book to date, award-winning author Timothy Ferris — “the best popular science writer in the English language today” (Christian Science Monitor) — makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy.
Miscellaneous:
9780061969522 | Harpercollins, February 9, 2010, cover price $11.99
CD/Spoken Word:
9781441892423 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, February 8, 2011), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: In his most important book to date, award-winning author Timothy Ferris — “the best popular science writer in the English language today” (Christian Science Monitor) — makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy.
9781441892447 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, February 8, 2011), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: In his most important book to date, award-winning author Timothy Ferris — “the best popular science writer in the English language today” (Christian Science Monitor) — makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy.
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9781441892430 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, February 8, 2011), cover price $89.97 | About this edition: In his most important book to date, award-winning author Timothy Ferris â âthe best popular science writer in the English language todayâ (Christian Science Monitor) â makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy.
9781441892454 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, February 8, 2011), cover price $44.97
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Hardcover:
9780688058890 | William Morrow & Co, July 1, 1988, cover price $7.98 | About this edition: Chronicles humankind's awakening to the vastness of cosmic space and time, interweaving physics, philosophy, and religion with portraits of the great cosmologists
Paperback:
9780060535957 | Reprint edition (Perennial, August 1, 2003), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it.
9780385263269 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, June 1, 1989), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Chronicles humankind's awakening to the vastness of cosmic space and time, interweaving physics, philosophy, and religion with portraits of the great cosmologists
9789990853704 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, June 1, 1989), cover price $0.02
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9781931056151 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, March 1, 2001), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Chronicles humankind's awakening to the vastness of cosmic space and time, interweaving physics, philosophy, and religion with portraits of the great cosmologists.
9781558001176 | Dove Entertainment Inc, October 1, 1988, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: From prehistoric times through Copernicus, Newton, and Einstein, to today's "supersymmetry" theories of spacetime, this narrative details our most priceless treasure--our conception of the universe at large.
Prebinding:
9780613033848 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Chronicles humankind's awakening to the vastness of cosmic space and time, interweaving physics, philosophy, and religion with portraits of the great cosmologists
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Hardcover:
9780789209542 | Abbeville Pr, February 1, 2008, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: This new collection of compelling night photography contrasts the arid landscape of Israel and the Sinai Desert against the awesome and eternal spectacle of the night sky.
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9780786170227 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, May 1, 2007), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life.
9780786158966 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 24, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life.
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9780786149254 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, April 24, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life.
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9780760326428 | Voyageur Pr, October 15, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: From our viewing platform on Earth, the night sky changes throughout the year.
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9781554071470 | 4 spi rev edition (Firefly Books Ltd, September 12, 2006), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A reference guide for stargazers offers star charts and information on equipment, planets, and stellar photography.
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9780738206363 | Basic Books, April 5, 2005, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A collection of the correspondence of the maverick physicist, Nobel laureate, and author offers an insightful and intimate glimpse into the mind and life of a scientific luminary.
Paperback:
9780465023714 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, April 24, 2006), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of the correspondence of the maverick physicist, Nobel laureate, and best-selling author offers an insightful and intimate glimpse into the mind and life of a scientific luminary who became a legend in his own time.
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9780684865805 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, June 1, 2003), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: The author explores how backyard stargazers are changing our knowledge of the universe, recounts his own experiences, and shares information on some of the more interesting things that can be seen in space.
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9780393020229 | W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 2002, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A group of leading physicists--Stephen Hawking, Kip S.
Paperback:
9780393324464 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents essays that explore the deepest mysteries of the universe, including black holes, gravity holes, and time travel, by physicists Stephen Hawking, Kip S.
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Hardcover:
9780684865799 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 2002, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The author explores how backyard stargazers are changing our knowledge of the universe, recounts his own experiences, and shares information on some of the more interesting things that can be seen in space.
CD/Spoken Word:
9781590072769, titled "Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space, and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril" | Unabridged edition (New Millenium Audio, November 1, 2002), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: The author explores how backyard stargazers are changing our knowledge of the universe, recounts his own experiences, and shares information on some of the more interesting things that can be seen in space.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781590072752, titled "Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space. and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril" | Unabridged edition (New Millenium Audio, September 1, 2002), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The author explores how backyard stargazers are changing our knowledge of the universe, recounts his own experiences, and shares information on some of the more interesting things that can be seen in space.
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Paperback:
9780060936488 | Ecco Pr, October 1, 2001, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Presents essays on animals, the universe, physics, flowers, and other topics by contributors including Peter Canby, Natalie Angier, Michael Klesius, and Joseph D'Agnese.
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Hardcover:
9780893819453 | Aperture, September 1, 2001, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: This series of compelling night images of the land and skies of Israel offers the viewer mystical points of entry and departure.
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9780684849379 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 2001, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A pictorial celebration of the search for life on other worlds is based on a PBS documentary and includes more than two hundred illustrations, including such images as Hubble Space Telescope photography and pulp science fiction cover art, complemented with observations by noted scientists.
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9781931056144 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, May 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Explains why many scientists are convinced that life is abundant throughout the universe, and considers how, one day, radio telescopes may be used to connect humans with an intergalactic Internet and contact alien civilizations in the far reaches of the universe.
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9781931056137 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, July 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Explains why many scientists are convinced that life is abundant throughout the universe, and considers how, one day, radio telescopes may be used to connect humans with an intergalactic Internet and contact alien civilizations in the far reaches of the universe.
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9780684810201, titled "The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universe(S) Report" | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation
Paperback:
9780684838618, titled "The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universe's Report" | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, July 1, 1998), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781574533286, titled "The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The Universe(S) Report" | Audio Literature, February 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A non-technical account of recent astronomical research integrates information on the personalities involved with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation.
Prebinding:
9780613275583 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $28.20 | About this edition: A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation
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9780688031763 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1977, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Reviews the major discoveries in astronomy and cosmology in the twentieth century and recounts the work of the men and women responsible for those discoveries
Paperback:
9780688018368 | 2 rev upd edition (William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1983), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Hailed by critics as a classic of modern science and awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize, this is the tumultuous tale of groundbreaking discoveries by a group of scientists whose rivalries and emotions played as important a role as their intellectual brilliance.
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9781931056168 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, December 1, 2000), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Describes the discoveries of a group of scientists whose rivalries and emotions played as important a role as their intellectual brilliance.
9781574533675, titled "Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe" | Audio Literature, June 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the discoveries made by a group of scientists whose rivalries and emotions played as important a role as their intellectual brilliance.
9780787109356 | Dove Entertainment Inc, January 1, 1997, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Hailed by the critics as a classic modern science writing, The Red Limit was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize.
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9780553080407 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1992, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A look at the relationship between the cosmos and human beings explores the complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence and the nature of consciousness
Paperback:
9780553371338 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1993), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A look at the relationship between the cosmos and human beings explores the complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence and the nature of consciousness
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781931056212 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, December 1, 2000), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A look at the relationship between the cosmos and human beings explores the complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence and the nature of consciousness.
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A distinguished astronomer and photographer presents a stunning collection of astronomical photographs that capture the stars, galaxies, nebulae, and other distant images of our universe. 35,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:
9780821226285 | Bulfinch Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of astronomical photographs that capture the stars, galaxies, nebulae, and other distant images of our universe
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Hardcover:
9780965513623 | Reed Drabick, August 1, 1997, cover price $34.95
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9780787114701 | Dove Entertainment Inc, April 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A non-technical account of recent astronomical research integrates information on the personalities involved with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation.
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Hardcover:
9780316281294 | Little Brown & Co, March 1, 1991, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Gathers essays by scientists and science writers, including Asimov, Einstein, Hawking, Curie, and Levi
Paperback:
9780316281331, titled "The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics" | Reprint edition (Little Brown & Co, June 1, 1993), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The most Eloquent and inspired scienc writing of our time.
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9780811803007 | Chronicle Books Llc, April 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Sixty brief articles provide basic explanations of complex concepts of modern science
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A look at the relationship between the cosmos and human beings explores the complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence and the nature of consciousness. Simultaneous.
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9781558004849, titled "The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context/Audio Cassettes" | Dove Entertainment Inc, February 1, 1992, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A look at the relationship between the cosmos and human beings explores the complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence and the nature of consciousness.
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9780136937067 | Prentice Hall, January 1, 1988, cover price $41.20
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