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Examines some of the provocative questions raised by our new knowledge that time can be distorted, stopped, and even run backward and speculates about the possibility of 'time travel.'
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9780385290043 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Examines some of the provocative questions raised by our new knowledge that time can be distorted, stopped, and even run backward and speculates about the possibility of 'time travel.
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9780385290784 | Delacorte Pr, May 1, 1980, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Examines some of the provocative questions raised by our new knowledge that time can be distorted, stopped, and even run backward and speculates about the possibility of 'time travel.
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9780385282093 | Delacorte Pr, February 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Explores the intimate relationship between the sun and life on the earth, details the literally earth-shaking impact of solar storms, and reports on recent astrophysical evidence that the sun is menacingly inconstant and is doomed to die
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9780905347288 | Intl Inst for Environment, December 1, 1981, cover price $5.50
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9780385283212 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 1982, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A lucid and comprehensive account of man's genesis incorporates the latest findings and theories of disciplines ranging from astrophysics to geophysics and from biochemistry to genetic engineering
Details the path of human evolution as viewed by traditional Darwinian theory and by the new radical theory based on recent findings in the field of genetics, with controversial conclusions
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9780070247390 | 1 edition (McGraw-Hill, September 1, 1983), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Details the path of human evolution as viewed by traditional Darwinian theory and by the new radical theory based on recent findings in the field of genetics, with controversial conclusions
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9780553342536 | Reissue edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1984), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: An astrophysicist offers an introduction to the theoretical principles, practical applications, and far-reaching implications of quantum physics and quantum mechanics
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9780070247406 | McGraw-Hill, November 1, 1985, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A complete description of the search for an understanding of heredity follows the growth of the science from Darwin and Watson through to today's advanced DNA and genetic engineering
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9780631142898 | Blackwell Pub, January 1, 1986, cover price $18.95
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9780553346176 | Reissue edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, April 1, 1992), cover price $12.00
9780553342581 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, April 1, 1986, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: This second revised edition brings to an end the search for the origins of the Universe.
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9780553344325 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1987, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The author explains evolution--from Darwin to DNA to genetic engineering--and renders comprehensible the quantum roots of molecular biology
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9780434305919 | William Heinemann Ltd, November 1, 1988, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The bestselling author of In Search of Schrödingerâs Cat examines the science of dark matter and ultimate fate of the universe.
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9780553345155 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, July 1, 1988, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Looks at scientists' efforts to determine whether the universe will continue expanding or stop and begin to collapse upon itself, and discusses the search for the dark or missing matter
As a giant comet plummets toward Earth, the inhabitants of the impoverished, war-ravaged planet cannot decide whether it is the herald of a new age or the sign of their destruction
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9780575043572 | Victor Gollancz, June 1, 1989, cover price $21.90
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9780380761579 | Reprint edition (Avon Books, October 1, 1991), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: As a giant comet plummets toward Earth, the inhabitants of the impoverished, war-ravaged planet cannot decide whether it is the herald of a new age or the sign of their destruction
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9780553057300 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An investigation into the origin of intelligent life on Earth, includes an exploration of the nature of dark matter, the superstring theory, and the existence of other universes
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9780553347401, titled "Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology" | Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: An investigation into the origin of intelligent life on Earth, includes an exploration of the nature of dark matter, the superstring theory, and the existence of other universes
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9780802113740 | Grove Pr, April 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes the evidence that our climate is changing, estimates the impact of the greenhouse effect, and explains what must be done to lessen its severity
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9780802132642 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, April 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An examination of the green-house effect against a broader background of natural climatic processes.
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9780452264953, titled "The Cartoon History of Time: A Beginner's Guide to Quantum Physics, Relativity and the Beginning of the Universe" | Plume, November 1, 1990, cover price $9.95
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9780671728410 | Touchstone Books, January 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Argues that recent developments in quantum physics, astronomy, and chaos theory have forced a reconsideration of the concepts of space, time, and matter
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9780792412793 | Bdd Promotional Book Co, June 1, 1992, cover price $1.98
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9780517585917 | Harmony Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: An updated look at black holes chronicles their discovery and formation and offers two known ways for humans to build a time machine using the laws of physics
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9780517881705 | Reprint edition (Crown Pub, June 1, 1994), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: An updated look at black holes chronicles their discovery and formation and offers two known ways for humans to build a time machine using the laws of physics
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9780316328333 | Bulfinch Pr, August 1, 1993, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Analyzes the consequences of the most recent discoveries in the field of astronomy, discussing the findings of the COBE satellite, which prove the Big Bang theory but pose other important questions about the origin of life
Product Description: Ripples in space collected by the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite in 1992 clearly confirmed current ideas about the Big Bang. But why do matter and nature's fundamental forces seem specially designed to produce our kind of universe? Some scientists see the hand of God, others call this a non-question, but Gribbin suggests a new answer...read more
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9780316328364 | Little Brown & Co, January 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ripples in space collected by the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite in 1992 clearly confirmed current ideas about the Big Bang.
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9780525937500 | E P Dutton, March 1, 1994, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A biography of the archetypal scientist traces Einstein's monumental advances in thermodynamics and physics and offers a detailed appreciation of his profound influence on the direction of all subsequent scientific inquiry
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9780452271463 | Reprint edition (Plume, March 1, 1995), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A biography of the archetypal scientist traces Einstein's monumental advances in thermodynamics and physics and offers a detailed appreciation of his profound influence on the direction of all subsequent scientific inquiry
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9780606074667 | Demco Media, March 1, 1995, cover price $22.46 | About this edition: A biography of the archetypal scientist traces Einstein's monumental advances in thermodynamics and physics and offers a detailed appreciation of his profound influence on the direction of all subsequent scientific inquiry
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9783764350055, titled "Am Anfang Warâ¦: Neues vom Urknall und der Evolution des Kosmos" | Reprint edition (Birkhauser, March 27, 1995), cover price $69.99
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9780316328388 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Reveals recent developments in quantum theory and explains the fundamental riddle of quantum mechanics--why a single photon can be seen going in two directions at once
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9780316328197 | Back Bay Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: An intriguing tour of the mysteries of modern physics describes how dramatic improvements in experimental techniques and new theories have transformed the quantum universe over the last decade--from mind-bending paradoxes to intriguing sidelights.
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9780312143350 | St Martins Pr, July 1, 1996, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Examines the nature, origin, and dangers of comets and studies how asteroid and comet collisions with the Earth have shaped the course of human history
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9780312155292 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, April 1, 1997), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Examines the nature, origin, and dangers of comets and studies how asteroid and comet collisions with the Earth have shaped the course of human history
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9780316328357 | Little Brown & Co, December 1, 1996, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Describes the tremendous advances in astronomy over the last decade, with an extended essay that sums up the present state of knowledge about the universe, in a comprehensive guide to the cosmos
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