Amazing on amazon .ca sale is ending soon ... sorry to be a pain in the butt, but I need some book recommendations. Something very educational, a good overview on universe, galaxies, space, dark matter, black holes, etc. etc. = BUT NOT the very basics, some stuff that takes a bit of basics and makes it more comprehensive, more interesting, more wide (not just the dam planets or list of statistics) ... I already know the main stuff. Dont recommend an astronomy high school book, please ;-)

Dunno if its the right place (book recommendations thread - rarely anyone goes there), but please help me out. I need some reading material to beef up my universe knowledge. From a scientific point of view.

EDIT: If hardly anyone posts, can a mod move this to chillout forum then? At your own discretion ... but I need recommendations, dammit!

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Last edited by Magnetonium on Aug-22-2007 at 11:59

Check out "The Elegent Universe" and "A Brief History of Time" if you haven't already. Probably the two most engaging cosmology books I've come across personally.

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Originally posted by Renegade Check out "The Elegent Universe" and "A Brief History of Time" if you haven't already. Probably the two most engaging cosmology books I've come across personally.

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Both of these are musts.

http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nuts...87800071&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/Briefer-Histo...87800071&sr=8-2

Endless Universe is pretty interesting although I never quite finished it.

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Among the 12+ books in my shopping cart right now, I added these:

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality - Brian Greene; Hardcover

A Briefer History of Time - Stephen Hawking; Hardcover

Nova--The Elegant Universe; DVD (may buy the book later, sounds like a tough read)

Keep 'em coming, I want to add another couple books ;-)

can someone recommend a great book about the details about the galaxies, dark matter / energy, universe expansion, black holes, etc. thats more than just a high school astronomy book? Seems like the above titles only talk about the new cutting edge info on string theory, quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and such.

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