The normal course of human existence can be dramatically altered, instantly. Universe Launch defines the moment of nuclear confrontation, isolates it in the days ahead, then catapults the reader into the very-near future. A new world has emerged where ideas and actions have merged with the remains of the past. Humanity staggered on the verge of annihilation, then surged forward. Two researchers, isolated by events for five years and unsure of the new government, decide to change the approach to their mission. They need to understand the course of events ahead and agree on their next step in the aftermath of near extinction. They break the rules of their assignment and find a pathway. They take it. Chance and circumstance congeal into breakthrough. There is great meaning in the moment; meeting others, reliving the ordeal of survival, they define their revitalized mission. Self-realization and compassion await them on their journey of discovery. Join the survivors of mankind’s self-inflicted destruction as they find a way through the post-apocalyptic landscape. Meet new menaces as they emerge and threaten the hope of human progress. Feel the rebirth of humanity from the desolation of near extinction. Comprehend Universe Launch...the possibility of hope.

This book is an innovative and unique astronomy book. It is a combination of Braille and large-print captions that face 14 pages of Hubble Space Telescope photos with embossed shapes that represent various astronomical objects such as planets, stars and jets of gas streaming into space.

A brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe, describing the physics of the dangerous, the deadly, and the scary in the cosmos. So you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel through a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes? Well stop, because all that will probably kill you. From mundane comets in our solar backyard to exotic remnants of the Big Bang, from dying stars to young galaxies, the universe may be beautiful, but it’s treacherous. Through metaphors and straightforward language, it breathes life into astrophysics, unveiling how particles and forces and fields interplay to create the drama in the heavens above us.

The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies in what seemed to be empty patches of sky; transformed our knowledge of black holes; found dwarf planets with moons orbiting other stars; and measured precisely how fast the universe is expanding. In Handprints on Hubble, retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes her work on the NASA team that made all this possible. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained Hubble, the most productive observatory ever built. Along the way, Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby,” her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys.” (She was also one of the first six women to join NASA’s storied astronaut corps.) She describes in vivid detail what liftoff feels like inside a spacecraft (it’s like “being in an earthquake and a fighter jet at the same time”), shows us the view from a spacewalk, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. Sullivan explains that “maintainability” was designed into Hubble, and she describes the work of inventing the tools and processes that made on-orbit maintenance possible. Because in-flight repair and upgrade was part of the plan, NASA was able to fix a serious defect in Hubble’s mirrors—leaving literal and metaphorical “handprints on Hubble.” Handprints on Hubble was published with the support of the MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices.

A brilliantly startling book! The Revelatorium reveals the entire Intelligent Design of Creation comprising the actual Principles and Rules by which all of Creation has been blueprinted and expressed, and which has never been revealed before Mankind before. The Revelatorium is about Reality where Reality includes the nine hundred trillion light year Universe on the other side of the veil

In this uniquely spiritual work of science fiction, author G. James Royce reveals the motivation for żDeosż to create our universe, initiate organic life, and shape the evolution of the human race.