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The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries	From the origin of life to dark energy to the multiverse. Six lectures on DVD, inspired by the leading edge of cosmic discovery, at the intersection of our knowledge and ignorance of how the universe works.
Space Chronicles	Views on the future of space travel and America’s role in that future, with topics that range from the missteps that shaped our recent history of space travel to how aliens, if they existed, might go about finding us.
The Pluto Files	Gathered here in one place is a record of Pluto’s rise and fall from planethood, given by way of media accounts, public forums, cartoons, and letters I received from disgruntled school children, their teachers, strongly opinionated adults, and colleagues.
Death By Black Hole	A vibrant collection of essays on the cosmos from the nation's best-known astrophysicist.
Origins	Origins explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe: of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of planets that orbit those stars, and of different forms of life that take us back to the first three seconds and forward through three billion years of life on Earth to today's search for life on other planets.
Cosmic Horizons	Leading experts explain the discoveries of modern astrophysics in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History's newly renovated Rose Center for Earth and Space. Cosmic Horizons illuminates the most recent discoveries of modern astrophysics with essays by leading astronomers, including NASA scientists.
The Sky Is Not the Limit	The captivating story of a boy from the Bronx who grew up to be America's most prominent astrophysicist.
One Universe	The connections of astrophysics with everyday life. The companion book to the 2000 opening of the Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center for Earth and Space.
Just Visiting This Planet	A collection of six years from a Q & A column written monthly for Star Date magazine.
Universe Down to Earth	Essays on special topics in astronomy that evolved principally from invited talks and lectures delivered for introductory college astronomy classes at Columbia University, University of Maryland, and University of Texas. The book uses creative "household" analogies to help bring complex topics of the universe to the lay reader.