ToE Seed
Have you ever looked up at a starry night sky and felt, deep down, that your own mind is somehow entwined with the cosmos? ToE Seed: Singular Baseline takes that feeling seriously - and explores it with scientific rigor and philosophical depth. This book presents the Poia Theory of Everything (Poia stands for 'Point of It All'), a framework that bridges the precise insights of modern science with the timeless wisdom of spiritual inquiry. It suggests that our universe is more than a cold collection of particles; it's a living, participatory cosmos where consciousness plays an integral role. In clear, accessible prose, Haden A. Snjougla guides the reader through ideas at once cutting-edge and ancient. He reinterprets cosmic mysteries - from the invisible 'dark matter' that fills the galaxies to the quantum observer effect - through a startling new lens: a unified field of consciousness. Reality, he proposes, arises from a dynamic interplay of energy, frequency, and vibration - a trinity at the heart of existence. In this view, mind and matter are deeply interconnected. Resonance and coherence become more than scientific terms; they describe how our thoughts might harmonize with physical forces, how the act of observation shapes the world around us. Yet ToE Seed: Singular Baseline is as contemplative as it is ambitious. It asks "What is the point of it all?" and invites you to consider answers that honor both logic and wonder. Snjougla writes with a rare balance: scientific precision without jargon, and philosophical vision without vagueness. He explores self-reference in nature - the universe observing itself through our eyes - and introduces concepts like syntropy (a principle of order and purpose countering entropy) in a way that feels insightful and hopeful. Above all, this book never loses sight of the human element. Every concept circles back to why it matters for us - how expanding our view of reality can inspire personal meaning, ethical progress, and a sense of connection with the whole. For the thoughtful reader hungry for a truly integrative understanding, ToE Seed: Singular Baseline offers a transformative perspective. It's a work that doesn't just inform; it resonates. By uniting mind and matter, physics and metaphysics, the measurable and the meaningful, it dares to illuminate the age-old question of why we are here - and what part we play in the unfolding of existence.
Our Moon
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word."--Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE - A NEW YORKER AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Many of us know that the Moon pulls on our oceans, driving the tides, but did you know that it smells like gunpowder? Or that it was essential to the development of science and religion? Acclaimed journalist Rebecca Boyle takes readers on a dazzling tour to reveal the intimate role that our 4.51-billion-year-old companion has played in our biological and cultural evolution. Our Moon's gravity stabilized Earth's orbit--and its climate. It drew nutrients to the surface of the primordial ocean, where they fostered the evolution of complex life. The Moon continues to influence animal migration and reproduction, plants' movements, and, possibly, the flow of the very blood in our veins. While the Sun helped prehistoric hunters and gatherers mark daily time, early civilizations used the phases of the Moon to count months and years, allowing them to plan farther ahead. Mesopotamian priests recorded the Moon's position in order to make predictions, and, in the process, created the earliest known empirical, scientific observations. In Our Moon, Boyle introduces us to ancient astronomers and major figures of the scientific revolution, including Johannes Kepler and his influential lunar science fiction. Our relationship to the Moon changed when Apollo astronauts landed on it in 1969, and it's about to change again. As governments and billionaires aim to turn a profit from its resources, Rebecca Boyle shows us that the Moon belongs to everybody, and nobody at all.
Cloud Warriors
The unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts--providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature's deadliest threats Killer tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves. Across the United States and around the world, extreme weather events bring an unending torrent of death and destruction. One indispensable tool consistently offers the ability to help reduce the impact of these calamities: the weather forecast. For centuries, humans have sought to foretell nature's next moves, from ancient farmers to trailblazers of the Space Age, who brought computers and satellites to bear on the problem. Now a new wave of advances, including artificial intelligence and data-gathering drones, makes it possible to accurately detect these fearsome events further in advance. They provide critical time to prepare and get people out of harm's way--an undertaking made ever more urgent by the effects of climate change. In a remarkable tale of innovation and perseverance, veteran journalist Thomas E. Weber takes readers into the world of the pioneers creating these game-changing forecasts. From storm chasers racing to hunt twisters and physicists unraveling the secrets of the atmosphere, from scientists studying how people react to warnings to humanitarian groups rushing to avert famines, Weber goes behind the scenes to show how predictions keep getting better. He explains what's needed to turn these forecasts into actions that prevent tragedies and how anyone can become more weather literate to protect themselves in emergencies. Cloud Warriors will change the way you think about treacherous weather--and the power of being able to see it coming.
Aliens
Explore captivating true stories of UFO sightings and alien encounters that will leave you questioning if we are truly alone in the universe. A fascinating compendium of reported alien sightings, encounters and abductions, such as the mysterious Belgian UFO wave, the unusual Lubbock lights, and the infamous Roswell incident What did Kenneth Arnold see flying above Mount Rainier? What were the Phoenix Lights? What really happened at the Battle of Los Angeles? Humans have always looked to the skies and pondered what was up there. Throughout the centuries, science has provided us with many answers, but there are some mysteries that remain unexplained. In our modern world, many of us find ourselves asking the eternal conundrum, "Are we alone in this universe?" This intriguing anthology examines incidents that were so puzzling they led witnesses to draw one inevitable conclusion: that aliens really do exist. Inside you will discover some of the most mysterious reports of UFO sightings, close encounters and alien abductions from across the globe. The real-life accounts within are compelling, bizarre and at times spine-chilling, each leaving you with a sense of wonder and a thirst to uncover the truth about life beyond our world.
Clouds
As the world becomes more uncertain and life more stressful - with most of us spending the day indoors, staring at a screen -- getting outside and connecting with nature is an easy and affordable way boost our mental and physical health. In this new, collectable series, you will be encouraged to embrace nature and all its wonders. Learn to recognise different bees, clouds, constellations, butterflies, wild flowers, seashells, trees, mushrooms, birds and more. Sometimes it feels like we need to take ourselves far, far away to 'retreat' locations, but actually, when you look, there are many opportunities to experience nature on our doorstep, and these books will encourage you to do just that. Beautifully designed, the 'Guide for the Curious' series of books are small enough to slip into your pocket the next time you venture outside, and are the perfect antidote to endless doomscrolling.
Battle of the Big Bang
"Excellent."--Steven Poole, The Wall Street Journal - "Terrific."--Liz Else, New Scientist (Best Popular Science Books of 2025 So Far) - "A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology."--Alex O'Connor, alexoconnor.com - "This will expand readers' minds."--Publishers Weekly - One of Smithsonian's Ten Best Science Books of 2025 "An intellectual feast."--Carlo Rovelli - "A must-read."--Sabine Hossenfelder - "Wonderfully broad and open-minded."--Roger Penrose - "Remarkable."--Brian Keating A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality. By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate. Incorporating insights from Afshordi's cutting-edge research and Halper's original interviews with scientists like Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Alan Guth, Battle of the Big Bang compares these models for the origin of our origins, showing each theory's strengths and weaknesses and explaining new attempts to test these notions. Battle of the Big Bang is a tale of rivalries and intrigue, of clashes of ideas that have raged from Greek antiquity to the present day over whether the universe is eternal or had a beginning, whether it is unique or one of many. But most of all, Afshordi and Halper show that this search is filled with wonder, discovery, and community--all essential for remembering a forgotten cosmic past.
Cosmic Fragments
Looking beyond the well-trodden, celebratory narratives of space exploration and the powerful nostalgia of lunar landings, Cosmic Fragments focuses instead on the moral ambiguities of spaceflight. Beyond the fetishization of machines, men, and manifest destiny and the Cold War tensions of the space race lies a history rife with violence, racial inequity, colonial ambitions, and catastrophe. This volume yields new insights on the crucial role of environmental damage, Indigenous dispossession, population displacements, infrastructural entanglements, and narratives of decline in space exploration situated within larger questions in the history of science, technology, and the environment. Each chapter explores histories of space travel across nations and regions to better understand the destructive power of infrastructure, waste, and exploitative legal regimes at the height of the space age. Drawing from postcolonial science studies, science and technology studies, and anthropology, contributors suggest that phenomena designed to disenfranchise and dislocate, such as the displacement of Indigenous peoples, were deeply imbedded in the coloniality of space travel. By confronting and challenging problematic early accounts rooted in the cultural mores of settler colonialism, Cosmic Fragments offers a fundamental repositioning of the history of spaceflight.
Remarks Concerning Stones Said to Have Fallen From the Clouds, Both in These Days, and in Antient Times
The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience
CELESTIAL IMAGES by The Moon Lady -- Doris Fulton
CELESTIAL IMAGES by The Moon Lady, Doris Fulton, is a unique astrophotography book which includes photos of the Moon and deep sky objects such as the Orion Nebula. Of interest, the author is an amateur and did not begin this endeavor until she reached her 60s, retirement age. She eventually procured three telescopes in total, the first of which was bought for her by her late astronomy husband, Ken Fulton, The Light-Hearted Astronomer. She learned how to take these spectacular heavenly photos and download them onto social media platforms. She has taken so many lunar images that she became known as "The Moon Lady". This is not a scientific book but her objective is to demonstrate that astrophotography can be fun and simple. She started out using one 6-inch Orion StarBlast telescope and a hand-held Nikon Coolpix camera held to the eyepiece of the telescope. She has recently extended her lunar interests to deep sky using her Seestar S50. In August of 2024, she actually took a picture of the Comet Tsuchinshan - ATLAS. Always look up.... Happy Trails from The Moon Lady!
Cospar. Approaches to Earth Survey Problems Through Use of Space Techniques
Accelerometer Physics
A new experimental paradigm for the physics of Mass, Space, Time, Photons, and Gravity. This book provides a completly new step by step description of the evolutionsary history of the universe based entirely on experimental measurements and observations and does not use any of the many metaphysical assumptions of Standard Model Physics and Big Bang Theories.
Schelling, Hegel, and the Philosophy of Nature
This book develops an original interpretation of the relationship between F.W.J. Schelling and G.W.F. Hegel. It argues that the difference between these philosophers must be understood in light of their shared commitment to the philosophy of nature and the idea that spirit, or humanity, emerges from the natural world.
Clouds
A one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the artists who painted them The mystery of clouds has captivated scientists and artists alike. This unique book shows you how to use the meteorological techniques of nephology to identify these elusive and transmutable shapes. It curates, classifies, and measures every species--including those recently discovered--considering the height, size, texture, arrangement, modifications, and movement of their many shifting forms. Clouds blends a lively and engaging narrative by one of today's leading meteorologists with an essay on historic cloud art, and includes a wealth of breathtaking cloud studies by some of the greatest artists ever to look skyward.Presents a "taxonomic" approach to identification, applying the basic laws of geometry to quantify and measure clouds and cloud formationsShowcases artists who painted clouds from a scientific viewpoint, such as John Constable, Frederic Edwin Church, J.M.W. Turner, and Caspar David FriedrichTells the stories of the physicists and painters who have attempted to record the many different incarnations of cloudsExplains the physics of clouds, from the basic constituents of Earth's atmosphere to cloud formation and dissipation, the colors and shades of clouds, the development of precipitation, and the timescale evolution of cloudsDiscusses the classification and naming of cloudsServes as a user-friendly reference guide to low, midlevel, and high cloud speciesIncludes charts, infographics, and a glossary of terms
Constellation Finder
Identify constellations in the night sky with this pocket-size guide.You can appreciate stars and enjoy stargazing! If you're curious about the night sky, then Constellation Finder by Dorcas S. Miller is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use booklet, you can identify constellations of the Northern Hemisphere.Perfect for camping trips, the cabin, and the backyard, this booklet introduces 30 of the most important constellations to know. It begins with tips for watching stars and shows you how to locate constellations by working outward from the Big Dipper and Orion. Season sky maps show which constellations are visible at different times of the year. Information about each featured constellation includes best viewing time, Greek mythology, constellations from many cultures--including Native American, African, and Asian--and star stories from around the world. Along the way, Dorcas's professional illustrations guide you to a positive identification of the star patterns.This guide is most useful for stargazing between the 30th and 50th parallels in the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, this includes the contiguous United States (except the Florida peninsula and southernmost Texas) and southern Canada.Book Features: Step-by-step guide to identifying 30 constellationsNorth, south, east, and west sky maps for every seasonProfessional line illustrations with key markings for identificationSmall format that fits into a pocket or pack
UFOs
Have you ever wondered if we are alone in the universe, and if not, are alien races already visiting the Earth? Only when we have a basic knowledge and understanding of the topic can we make an informed decision on whether UFOs are real, and this book will help the reader make that choice. It will offer a basic, but broad overview of the UFO phenomenon from ancient times to modern, including UFO-related topics such as crop circles and the mysterious men in black. Read about the witnesses, the scientists and even the astronauts who have all become convinced that we are being visited by alien races, and have been for many thousands of years, and that the proof is staring us in the face. NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter..... "At no time while they were in space, were the astronauts alone. There was constant surveillance by UFOs." Former US Senator, Harry Reid..... "Are they a threat? I don't know. But what I do know is that we can't just turn our heads and say they don't exist, because they do exist." NASA scientist, Richard Whitcombe..... "Alien occupation of the Moon, either now or historically, is openly discussed and debated by NASA scientists. And in unguarded moments, some of them will admit their belief that these structures are of intelligent origin."
