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April 2008 giveaway - Book: A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow!

In April 2008 we are giving away one great book written by Stephen Hawking, worth of $18.  See what is said about this fantastic book!

In the 17 years since the publication of A Brief History of Time, Dr. Hawking’s bestselling exposition of physics, new data from particle physics and observational astronomy have shed light on efforts to find a Grand Unified Theory of Everything that Hawking and Mlodinow use to enhance and update their answers to basic questions about the universe: where it’s going and how it began. Discussed at length are the mysterious dark matter and dark energy-both of which can only be observed by their gravitational effects and are believed to make up 90 percent of the universe. Another area of research that has exploded in the past 20 years is string theory. Hawking and Mlodinow provide one of the most lucid discussions of this complex topic ever written for a general audience. Readers will come away with an excellent understanding of the apparent contradictions and conundrums at the forefront of contemporary physics. Recognizing that much of their audience will also be science fiction buffs, they include a chapter on the possibility of time travel. “Don’t bet on it,” the authors advise. Throughout these discussions, the authors maintain the same wry, lively tone that made the original Brief History such a delight. They close with a discussion of where physics ends and philosophy begins, “Why does the universe exist at all?” They cannot provide the answer, but they do provide an immense amount of food for thought. Highly recommended.

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February 2008 giveaways - A Value-pack of two space DVD’s! CLOSED! Winner is Kedar M. from Switzerland

HomeboyAstronomy.Com first free give-away campaign on 2008 will be closed by the end of February 2008. If you subscribe to our newsletter by that date, you are in the campaign and you have a chance to win the fantastic value-pack of two very interesting space DVD’s!

We are giving away two awesome space station DVD’s worth of $21.97! Make sure you subscribe by the end of February and you might be the winner! These DVD’s are one of the highest rated space DVD’s in Amazon.Com. Just write your email address in the form above, click the button, confirm your subscription, and you are in the free give-away campaign! We will contact the winner in by email in the beginning of March. The lottery will be recorded on video and published in HomeboyAstronomy.Com. The space DVD’s we age giving away in February are:

- Space Station (IMAX) (2002) ($9.98)

- Mission to Mir (1997) ($11.99)