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Ferris, Timothy. The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report. Simon & Schuster, 1998. A clearly written overview of how scientists view the universe.

Gribbin, John R. Hyperspace: The Universe and Its Mysteries. DK Publishing, 2001. A visual introduction to cosmology; accompanied a BBC and TLC television program.

Gribbin, John R., and Mary Gribbin. Time and Space. DK Publishing, 1994. An introduction to cosmology and the universe for middle school and high school readers.

Hawking, Stephen W. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam/Doubleday/Dell, 1998. History of speculation about the universe by a leading theoretical physicist.

Rees, Martin. Our Cosmic Habitat. Princeton University Press, 2001. A distinguished scientist and gifted writer discusses the origins of the universe and the wonder that matter exists at all.

Silk, Joseph. A Short History of the Universe. Scientific American, 1994. A well-known cosmologist discusses topics in modern cosmology.

Tyson, Neil deGrasse, and Donald Goldsmith. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Norton, 2004. A chronological tour of the universe, starting with the Big Bang; companion volume to a "Nova" series on PBS.

For younger readers

Couper, Heather, and Nigel Henbest. Big Bang: The Story of the Universe. DK Publishing, 1997. For readers in grades 8 and up.

Kallen, Stuart A. Exploring the Origins of the Universe. Twenty-First Century, 1997. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Redfern, Martin. The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Space. Kingfisher, 1998. What we know about the universe; for middle school readers.

Scott, Elaine. Close Encounters: Exploring the Universe with the Hubble Telescope. Hyperion, 1998. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

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