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Paul Halpern

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Paul Halpern is the author of twelve widely-acclaimed popular science books exploring space, time and higher dimensions. His latest book "Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles," offers a look at the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle-smasher ever created. Halpern has appeared on the Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special, the History Channel, the PBS series “FutureQuest,” and a number of other television and radio programs. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship and an Athenaeum Literary Award.

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Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond

I'm delighted to announce that my new book, "Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond," an exploration of cutting-edge cosmology, is now available for preorder.

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Books by Paul Halpern

Average rating: 3.63 · 149 ratings · 35 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles 3.51 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe 3.66 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Great Beyond: Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Brave New Universe: Illuminating the Darkest Secrets of the Cosmos 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Time Journeys: A Search for Cosmic Destiny and Meaning 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Schule ist was für Versager: Was wir von den Simpsons über Physik, Biologie, Roboter und das Leben lernen können by Paul Halpern (Goodreads Author), Falko Hennig (Übersetzer) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cosmic Wormholes: 2the Search for Interstellar Shortcuts 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Countdown To Apocalypse 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Pursuit Of Destiny: A History Of Prediction 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	My rating:

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Paul Halpern wrote a new blog post: Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond I'm delighted to announce that my new book, "Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond," an exploration of cutting-edge cosmo... read more »
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Paul Halpern gave to: All Clear (All Clear, #2) by Connie Willis	My rating:
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Paul Halpern gave to: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis	My rating:
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Paul Halpern made a comment on Mark Singer's profile "Very impressive selection of books about history. Almost enough to fill the Library of Alexandria. "
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Paul Halpern gave to: Doomsday Men by Peter D. Smith read in June, 2007	My rating:
In Doomsday Men: The Real Dr. Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon, British historian of science P.D. Smith masterfully chronicles the literary antecedents and cultural repercussions of the development of nuclear armaments. It offers a marvel...more
Feb 09, 2008 08:24pm · see review
Paul Halpern gave to: Doomsday Men: Dr. Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon by P.D. Smith (Goodreads Author) read in June, 2007	My rating:
In Doomsday Men: The Real Dr. Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon, British historian of science P.D. Smith masterfully chronicles the literary antecedents and cultural repercussions of the development of nuclear armaments. It offers a marvel...more
Feb 09, 2008 08:22pm · see review
Paul Halpern gave to: Shadows of Reality: The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism, and Modern Thought by Tony Robbin	My rating:
Shadows of Reality The Fourth Dimension in Relativity, Cubism and Modern Thought By Tony Robbin Reviewed by Paul Halpern (originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) In the early decades of the 20th century the world of art underwent a radical - an...more
Dec 23, 2007 08:36am · see review