We're glad to again service customers, even though our store front stays closed and we operate this web store under reduced services.
To review the limits placed on orders before you place one, just scroll to the bottom.
“[A] skillfully told history of the quest to find black holes.” —Manjit Kumar, Financial Times
Black holes are the best-known and least-understood objects in the universe. In Einstein’s Monsters, distinguished astronomer Chris Impey takes readers on a vivid tour of these enigmatic giants. He weaves a fascinating tale out of the fiendishly complex math of black holes and the colorful history of their discovery. Impey blends this history with a poignant account of the phenomena scientists have witnessed while observing black holes: stars swarming like bees around the center of our galaxy; black holes performing gravitational waltzes with visible stars; the cymbal clash of two black holes colliding, releasing ripples in space time. Clear, compelling, and profound, Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it.
Nevertheless, UPB provides ship-to-home service.
Until our on-line fulfillment team returns, everything you purchase from us comes from a warehouse.
Much of what we used to carry on store shelves is available, except for very expensive books, used books, and titles fallen between printings. ,/p>
A number of limitations apply during this period of reduced operations:
You can also purchase eBooks and audio books through us. Distributed by Hummingbird, they include publications from the major trade publishers. Just access the menu link or the sidebar image above.
We greatly appreciate your support of the store with your book orders. Need a book without our current shopping restrictions? We recommend Bookshop. View our affiliate page, then search for whatever book you'd like.
No reading groups nor author events will meet until it seems reasonably safe to do so, even after the store front opens.
We’re riding eventualities as they unfold and cannot predict when the store front will open and gatherings resume. The Cafe Ohlone has also closed. Check their website for word of their plans as circumstances enable them to form them.
Should you have questions, email us via our contact form. Since none of will be keeping regular hours, it may take a day or two to get back with you.
From 1974, University Press Books has stoked the blaze of well over ten thousand minds on fire, carrying new scholarship published by the great university presses in the English-speaking world.
Since our founding, we've added quality fiction and creative non-fiction to our selection, without drfiting from our mission to showcase top new texts introduced by university presses.
Order from us. Visit us. Let well-wrought words churn and burn within.