Summary: It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth's last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI SUNKultgen, Chad
Summary: "We poisoned our planet. Sucked it dry of natural resources, killed one another in the name of gods that never existed, and survived despite it all. But now, at the very edges of the fabric of space-time, the universe itself is starting to decay... Three warring races -- the Human Empire, the organic Duron, and the cybernetic Luminids -- must band together to stop their mutual destruction, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Mack, Katherine J.
Summary: A rising star in astrophysics presents an accessible and eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 MACGleiser, Marcelo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 GLEKrauss, Lawrence Maxwell.
Summary: "Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? And how isit all going to end? Why is there something rather than nothing?" is asked of anyone who says there is no God. Yet this is not so much a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.18 KRAAdams, Douglas
Summary: In this collection of novels, Arthur Dent is introduced to the galaxy at large when he is rescued by an alien friend seconds before Earth's destruction, and embarks on a series of amazing adventures with his new companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gramercy Books 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Orb (Musical group)
Contents: Little fluffy clouds -- Earth (Gaia) -- Super nova at the end of the universe -- Back side of the moon --Spanish castles in space -- Perpetual dawn -- Into the fourth dimension -- Outlands -- Star 6 & 7 8 9 -- A huge ever growing pulsating brain that rules from the centre of the ultraworld : live mix mk 10.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ORBSummary: Don't panic! The British TV adaptation of Douglas Adams's cult science fiction book series follows the misadventures of Arthur Dent, sole survivor of the demolished planet Earth. Join Dent and interplanetary researcher Ford Prefect as they encounter bad alien poetry, a depressed robot, a two-headed spaceship thief, and the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HITAdams, Douglas
Summary: The show that began with the end of the world at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe continues with Arthur Dent and friend Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric Earth.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF ADABolts, Russ
Summary: When cameras sent from Earth finally arrive at the end of the universe, they discover big-hearted best friends Joe Bot and Rob Ot, as well as their nemesis, Tinny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019