Books by Patrick Moore

Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe

by Chris Lintott, Brian May, Patrick Moore

Who knows what Brian May was thinking when he wrote "We Will Rock You" for Queen? As a lifelong astrophysics aficionado, he may have been thinking about the origins of the universe. He's certainly been thinking about it lately. May, a freshly minted astrophysics Ph.D., joins forces with legendary astronomer Patrick Moore and astrophysicist Chris Lintott in Bang! to consider the history of the universe from the Big Bang to Heat Death.
Space, time, and matter were birthed 13.7 billion years ago and will continue on longer than we are able to comprehend. Infinitesimally small at first, the Universe is immense and ever expanding. Bang! explains how it all started, takes you on a tour of what is known about the evolution of the Universe, and posits how the end of time will come about.
This fascinating book includes photographs, short biographies of key figures, an at-a-glance timeline, a glossary of terms, and suggested resources for further exploration.
Based on the work of history’s most brilliant scientific minds, this amazing story features clear, straightforward discussions of the most perplexing and compelling aspects of existence―from the formation of stars, planets, and other galactic bodies to black holes, quasars, anti-matter, and dark matter to the emergence of life and the possibility that it could exist elsewhere.
Pick up a copy of Bang! It will, it will rock you.

The Mighty Street Sweeper

by Patrick Moore

Despite its size, the street sweeper has one mighty job! The street sweeper is a little truck with a very big job. While it is not the largest, fastest, or most powerful truck, a street sweeper does something that no other truck can do: it keeps our streets clean. And a street sweeper is so much fun to watch.
Colorful illustrations and an engaging compare-and-contrast text make this picture book a delight for budding truck-lovers.

Andy Warhol: Vanitas

by Patrick Moore, Fabian de Kloe, Cynthia Jordens, Amber Morgan, Matthew Gray

Dozens of artworks--including rarely seen ephemera from his Time Capsules--explore Warhol's fascination with religion and death

American artist Andy Warhol (1928-87) was a devoted Byzantine Catholic who regularly attended church, especially following a near-fatal assassination attempt at the hands of writer Valerie Solanas in 1968 and after his mother's death in 1972. Vanitas explores the artist's preoccupation with temporality, spirituality and astrology, and highlights a lesser-known part of his oeuvre, consisting of paintings and drawings of skulls and self-portraits, reminiscent of the 17th-century vanitas genre. Spiritual subjects such as impermanence and time are explored through multimedia art and archival material from Warhol's largest collecting project, Time Capsules, in which he saved source materials for his work and ephemera from his life.
Vanitas places these works in dialogue with 17th-century Dutch genre engravings from the Rijksmuseum. These allegorical prints serve to remind viewers not only of their mortality, but of their obligation to live a humble existence. With a shining gold cover--featuring Warhol with a skull laughing on his shoulder--this publication plays upon the paradoxes inherent in Warhol's hedonistic life, his fascination with death and his unwavering Catholic faith.