Category: Astronomy & Space

Atlas of the Skies

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Publisher: Taj Books International : January 2005

Seller ID: 85412

ISBN-13: 9781844060115

Nowadays we have stopped watching the sky. We are so submerged by our towns' lights, constantly busy, hypnotized by the television, that we hardly have time to contemplate the sky at night. We forget the stars' beauty, the planet's slow sliding, the lunar rhythms and the rotations of planets, season after season. This book is here to capture people's imagination through pictures, and to stimulate the reader to regain an interest in the stars, which was part of people's daily life less than one century ago. It teaches us how to use binoculars to discover the Moon and the stages of Venus, and al...
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Space Year, 1991: The Complete Record of the Year's Space Events

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Publisher: Motorbooks Intl : November 1990

Seller ID: 64749

ISBN-13: 9780879384821

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Records and appraises the year's space events, including manned and unmanned missions, planetary projects, and international ventures.
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Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide

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Publisher: Covent Garden Books : January 2009

Seller ID: 94095

ISBN-13: 9780756660017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Hamlyn guide to astronomy

By: Baker, David

Price: ~~$3.00~~ $1.80

Publisher: Hamlyn : January 1989

Seller ID: 76409

ISBN-13: 9780600566410

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe (Scientific American Library)

By: Begelman, Mitchell,Rees, Martin

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Publisher: W H Freeman & Co : February 1996

Seller ID: 69537

ISBN-13: 9780716750741

Binding: Hardcover

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In Gravity's Fatal Attraction, Martin Rees (Astronomer Royal) and Mitchell Begelman explore gravity where it is infinitely strong: in black holes. These mind-boggling structures can have a mass up to billions of times that of our own sun, but remain detectable only by the evidence of a powerful gravitational force swallowing everything in its vicinity. Updated in paperback to include the latest discoveries, and featuring superb illustrations and photographs, this account of black holes and the associated phenomena of quasars and cosmic jets reveals the workings of our strange and amazing unive...
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A Man on the Moon

By: Chaikin, Andrew

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Publisher: Penguin Books : April 1998

Seller ID: 63850

ISBN-13: 9780140272017

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with twenty-three moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, journalist Andrew Chaikin conveys every aspect of the missions with breathtaking immediacy: from the rush of liftoff, to the heart-stopping lunar touchdown, to the final hurdle of reentry.
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Chaos to Cosmos: A Space Odyssey

By: Danly, Laura,David, Leonard,Goldsmith, Donald,Danly, L

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Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company : May 2003

Seller ID: 91056

ISBN-13: 9781558687004

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Curious minds of all ages will love exploring the ever-expanding universe in CHAOS TO COSMOS: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Copublished with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, this elegant volume is chock-full of fascinating facts, remarkable art and photographs, and amazing information about the nature of the universe. Uncover the secrets of black holes, comets, nebulae, and quasars. Explore the sun and nearby planets, then take a peek at what lies beyond. Learn how scientists are leading the search for life beyond Earth, and what they hope to find.
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Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System

By: Dorminey, Bruce

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Publisher: Copernicus : November 2001

Seller ID: 29126

ISBN-13: 9780387950747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Recent discoveries of planet-like objects circling other sun-like stars have stirred enormous interest in what other planets may exist in the universe, and whether they support intelligent life, or at least could do so. This book will take us into the thick of this search for extrasolar planets. Unlike other books, it will focus on the people behind the searches--many of whom the author knows--and the extraordinary technology that is on the drawing boards and currently in use to detect distant wanderers and describe their characteristics, thus bringing us to the cutting edge of knowledge of th...
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The Universe from your Backyard:A Guide to Deep Sky Objects from ASTRONOMY Magazine

By: Eicher, David J.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press : August 1988

Seller ID: 91055

ISBN-13: 9780521362993

Binding: Hardcover

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Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to Deep Sky Objects from Astronomy Magazine

By: Eicher, David J.

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Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co : October 1988

Seller ID: 67272

ISBN-13: 9780913135136

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Tips on finding more than 600 of the finest deep-sky objects with a backyard telescope. Takes readers on a tour of 46 constellations throughout the sky. Includes detailed color photos and maps of constellations. From Astronomy magazine. 8 1/2 x 11; 188 pgs.; 50 b&w and 90 color photos; hardcover.
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Stars and Planets: Identifying Them, Learning About Them, Experiencing Them (Barron's Nature Guide)

By: Ekrutt, Joachim

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Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc : April 1992

Seller ID: 64747

ISBN-13: 9780812047769

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Seeing in the Dark : How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril

By: Ferris, Timothy

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster : September 2002

Seller ID: 72228

ISBN-13: 9780684865799

Binding: Hardcover

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"Seeing in the Dark" is a poetic love letter to the skies and a stirring report on the revolution now sweeping amateur astronomy, in which backyard stargazers linked globally by the Internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals. Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers, recounting his lifelong experiences as an enthralled stargazer, and capturing the exquisite experience when ancient starlight strikes the eye and incites the mind. Reporting from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revol...
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A Science Odyssey: 100 Years of Discovery (The Companion Book to the PBS Series)

By: Flowers, Charles

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Publisher: William Morrow : December 1997

Seller ID: 29122

ISBN-13: 9780688151966

Binding: Hardcover

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Foreword by Charles OsgoodIntroduction by Charles KuraltThe Science Odyssey seriesan end-of-the-century look at what we know, what it means to our lives, and what we have yet to learnconsists of five two-hour documentary programs to air nationally during prime time on PBS on January 1115. The book is a companion, adjunct, enhancement, and augmentation of the series. It explores the sweeping changes that have revolutionized both our lives and our thinking in technology, physics, astronomy, earth science, biology, chemistry, paleoanthropology, medicine, public health, and the behavioral sciences...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

By: Greene, Brian

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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc : January 1999

Seller ID: 84862

ISBN-13: 9780393046885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

This work relates the scientific story behind 20th-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the use of metaphor and analogy, this work makes some of the most sophisticated concepts accessible, aiming to bring the reader closer to an understanding of how the universe works.
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

By: Greene, Brian

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Publisher: Vintage Books : February 2000

Seller ID: 72546

ISBN-13: 9780375708114

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

" Greene] develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." --George Johnson, "The New York Times Book Review" In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most ga...
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The Night Sky : The Science and Anthropology of the Stars and Planets

By: Grossinger, Richard

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Publisher: Random House, Inc. : June 1982

Seller ID: 67847

ISBN-13: 9780871562883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A comprehensive discussion of the search for meaning among the stars explores Western astronomical thought, cultural diversity, and such diverse realms as mythology, astrology, physics, philosophy, linguistics, astronomy, and the human imagination.
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Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe

By: Harrison, Edward

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Publisher: Harvard University Press : October 1987

Seller ID: 88981

ISBN-13: 9780674192706

Binding: Hardcover

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Why is the sky dark at night?The answer to this ancient and celebrated riddle, says Edward Harrison, seems relatively simple: the sun has set and is now shining on the other side of the earth. But suppose we were space travelers and far from any star. Out in the depths of space the heavens would be dark, even darker than the sky seen from the earth on cloudless and moonless nights. For more than four centuries, astronomers and other investigators have pondered the enigma of a dark sky and proposed many provocative but incorrect answers. "Darkness at Night" eloquently describes the misleading t...
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The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition

By: Hawking, Stephen

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Publisher: Bantam : October 1996

Seller ID: 94079

ISBN-13: 9780553103748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing. It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies. The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawkin's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the ...
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Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA

By: Hoagland, Richard C.,Bara, Mike

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Publisher: Feral House : October 2007

Seller ID: 93628

ISBN-13: 9781932595260

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

For most people, the word NASA suggests a squeaky-clean image of technological infallibility. The authors contend that NASA was born in a lie and has concealed the truth about its occult origins. 'Dark Mission' documents this assertion.
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Beyond: Our Future in Space

By: Impey, Chris

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : April 2015

Seller ID: 77937

ISBN-13: 9780393239300

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond tells the epic story of humanity leaving home--and how humans will soon thrive in the vast universe beyond the earth.A dazzling and propulsive voyage through space and time, Beyond reveals how centuries of space explorers--from the earliest stargazers to today's cutting-edge researchers--all draw inspiration from an innate human emotion: wanderlust. This urge to explore led us to multiply around t...
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

By: Kaku, Michio

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Publisher: Anchor : February 1995

Seller ID: 85310

ISBN-13: 9780385477055

Binding: Trade Paperback

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The Little Book of Stars (Little Book Series)

By: Kaler, James B.

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Publisher: Copernicus : November 2000

Seller ID: 95488

ISBN-13: 9780387950051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Little Book of Stars tells the story of stellar science and what the stars mean to us from a variety of perspectives. Beginning with the "big picture;' the book moves through progressively more and more intimate views until we feel we can hold the stars in our hands, from which we can then throw them back to the sky to see our place among them. The book opens with a summary of the event that created our Universe, the Big Bang, and then goes on to describe the natures of the Big Bang's progeny, the stars-what they are, how they shine, and how they can live such immensely long lives. Approac...
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission

By: Kaufman, Marc

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Publisher: National Geographic : August 2014

Seller ID: 67275

ISBN-13: 9781426212789

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most ambitious space expedition the human race has ever undertaken. Mars Up Close combines inside stories, fascinating facts, up-to-date maps, accessible science, eye-popping pictures, and visions of a future not that far away thanks to the groundbreaking success of NASA's Curiosity mission. Renowned science journ...
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Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut's Photographs from a Year in Space

By: Kelly, Scott

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Publisher: Knopf : October 2018

Seller ID: 83891

ISBN-13: 9781524731847

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From the record-breaking astronaut, national hero, and best-selling author of Endurance, a breathtaking collection of photos documenting his journey on the International Space Station, the vastness of space, and the unparalleled beauty of our own home planet. One's perspective shifts when one lives for an entire year--as Commander Scott Kelly, and no other American astronaut in history, has--in the isolating, grueling, and utterly unforgiving vacuum of space. Kelly's photos prove that this perspective--from 250 miles above earth--while hard-won, is also almost unspeakably beautiful. He master...
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

By: Kluger, Jeffrey

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Publisher: Picador : May 2018

Seller ID: 69590

ISBN-13: 9781250182517

Binding: Trade Paperback

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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph.In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade se...
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TO THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE

By: Krisciunas, Introduced by Kevin

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Publisher: Bison Books : January 1988

Seller ID: 61633

ISBN-13: 9780861243143

Binding: Hardcover

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The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity

By: Laughlin, Greg,Adams, Fred

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Publisher: Free Press : June 1999

Seller ID: 72199

ISBN-13: 9780684854229

Binding: Hardcover

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"The most detailed projection yet of what will happen to the universe as it expands toward infinity, " said The Washington Post when news of the authors' research into cosmic evolution broke in 1997. With major stories in USA Today and on the front page of The New York Times, followed by their cover article "The Future of the Universe" in the August 1998 issue of Sky & Telescope, Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin have made the future of the universe a topic as cutting-edge as it is fascinating.Viewing the universe as a 15-billion-year-old youth with a projected lifetime that seems endless, The Five...
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The Moons of Jupiter

By: Leutwyler, Kristin

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : October 2003

Seller ID: 83237

ISBN-13: 9780393050608

Binding: Hardcover

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This book explores Jupiter's moons: Io, which simmers with more than 100 active cauldrons and spews lava fountains some 5,000 feet high; Europa, encrusted with salt-stained ice that may hide a once-living subterranean sea; Ganymede, the only moon in our solar system known to generate its own magnetic field; and Callisto, which may harbor a buried ocean and is one of the oldest and possibly unchanged places in our solar system; as well as Jupiter's so-called inner moons and thirty-two additional minor moons. It shows that the Jovian system is like none we know.
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Pocket Guide to Stars & Planets

By: Morison, Ian

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Publisher: New holland : January 2007

Seller ID: 91039

ISBN-13: 9781845377892

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Starlight & Time

By: Ph.D., Dr. Russell Humphreys

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Publisher: Master Books : October 1996

Seller ID: 64746

ISBN-13: 9780890512029

Binding: Trade Paperback

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The bible teaches that the universe is just thousands of years old, and yet we can see stars that are billions of light-years away. In this book, Dr. Humphreys explains this phenomenon with his new cosmology including an easy-to-read popular summary and two technical papers.
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Category: Astronomy & Space