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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
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"Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe." Blane, Powells...
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Stargazing (Collins Discover)
by Peter Grego
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<p><i>Collins Discover: Stargazing</i> is your one-stop guide to seeing the universe</p> <p>This user-friendly, authoritative resource includes full-color charts, easy-to-follow guidance, and illustrations showing you...
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Spacecam
by Terry Hope
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A stunning collection of spectacular photographs taken from space brings the reader strange and beautiful images of unimaginably distant regions of the universe. 300 color photos....
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Planets
by Giles Sparrow
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With nearly 200 spectacular images, this book follows the tracks of robotic rovers over Mars, plunges through Titan's atmosphere on the back of a Hugyens probe, smashes into a camel with Deep Impact, and discovers the frozen planets that lurk at the edge...
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Magnificent Mars
by Ken Croswell
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Mars has long offered the prospect of another living world near Earth. Although NASA's first spacecraft dashed visions of little green men tending canals, recent voyages have painted a picture of an intriguing planet that may have once resembled Earth, with warmth, water, and possibly life. Mars may answer the great question "Are we alone?"; for if Mars, like Earth, gave rise to life, then trillions of other worlds throughout the universe have surely done the same. (read more)
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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky
by Chet Raymo
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On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the...
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A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 -- The Space Race Begins
by Michael Dantonio
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A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey tells the remarkable story of America's first efforts to succeed in space, a time of exploding rockets, national space mania, Florida boomtowns, and interservice rivalries so fierce that President Dwight Eisenhower had to...
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Astrobiology (Natural World)
by Monica Grady
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Beginning with the Big Bang and formation of the universe, this richly illustrated book explores the emergence of life on Earth and beyond. "Astrobiology" looks to other planets to summarize what is known and what can be learned from our studies of the...
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Amateur Astronomy
by Michael E Bakich
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This complete reference provides a wealth of practical information on amateur astronomy....
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Used - Hardcover
Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids (Space Science)
by Tom Gehrels
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Based on at least four workshops, this volume examines in depth the
reality of the threat from outer space and proposes measures that can
be initiated to deal with it. Bringing together some 100 scientists
from all over the world, it focuses on...
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The History of Space Vehicles
by Tim Furniss
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Few events in history have been more monumental than the emergence of the Space Age, which began with the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957. During the next two decades, more than 1,600 spacecraft of all varieties were launched, mostly into the earth's...
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Astronomy with a Budget Telescope
by Patrick Moore
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Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS has long been the scourge of those people selling low-cost astronomical telescopes via mail-order catalogues and non-specialist stores. Ten years ago the quality was appalling and disappointment would have been almost...
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Used - Trade Paper
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