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Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by-Step Introduction / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $44.99Original price $44.99 - Original price $44.99Original price $44.99Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /This book presents the amateur with fine examples of astronomical sketches and step-by-step tutorials in each medium, including pencil, pen and i...
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The Exploration of Mars
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /The Exploration of Mars, first published in 1956, is a detailed guidebook for mankind's first expedition to Mars. Authored by science writer Will...
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Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars
PaperbackOriginal price $49.99Original price $49.99 - Original price $49.99Original price $49.99Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /The second edition of Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars (2004) is the definitive book for those who are serious about this fascinating ...
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Navigating the Night Sky: How to Identify the Stars and Constellations
PaperbackOriginal price $44.99Original price $44.99 - Original price $44.99Original price $44.99Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /This book will interest anyone who marvels at the night sky and would like to learn to recognise constellations and identify the brightest stars ...
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Selected Writings
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /The first entirely new translation of Galileo's major writings for more than fifty years, this marvelous volume includes selections from all of h...
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Mind Over Matter: Conversations with the Cosmos
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99$20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The universe comes down to earth in K. C. Cole's Mind Over Matter, a fresh and witty exploration of physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, a...
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2024 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Britain and Ireland
PaperbackOriginal price $11.99 - Original price $11.99Original price $11.99$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780008604301 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins UK Publication Date: 08-31-2023 Pages: 112 Product Dimensions:...
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Are We Alone?: Philosophical Implications Of The Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Life
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Scientists and governments are actively searching for signs of life in the universe. Will their efforts meet with success? Award-winning author P...
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Sovereign Mars: Transforming Our Values through Space Settlement
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /The goal of sending humans to Mars is becoming increasingly technologically feasible, but the prospect of space colonization raises important que...
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Antimatter: What It Is and Why It's Important in Physics and Everyday Life
PaperbackOriginal price $37.99Original price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic process in the unive...
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The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimage
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy...
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A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /"A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history." —Sean B. Carroll Big History...
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Spectroscopy: The Key to the Stars: Reading the Lines in Stellar Spectra / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $37.99Original price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessar...
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Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat searches for life on other planetsAre we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensit...
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At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang-and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our un...
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Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Featured on NPR and PBS’s SciTech Now, and in Fast Company, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal The inside story of the new race to conquer spac...
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Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00Original price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00Current price $37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between The...
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Extraterrestrials
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Are we alone in the universe? If not, where is everybody? An engaging exploration of one of the most important unsolved problems in science.Every...
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Atom: A Single Oxygen Atom's Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth... and Beyond
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99$27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most ...
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The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteen...
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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
PaperbackOriginal price $26.00 - Original price $26.00Original price $26.00$29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Hut...
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The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
PaperbackOriginal price $25.99Original price $25.99 - Original price $25.99Original price $25.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /"What Stephen Hawking did for cosmology, Leon Lederman does for particle physics" (Dallas Morning News) in The God Particle, a funny and fascinat...
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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A clever, thought-provoking guide that attacks common astronomical misconceptions What is Bad Astronomy? Anything that accidentally or intentiona...
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First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /First Light opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our Universe's history – the time when the first starts were born.Astronomer...
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