by Brian Greene  
Powells.com Staff Pick "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... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Ken Croswell  Publisher Comments 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) Your price $60.00 (New - Hardcover) check for other copies 
by Pepin Press Publisher Comments The Universe offers an unending source of the most electrifying and mysterious imagery conceivable. The selection of marvellous pictures for PICTURES OF THE UNIVERSE has been made by a well-known specialist in the field of popular astronomy, and is... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Softcvr W/comp Media) check for used copies
by Homer Hickman Publisher Comments The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mike Lynch Publisher Comments Hardcover w/hidden spiral 9-1/4 x 10-7/8 160 pgs approx. 90 color photos 23 illustrations 21 constellation charts 12 star maps 27 diagrams index... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Spiral) check for used copies
by Robert J Nemiroff Synopsis Photographs of outer space--produced by earthbound and space telescopes and planet-roving satellites--have captivated a vast audience. And nowhere has this audience found more enthralling views than on Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a website so... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Tim Furniss Synopsis 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... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
Telescopes and Astrophotography by Richard Panek Publisher Comments Follow history of the engaging and often amusing account of the telescope and its significant role in revising humanity's perception of the universe, helping fuse elements of philosophy, politics, literature, and religion.... (read more) Your Price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Dante S Lauretta Publisher Comments They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The... (read more) Your Price $90.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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Friday July 4, 2008
by Lewis Dartnell Publisher Comments The study of life and its existence in the universe, known as Astrobiology, is now one of the hottest areas of both popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and geology. In this masterful introduction... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Dava Sobel
Publisher Comments While Galileo Galilei was under house arrest, accused of heresy for his claim that the earth revolved around the sun, his daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult years of his trial... (read more) Your Price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Carl Sagan Publisher Comments Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time... (read more) Your Price $18.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Brian Greene
Powells.com Staff Pick Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen Hawking
Publisher Comments "A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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