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 Storm Dunlop Publisher Comments The first true beginner's guide to astronomy, Night Skyprovides an introduction to the subject that is both colorful and accessible. Containing all the information you need to be able to recognize each constellation, this is the ideal companion to help... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Mass Market) check for used copies
by Mark Voit Synopsis Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble space telescope has provided astronomers with both information about the universe and extraordinary images. This book contains over 100 colour inages from the Hubble.... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Homer Hickam Publisher Comments From the #1 bestselling author of October Sky comes this rich, unforgettable tale. With the same dazzling storytelling that distinguished his first memoir, Homer Hickam takes us deeper into the soul of his West Virginia hometown at a moment when its... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Andreas Cellarius Publisher Comments Stargazing: History's most beautiful constellation maps in XXL-format! This collection of celestial atlases by Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (c. 1596 ? 1665) brings back to life a masterpiece from the Golden Age of... (read more) Your Price $93.97 (Sale - Hardcover) 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 $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
Telescopes and Astrophotography by Mario Biagioli Publisher Comments In six short years, Galileo Galilei went from being a somewhat obscure mathematics professor running a student boarding house in Padua to a star in the court of Florence to the recipient of dangerous attention from the Inquisition for his support of... (read more) Your Price $23.95 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Daniela Lazzaro Publisher Comments Proceedings of IAU Symposium 229 on minor bodies of the solar system, for researchers and graduate students of planetary sciences.... (read more) Your Price $110.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 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 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) List Price $16.95 Your Price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Dava Sobel
Synopsis 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) List Price $16.00 Your Price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Neil Degrasse Tyson Publisher Comments "One of today's best popularizers of science."—Kirkus Reviews Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Galileo Galilei Publisher Comments Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, and his... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen W 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 $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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