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Firefly Planisphere: Latitude 42 Degrees North
Firefly Planisphere: Latitude 42 Degrees North
by Firefly
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A valuable tool for stargazers at all skill and experience levels. A planisphere and sky charts are essential tools for night-sky viewing. Having a reliable planisphere on hand is the best way for stargazers to be sure they do not miss any celestial... (read more)

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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
by Jim Holt
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Tackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This... (read more)

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The Sun
The Sun
by Steele Hill
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An expert on solar images teams up with a noted science writer to present a photographic book devoted entirely to the sun. Through dramatic images and a clear, precise text, the authors explore the intricate dance between the sun and earth, examining... (read more)

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Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
by Terence Dickinson
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Why people write Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded. How writing began in different parts of the world How climate and available materials affected the forms of writing The first three editions of NightWatch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it... (read more)

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The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
by Terence Dickinson
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The modern classic, completely updated. The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers. Terence Dickinson and Alan... (read more)

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Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images
Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images
by Terence Dickinson
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The Hubble Space Telescope. No other telescope combines instant name recognition with the production of consistently spectacular images. Yet few people outside of the astronomy community realize that Hubble is now at the apex of its imaging capabilities.... (read more)

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
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If you haven't read Mary Roach's previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you'll find. Space travel hasn't been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it's... (read more)

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About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
by Adam Frank
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The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe’s “beginning” is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken again—as... (read more)

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First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
by Marc Kaufman
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Are we alone in the universe? Almost certainly not. In First Contact, Marc Kaufman provides a gripping tour of the magnificent new science of astrobiology that is closing in on the discovery of extraterrestrial life. In recent decades, scientists... (read more)

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First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
by Marc Kaufman
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Now in paperback, Marc Kaufman’s riveting, game-changing book tells the incredible true story of science’s search for the beginnings of life on Earth—and the likelihood of it existing elsewhere in our universe. For decades... (read more)

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space: Missions, Applications and Exploration
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space: Missions, Applications and Exploration
by Fernand Verger
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Since the lift-off of Sputnik in 1957, over 8,000 satellites and spacecraft have been launched from over thirty countries, costing hundreds of billions of dollars. While only about 350 people have made the incredible journey beyond our atmosphere, we all... (read more)

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The Astronomical Revolution
The Astronomical Revolution
by Alexandre Koyre
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Lucid scholarly study illuminates contributions of three great pioneers whose 16th- and 17th-century work completely altered humanity's conception of the universe. Includes many key passages from the writings of Copernicus, Kepler, and Borelli... (read more)

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David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers
David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers
by David Levy
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Meteors occur when a meteoroid, a speck of dust in space, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The heat generated when this happens causes the surrounding air to glow, resulting in 'shooting stars'. During the most spectacular meteor storms larger particles... (read more)

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Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
by Deborah Cadbury
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One of the most exhilarating true adventures in history, the race into space was marked by courage, duplicity, political paranoia, astonishing technological feats, and unbelievable triumphs in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is the story of an... (read more)

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The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System
The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System
by David Baker
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The extreme events that we hear about daily—hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions—are extreme in purely human terms, in the devastation they do. But this book moves our understanding of the extreme into extraterrestrial... (read more)

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Star Trails: 50 Favorite Columns from Sky & Telescope
Star Trails: 50 Favorite Columns from Sky & Telescope
by David H Levy
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Levys Star Trails column has appeared monthly in "Sky & Telescope" since 1988. This collection of his 50 favorite essays focuses on the minds and hearts of the people who have made a difference in the study of astronomy.... (read more)

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The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
by Paul Davies
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Fifty years ago, Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). But... (read more)

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The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
by Robert Zubrin
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Since the beginning of human history, Mars has been an alluring dream—the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. But all that changed when... (read more)

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Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy
Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy
by Dan Hooper
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The twentieth century was astonishing in all regards, shaking the foundations of practically every aspect of human life and thought, physics not least of all. Beginning with the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, through the wild... (read more)

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Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe
Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe
by Mark Voit
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This poster-sized paperback on the discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope since its launch in 1990 is prepared to accompany a major Smithsonian Institution exhibition that will travel across the United States for several years. 110 illustrations,... (read more)

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