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Night Sky (Pocket Naturalist)
Night Sky (Pocket Naturalist)
by James Kavanagh
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The Night Sky is the perfect, folding GLOW-IN-THE-DARK pocket reference to the night sky in the Northern Hemisphere. Guide highlights prominent constellations and stars that are visible with the naked eye from cities throughout North America. Simply... (read more)

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Perfect Symmetry: The Search for the Beginning of Time
Perfect Symmetry: The Search for the Beginning of Time
by Heinz R Pagels
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Popular science at its best, this acclaimed classic work describes in stunning detail how cutting-edge discoveries in quantum physics and cosmology are helping to explain the origin and evolution of the universe, of space and time. Perfect Symmetry is an... (read more)

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Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge (American Museum of Natural History)
Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge (American Museum of Natural History)
by Steven Soter
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Leading experts explain the discoveries of modern astrophysics in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History's newly renovated Rose Center for Earth and Space. With 80 full-color images, a resource section, a bibliography and a... (read more)

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Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology
Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology
by David Darling
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To many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether it exists. But to the scientific community, that question has already been answered: it does, and within our solar system. The new science of astrobiology is already being practiced... (read more)

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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe
by Dennis Overbye
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In southern California, nearly a half-century ago, a small band of researchers — equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism — embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the... (read more)

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Live from Cape Canaveral
Live from Cape Canaveral
by Jay Barbree
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Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that fizzled... (read more)

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Utah Starwatch: The Essential Guide to Our Night Sky
Utah Starwatch: The Essential Guide to Our Night Sky
by Mike Lynch
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Written in a folksy, down-to-earth style, this user-friendly guide to the night sky is designed for beginner and intermediate stargazers ages twelve and up. It begins with chapters explaining the stars, nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies—and what... (read more)

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Storms in Space
Storms in Space
by John W Freeman
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Imagine what an extra-terrestrial Weather Channel would be like, with a professional space weatherman as your forecaster, and you get rather close to the astounding aspects of nature described in John Freeman's Storms in Space. Known only to a handful of... (read more)

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I Am a Star (Hello Reader! Science: Level 1)
I Am a Star (Hello Reader! Science: Level 1)
by Jean Marzollo
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Hello, Parent!<P>Hello Reader! books have been designed --<BR>-- for parents to read to children<BR>-- for children to read to parents<BR>-- for children to read themselves<P>-- to make your child a better reader.<P>... (read more)

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The Enigma of Sunspots: A Story of Discovery and Scientific Revolution
The Enigma of Sunspots: A Story of Discovery and Scientific Revolution
by Judit Brody
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index.... (read more)

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Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother
Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother
by James A Connor
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Foreword by David Koch of NASA's Kepler Mission Isaac Newton said that if he had seen farther than others, it was because he was standing on the shoulders of giants: Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler. James A. Connor... (read more)

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Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about Outer Space But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about Outer Space But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
by Kenneth C Davis
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Who dug those canals on Mars? What was the biblical Star of Bethlehem? Were the pyramids built by extraterrestrials? From the ancients who charted the heavens to Star Trek, The X-Files, and Apollo 13, outer space has intrigued people through the ages... (read more)

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Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System
Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System
by Alan Stern
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"It has become clear in the 1990s that Pluto and Charon are not odd misfits among the giant planets but are instead the first and most easily detected examples of a large population of small, ice-dwarf planets that were formed in the ancient outer solar... (read more)

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Seven Wonders of the Cosmos
Seven Wonders of the Cosmos
by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
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Our cosmic tour begins here. As we leave the secure confines of the Earth and journey into space, we find a plethora of strange and unexpected phenomena. Little can we anticipate from the quiet, star-studded sky the violent events in the cosmos. Stars... (read more)

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Our Cosmic Habitat
Our Cosmic Habitat
by Martin Rees
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The Astronomer Royal takes the reader on a timely, lucid and awe-inspiring guided tour of the universe in time and space. 20 illus. "Probably the clearest and most easily understandable account of our universe available" "New Scientist".... (read more)

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The Moon and the Western Imagination
The Moon and the Western Imagination
by Scott L Montgomery
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The Moon is at once a face with a thousand expressions and the archetypal planet. Throughout history it has been gazed upon by people of every culture in every walk of life. From early perceptions of the Moon as an abode of divine forces, humanity has in... (read more)

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The Stars of Heaven
The Stars of Heaven
by Clifford A Pickover
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Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, you don't have to be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their... (read more)

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The Evening Star : Venus Observed
The Evening Star : Venus Observed
by Henry S. F. Cooper
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Of all the planets in the solar system, none has captivated the imagination of man more than Venus. As early as 3100 B.C., Venus was identified with the goddess of love, and until the 1960s it was believed that it might actually harbor life. Edgar Rice... (read more)

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Patrick Moore on Mars
Patrick Moore on Mars
by Patrick Moore
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An undisputed expert tells the full story of the "red planet", from age-old myths to the facts gleaned by modern spacecraft. This well-illustrated, fascinating account covers Mars's place in the solar system, geological formations, atmosphere, and... (read more)

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Sky Observer's Guide (Rev 01 Edition)
Sky Observer's Guide (Rev 01 Edition)
by Robert Newton Mayall
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Filled with practical information for the amateur astronomer, this Golden Guide explains: -How to select and use binoculars and telescopes -How to best observe stars, the moon, planets, comets, meteors, and other celestial objects -How to use star charts... (read more)

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