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The Restless Universe by Max Born Publisher Comments This highly readable introduction to modern physics was written by Nobel laureate Max Born. The book begins with an explanation of the kinetic theory of gases, providing a step-by-step development of general concepts of Newtonian... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Astronomy 2013 by Terence Dickinson Publisher Comments Majestic spiral arms of a remote galaxy shimmer from the combined light of 50 billion stars. The ethereal curtains of the aurora borealis ripple across the night sky. Vast clouds of gas and dust, 10,000 times wider than the solar system, pervade the... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $14.99 New - Other
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Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution: Proceedings of Symposium 3 of Jenam 2010 (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings) by Polychronis Papaderos Publisher Comments Dwarf galaxy research constitutes an extremely vibrant field of astrophysical research, with many long-standing questions still unsettled and new ones constantly arising. The intriguing diversity of the dwarf galaxy population, observed with advanced... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $271.50 New - Hardcover
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About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang by Adam Frank Publisher Comments Now in paperback, “a phenomenal blend of science and cultural history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), About Time gives readers a peek into the cutting edge of cosmology, showing how it is intimately wedded to the texture of our daily lives.... (read more) Available September 11, 2012 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Astrophysics and Space Science Library #386: Fifty Years of Quasars: From Early Observations and Ideas to Future Research by Mauro D. Onofrio Publisher Comments The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about the current state of quasar research. Formatted as a series of interviews with noted researchers in the field, each of them asked to... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $242.25 New - Hardcover
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Circular Polarisation from Relativistic Jet Sources by J. -p Macquart Publisher Comments Relativistic jets are a powerful, spectacular, yet poorly-understood phenomenon associated with accreting black holes and neutron stars. The question of the internal structure - matter content and magnetic field - of relativistic jets is of prime... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $94.25 New - Trade Paper
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Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin by Michael D. Lemonick Publisher Comments In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The planets were nothing like Earth, however: They were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. More than five hundred planets have been found... (read more) Available October 16, 2012 Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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New Eyes on the Universe: Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy) by Stephen Webb Publisher Comments Today's scientists have at their command a wide range of sensitive and powerful instruments, not only those that capture electromagnetic radiation but also 'telescopes' for cosmic rays, neutrinos, gravitational waves, and dark matter. Using the vast... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $50.75 New - Trade Paper
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Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems by Ian S. Mclean Publisher Comments Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems is a compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy. The six volumes of the set edited by Terry Oswalt (Editor-in-Chief) comprise: Volume 1... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $3375.95 New - Hardcover
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We Are the Martians: Connecting Cosmology with Biology by Giovanni F. Bignami Publisher Comments What frightens you more? Believing you are alone in the universe or rather thinking that there's someone else out there? Human beings have been asking themselves this question for many thousands of years while looking at the starry sky. Over the past few... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Stars: A Month-By-Month Tour of the Constellations by Mike Lynch Publisher Comments Let WCCO meteorologist Mike Lynch take you on a tour of the constellations and share his wealth of knowledge about the night sky. His book is a month-by-month guide of where to look and what to see, complete with interesting anecdotes and easy-to-follow... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $12.95 New - Spiral
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Mathematical Seti: Statistics, Signal Processing, Space Missions (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy and Planetary Sciences) by Claudio Maccone Publisher Comments This book introduces the Statistical Drake Equation where, from a simple product of seven positive numbers, the Drake Equation is turned into the product of seven positive random variables. The mathematical consequences of this transformation are... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $180.25 New - Hardcover
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Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptation and Space Colonization (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Science) by Cameron M. Smith Publisher Comments For four million years humankind has been actively expanding geographically and in doing so has adapted to a wide variety of hostile environments. Now we are looking towards the ultimate adaptation - the colonization of space. Emigrating Beyond Earth... (read more) Available August 2012 Your price: $45.50 New - Trade Paper
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How to Observe the Sun Safely (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy) by Lee Macdonald Publisher Comments How to Observe the Sun Safely,... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Magnetic Fields and Star Formation: Theory Versus Observations by Ana I. Gomez De Castro Publisher Comments Magnetic Fields play a key role in the physics of star formation on all scales: from the formation of the large complexes of molecular clouds to the formation of solar-like planetary systems. The plasma physics involved is non-linear and very complex... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $190.25 New - Trade Paper
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Handbook of Theoretical Atomic Physics: Data for Photon Absorption, Electron Scattering, and Vacancies Decay by Miron Amusia Publisher Comments The aim of this book is to present highly accurate and extensive theoretical Atomic data and to give a survey of selected calculational methods for atomic physics, used to obtain these data. The book presents the results of calculations of cross sections... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $358.25 New - Hardcover
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Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy) by Bob Mizon Publisher Comments Light pollution is a major threat to astronomy across the entire developed world. The night sky that most of us can see bears little relationship to the spectacular vistas that our ancestors have gazed at... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $40.25 New - Trade Paper
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Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide (Introducing) by Brian Clegg Publisher Comments A brand new graphic guide from Brian Clegg, author of the best-selling Inflight Science, Introducing Infinity will teach you all you need to know about this big idea, from mathematicians driven mad by transfinite numbers to the ancient Greeks who... (read more) Available December 2012 Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Active Galactic Nuclei by Volker Beckmann Publisher Comments The book gives an overview on the current knowledge of the Active Galacitc Nuclei phenomenon. The spectral energy distribution will be discussed, pointing out what can be observed in different wavebands and discussing different physical models.... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $171.95 New - Hardcover
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Hospitality of the Matrix: Philosophy, Biomedicine, and Culture by I. Aristarkhova Publisher Comments The question Where do we come from? has fascinated philosophers, scientists, and artists for generations. This book reorients the question of the matrix as a place where everything comes from ( chora, womb, incubator) by recasting it in terms of acts of... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $37.95 New - Trade Paper
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