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Extrasolar Planets: Formation, Detection and Dynamics by Rudolf Dvorak Publisher Comments The extrasolar planets are one of the research focuses of modern astronomy. Their detection in the close vicinity of their brilliant central stars require the highest possible skills in observational accuracy, instrument performance and data evaluation... (read more) Your price: $139.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Cosmic Magnetic Fields by R. Wielebinski Publisher Comments While magnetic fields permeate the universe on all scales,the present book is dedicated to their investigation on the largest scales and affordsa balanced account of both theoretical and observational aspects. Written as a set of advanced lectures and... (read more) List Price $109.00 Your price: $104.91 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them by Richard W. Schmude Publisher Comments This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they make their home in the remotest reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf, Pluto, which can usually be found even farther out than... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $33.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Publisher Comments From the best-selling author ofThe Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos:his most thrilling and accessible book to date-a state-of-the-art tour of the cutting-edge science that is changing the way we see our world. In recent years, a growing body... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Finding the Big Bang by P. James E. Peebles Publisher Comments Cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole, has become a precise physical science, the foundation of which is our understanding of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) left from the big bang. The story of the discovery and exploration of... (read more) List Price $67.00 Your price: $64.49 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics by Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics Publisher Comments "Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics are making new connections to physics,... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price: $27.51 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Space Commercialization: Platforms and Processing by F. Shahrokhi Publisher Comments space commercialization activities are mainly in the areas of telecommunication and Earth observation. The commercial use of space for microgravity processing remains elusive. The reasons for this are the knowledge base for microgravity processing is... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $88.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Stars of Heaven by Clifford A. Pickover Publisher Comments Describes the evolution and behavior of stars, including the Sun, pulsars, neutron stars, and black holes.... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $17.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Merging Processes in Galaxy Clusters by Luigina Feretti Publisher Comments Mergers are the mechanisms by which galaxy clusters are assembled through the hierarchical growth of smaller clusters and groups. Major cluster mergers are the most energetic events in the Universe since the Big Bang. Many of the observed properties of... (read more) List Price $189.00 Your price: $181.91 Google eBooks - Electronic
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21st Century Astronomy, Part 1 by Jeff Hester Publisher Comments This extraordinarily readable, cohesive text presents twenty-first century astronomy as a dynamic story of theory building and theory testing, as a fascinating process of observation and discovery. The authors' primary goal is to build students... (read more) Your price: $9.38 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Surface of Mars by Michael Carr Publisher Comments An up-to-date and highly illustrated principal reference for researchers and graduate students in planetary science.... (read more) List Price $158.00 Your price: $152.07 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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An Introduction to Optical Stellar Interferometry by A. Labeyrie Publisher Comments Describes the theory and uses of interferometry for advanced students in physics, optics and astronomy.... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your price: $86.62 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Moon by Laura Hamilton Waxman Publisher Comments Presents an introduction to the Moon, describing its composition, phases, rotation around the Earth, the effect of its gravity on Earth's waters, and the history of space flights to its surface.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Solid State Astrochemistry by Valerio Pirronello Publisher Comments The fundamentals of astrochemistry in the gas phase are relatively well established, in contrast to the special relevance attributed to processes involving interstellar dust grains - the solid component of matter diffused among the stars. This book... (read more) List Price $119.00 Your price: $114.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Universe before the Big Bang: Cosmology and String Theory by Maurizio Gasperini Publisher Comments Terms such as "expanding Universe", "big bang", and "initial singularity", are nowadays part of our common language. The idea that the Universe we observe today originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) is now well known and widely accepted, at... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $28.83 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fitness of the Cosmos for Life by John D. Barrow Publisher Comments This highly interdisciplinary book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and... (read more) List Price $108.00 Your price: $103.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Saturn and How to Observe It by Julius Benton Publisher Comments This new series is designed especially for practical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but want to know the details of exactly what they are looking at. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $38.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky by Chet Raymo Publisher Comments On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.09 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Reviews in Modern Astronomy, from Cosmological Structures to the Milky Way by Siegfried Röser Publisher Comments Volume 18 continues the Reviews in Modern Astronomy with twelve invited reviews and highlight contributions which were presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Society on the topic "From Cosmological Structures to the Milky Way... (read more) Your price: $189.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Solar System by Laura Hamilton Waxman Publisher Comments Presents an introduction to the solar system, describing the Sun, the eight planets, and its other bodies such as dwarf planets and asteroids, and the history of the study of the solar system.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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