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Digital SLR Astrophotography by Michael A. Covington Publisher Comments In the last few years, digital SLR cameras have taken the astrophotography world by storm. It is now easier to photograph the stars than ever before They are compact and portable, flexible to adapt with different lenses and for telescope use, and above... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $36.58 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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Science with the VLT in the ELT Era by Alan F. M. Moorwood Publisher Comments The Workshop ‘Science with the VLT in the ELT era' was organised by ESO as a forum for the astronomical community to debate its expected future use of ESO's Very Large Telescope ( and its VLTI interferometric mode) when other facilities such as... (read more) List Price $229.00 Your price: $220.41 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics by Albrecht Unsöld Publisher Comments Astronomy, astrophysics and space research have witnessed an explosive development over the last few decades. The new observational potential offered by space stations and the availability of powerful and highly specialized computers have revealed novel... (read more) List Price $89.95 Your price: $86.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy by A. Richard Thompson Publisher Comments Comprehensive, authoritative coverage of interferometric techniques for radio astronomy In this Second Edition of Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy, three leading figures in the development of large imaging arrays, including very-long... (read more) Your price: $159.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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StarGuides plus: A World-Wide Directory of Organizations in Astronomy and Related Space Sciences by André Heck Publisher Comments StarGuides Plus represents the most comprehensive and accurately validated collection of practical data on organizations involved in astronomy, related space sciences and other related fields. This invaluable reference source (and its companion volume... (read more) List Price $329.00 Your price: $316.66 Google eBooks - Electronic
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In Search of Dark Matter by Ken Freeman Publisher Comments From earliest times, humans stared at the night sky, trying to piece together the Universe they lived in. With the invention of the telescope and its dramatic development over the past century, we now know more than we ever have about the nature of... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $43.26 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts by William Tyler Olcott Publisher Comments Generationshave delighted in this guide to the myths and legends surrounding stars and constellations. Captivating retellings of the origins and histories of the ancient star groups include stories of Pegasus, Ursa Major, the Pleiades, the signs of the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $19.48 Google eBooks - Electronic
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First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe: Proceedings of the Sixth Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution, Trieste, Italy, 18-22 September, 2000 by Julián Chela Flores Publisher Comments The general topic of this volume concerns the origin, evolution, distribution, and destiny of life in the Universe. Firstly, it discusses the transition from inert matter to cellular life and its evolution to fully developed intelligent beings, and also... (read more) List Price $164.00 Your price: $157.85 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Seeing Stars: The Night Sky through Small Telescopes by Christopher R. Kitchin Publisher Comments This essential and highly-illustrated guide is for anyone taking their first steps in observational astronomy. It shows what you can expect to see, helping you get the most from your equipment. This unique book gives amateurs the guidance and assurance... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $67.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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21st Century Astronomy, Part 3 by 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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Visit to a Small Universe by Virginia Trimble Publisher Comments "Blurb & Contents" A select group of top Soviet and American specialists reports in this volume from the frontiers of chaos and nonlinear science. The papers grew out of the rest of a series of annual conferences organized by the American Institute of... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $43.26 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Beyond the Desert 2003: Proceedings of the Fourth Tegernsee International Conference on Particle Physics beyond the Standard Model, beyond 2003, Castle Ringberg, Tegernsee, Germany, 9-14 June 2003 by Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus Publisher Comments This book contains the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model - BEYOND THE DESERT 2003. Emphasis at BEYOND03 was put on supergravity, which had its twentieth birthday that year, on neutrino... (read more) List Price $299.00 Your price: $287.79 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Role of Dust in Dense Regions of Interstellar Matter: Proceedings of the Jena Workshop, Held in Georgenthal, G.D.R., March 10-14, 1986 by Thomas Henning Publisher Comments 'To scholars as well as new-comers in this field of research this book can certainly be recommended without hesitation.' Space Science Reviews, Vol. 47, No. 203, 1988.... (read more) List Price $288.00 Your price: $277.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Unobservable Universe: A Paradox-Free Framework for Understanding the Universe by Scott M Tyson Publisher Comments Embark on an incredible 2500-year "magical mystery tour" to the frontiers of the universe and all its mysteries with visionary scientist and engineer Scott M. Tyson as your enlightening, entertaining and down-to-earth guide. Tyson deconstructs long-held... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.43 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Universe By Design by Danny Faulkner Publisher Comments The universe was created with purpose and reason; and modern science with all of its experiments, exploration, and sophistication has never proven otherwise. In fact, as author Dr. Danny Faulkner makes plain, advanced science argues more for a created... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Observing the Moon by Peter Wlasuk Publisher Comments Written by Peter Wlasuk, an astronomer at the Florida International University, Observing the Moon is a definitive work. An invaluable reference book for anyone seriously interested in the Moon and its geology, it is also a perfect companion for... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $48.08 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Brightest Binaries by D. Vanbeveren Publisher Comments Massive stars are distributed all over the upper part of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram according to their subsequent phases of stellar evolution from main sequence to supernova. Massive stars may either be single or they may be a component of a close... (read more) List Price $214.00 Your price: $205.98 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Make Time for the Stars: Fitting Astronomy into Your Busy Life by Antony Cooke Publisher Comments Many amateur astronomers are short of time. A full-time career usually takes up most waking hours, and there very often simply isn t time for leisurely observing sessions, at least a few hours sleep being something of an imperative during the week... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $33.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Curvature Cosmology: A Model for a Static, Stable Universe by David F. Crawford Publisher Comments Curvature Cosmology proposes a new cosmological model very different from, and more elegant than, the Big-Bang Theory. Curvature Cosmology is based on two major hypotheses that Hubble redshift is due to an interaction of photons with curved spacetime and... (read more) List Price $15.26 Your price: $13.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Comets: Creators and Destroyers by David H. Levy Publisher Comments An accessible, illustrated guide to the history of comets explores the perennial beliefs that comets affect human behavior and foretell the future, the possibility of a comet's collision with Earth, and the latest discoveries. Original. 25,000 first... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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