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Why Does the World Exist? Signed Edition by Jim Holt Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.95 Available May 27, 2013 Your price: $11.87 New - Trade Paper
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson Staff Pick The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Strange New Worlds (11 Edition) by Ray Jayawardhana Publisher Comments "Jayawardhana's small book is a gem. It brings readers up to date on the rapidly progressing quest for exoplanets and their potential inhabitants, and also interweaves the very human details about the people behind these discoveries. Read this book if... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos by Paul Murdin Publisher Comments There is no more fascinating question than whether or not we are alone in a vast universe. Here, Paul Murdin applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories to inquire whether life exists on other planets and, if so, what forms it might take... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Milky Way: An Insider's Guide by William H. Waller Publisher Comments "Clearly written, splendidly up-to-date, and full of delightful analogies, this book is the natural heir to Bok's The Milky Way. It explores and explains our Galaxy in a way accessible to all readers and will excite anyone who craves an adventure of the... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe: A History of Cosmology by Helge Kragh Publisher Comments This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia,... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity by Roger Wiens Publisher Comments In its eerie likeness to Earth, Mars has long captured our imaginations both as a destination for humankind and a possible home to extraterrestrial life. This fall, the Curiosity rover will land on Mars with the mission to determine whether the... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology by Ronald Greeley Publisher Comments Nearly all major planets and moons in our Solar System have been visited by spacecraft and the data they have returned has revealed the incredible diversity of planetary surfaces. Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological... (read more) Your price: $94.25 New - Hardcover
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Solar Astrophysics by Peter V. Foukal Publisher Comments This revised edition describes our current understanding of the sun -- from its deepest interior, via the layers of the directly observable atmosphere to the solar wind, right up to its farthest extension into interstellar space. It includes a... (read more) Your price: $99.95 New - Trade Paper
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Your Ticket to the Universe Signed Edition by Megan Watzke and Kimberly Arcand Publisher Comments An entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops in the cosmos. Accompanied by dramatic visuals, Your Ticket to the Universe is a hybrid coffee-table book and field guide. Beginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe... (read more) Available May 5, 2013 Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Realm of the Nebulae (Silliman Milestones in Science) by Edwin Hubble Publisher Comments In less than a century, the accepted picture of the universe transformed from a stagnant place, composed entirely of our own Milky Way galaxy, to a realm inhabited by billions of individual galaxies, hurtling away from one another. We must thank, in... (read more) Your price: $21.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Life and Death of Stars by Kenneth R Lang Your price: $39.99 New - Hardcover
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