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Nightwatch : Practical Guide To Viewing the Universe (4TH 06 Edition) by Terence Dickinson Publisher Comments Why people write Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded. How writing began in different parts of the world How climate and available materials affected the forms of writing The first three editions of NightWatch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Spiral
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Discovering the Universe -text Only (8TH 08 - Old Edition) by Neil F. Comins Publisher Comments Discovering the Universe is the bestselling brief text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme, "the process of scientific discovery," the Eighth... (read more) List Price $171.95 Your price: $154.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology by Jeffrey Bennett Publisher Comments Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology , Sixth Edition provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The... (read more) List Price $96.20 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Hundred and Sixty Five Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year by Chet Raymo Publisher Comments THE AMATEUR STARGAZER'S ULTIMATE HOME COMPANION 365 Starry Nights is a unique and fascinating introduction to astronomy designed to give you a complete, clear picture of the sky every night of the year. Divided into 365 concise, illustrated essays, it... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lighter Side of Gravity 2ND Edition by Jayant V Narlikar Publisher Comments From the drop of an apple to the stately dance of the galaxies, gravity is omnipresent in the Cosmos. Even with its high profile, gravity is the most enigmatic of all the known basic forces in nature. The Lighter Side of Gravity presents a beautifully... (read more) List Price $41.00 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Discovering the Universe-text Only (9TH 12 Edition) by Neil F. Comins Publisher Comments Discovering the Universe is the bestselling brief text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme, "the process of scientific discovery," the Ninth... (read more) List Price $134.90 Your price: $96.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Astronomy (Eyewitness Companions) by Ian Ridpath Publisher Comments Covering all aspects of astronomy, including its history, the origins of the Universe, the Solar System and its exploration, stars, and galaxies, this is the essential handbook for the amateur astronomer.... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Flexible
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A Brief History of Time: The Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition by Stephen W Hawking Publisher Comments #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stars and Galaxies (7TH 11 - Old Edition) by Michael A. Seeds Publisher Comments With this newly revised sixth edition of STARS AND GALAXIES, author Mike Seeds' goal is to help you use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text will help you answer two fundamental... (read more) List Price $172.85 Your price: $115.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Life in the Universe (3RD 12 Edition) by Jeffrey O. Bennett Publisher Comments Life in the Universe takes non-science majors on a journey through the solar system and beyond, using a rigorous yet accessible introduction to astronomy, biology, and geology to explain natural phenomena and to explore profound scientific questions... (read more) List Price $169.75 Your price: $107.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The New Solar System by J Kelly Beatty Publisher Comments New edition of the leading planetary science textbook packed with the latest images, data, and results from recent planetary missions.... (read more) List Price $69.00 Your price: $27.00 Used - Trade Paper
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If the Universe Is Teeming With Aliens ... Where Is Everybody? (02 Edition) by Stephen Webb Publisher Comments In a 1950 conversation at Los Alamos, four world-class scientists generally agreed, given the size of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations must be present. But one of the four, Enrico Fermi, asked, "If these civilizations do exist... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Cosmos: an Illustrated History of Astronomy and Cosmology (08 Edition) by John David North Publisher Comments For millennia humans have studied the skies to help them grow crops, navigate the seas, and earn favor from their gods. We still look to the stars today for answers to fundamental questions: How did the universe begin? Will it end, and if so... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Universe: Stars and Galaxies (4TH 11 Edition) by Roger A. Freedman Publisher Comments Universe: Stars and Galaxies, Fourth Edition, contains chapters from the following sections of Freedman, Kaufmann and Geller's Universe, Ninth Edition:Introducing AstronomyStars and Stellar EvolutionGalaxies and... (read more) List Price $118.95 Your price: $78.50 Used - Ll
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Astronomy: a Beginner's Guide To the Universe (6TH 10 - Old Edition) by Eric Chaisson Publisher Comments Key Benefit: For one-semester Introduction to Astronomy courses. With Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide, Sixth Edition, trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy and awaken readers to the... (read more) List Price $135.90 Your price: $91.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Discovering the Essential Universe by Neil F Comins Publisher Comments Freemans briefest, least expensive introductory astronomy text. Disovering the Universe, Fifth Edition is one of the briefest texts available for the introductory astronomy course, while still providing the wide range of factual topics that are the... (read more) List Price $111.75 Your price: $70.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Voyages Through the Universe / With CD-rom (3RD 04 Edition) by Andrew Fraknoi Publisher Comments VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at... (read more) List Price $199.70 Your price: $160.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Active Learning Astronomy for Astronomy: The Evolving Universe by Michael Zeilik Publisher Comments The student supplement to the successful textbook describing the full range of the astronomical universe.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wiley Self-Teaching Guides #190: Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide by Dinah L Moche Publisher Comments Discover the wonders of the night sky with this bestselling Astronomy Guide For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginner's guide has been... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals - With CD (10 Edition) by Jeffrey Bennett Publisher Comments This package contains the following components: -0321582195: MasteringAstronomy Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit -0321566955: Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals with Voyager: SkyGazer v4.0 College Edition... (read more) List Price $83.50 Your price: $67.00 Used - Trade Paper
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