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Images of the Universe
by Pepin Press  Publisher Comments The Universe offers an unending source of the most electrifying and mysterious imagery conceivable. The selection of marvellous pictures for PICTURES OF THE UNIVERSE has been made by a well-known specialist in the field of popular astronomy, and is...
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Universe (05 Edition)
by Robert Dinwiddie Publisher Comments Continuing in the bestselling tradition of "Animal and Earth," this definitive guide takes readers on a tour from the solar system to the farthest limits of space. High school & older....
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Infinite Worlds: An Illustrated Voyage to Planets Beyond Our Sun
by Ray Villard and Lynette R. Cook Publisher Comments A colorful, accessible exploration of the galaxy's extrasolar planets and the ongoing search for life beyond Earth, illustrated by a leading astronomical artist and spectacular images from Hubble Space Telescope....
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Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe
by Mark Voit Publisher Comments This poster-sized paperback on the discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope since its launch in 1990 is prepared to accompany a major Smithsonian Institution exhibition that will travel across the United States for several years. 110 illustrations,...
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Full Moon
by Michael Light Publisher Comments The most thrilling of all journeys--the missions of the Apollo astronauts to the surface of the Moon and back--yielded 32,000 extraordinarily beautiful photographs, the record of a unique human achievement. Until recently, only a handful of these...
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Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe
by Robin Kerrod and Carole Stott Publisher Comments The latest photos from Hubble's recent discoveries, with fascinating new and updated information. After 17 years, 25,000 astronomical targets and more than 700,000 images, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) continues to return images and data that amaze...
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The Violent Universe: Joyrides Through the X-Ray Cosmos
by Kimberly A Weaver Publisher Comments This volume reveals how astronomers use color to understand the energy and intensity of high-energy particles that travel at the speed of light, and the galacatic collisions, supernova eruptions, or stellar implosions that created them....
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Life Beyond Earth
by Timothy Ferris Publisher Comments The search for life beyond Earth takes the human mind and spirit back down long corridors of cosmic history, probing the ancient questions of who we are and where we came from. Life Beyond Earth is the story of this exploration. A stunning blend of...
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Apollo 11 Box
by Bob Craddock Publisher Comments In collaboration with the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." These were the words heard around the world on July 20, 1969, as American astronauts accomplished the first...
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Spacecam
by Terry Hope Publisher Comments A stunning collection of spectacular photographs taken from space brings the reader strange and beautiful images of unimaginably distant regions of the universe. 300 color photos....
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America from Space
by Thomas B Allen Publisher Comments Now in paperback: first published in 1993. This book features breathtaking photographs of the United States as seen from space - a new way of seeing and understanding our country....
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Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe
by David H. DeVorkin and The National Geographic Society Publisher Comments In an age of x-ray telescopes and interplanetary probes it is easy to dismiss pre-scientific cosmologies as naive expressions of fear, hope, and superstition. But, if science teaches us anything, it' s that the pursuit of truth begins and ends with...
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Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes
by Michael Benson Publisher Comments “An aesthetic revelation. . . . A spectacular melding of science and art.”—Los Angeles Times Now in an affordable paperback edition accompanying a national touring exhibition that The New York Times acclaimed as “stunning,”...
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Destination Mars :in art, myth, and science
by Martin Caiden Book News Annotation Examines how the red planet has been perceived throughout human history--in mythology, religion, astrology, folklore, early scientific history, science fiction, and the modern era of scientific discovery and space travel. Special attention is given to...
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Gems of Hubble
by Jacqueline Mitton Book News Annotation A former Norwegian Director General of Forestry hikes through the forestry issue in a number of dimensions, from past to future, from production to conservation, and from local interests to global needs. He explains how to improve the aggregate...
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The Infinite Journey
by William E. Burrows Synopsis Prepared in cooperation with NASA, this lavishly illustrated chronicle recounts the agency's most thrilling moments as remembered by those who experienced the pulse-racing drama firsthand. 170 full-color photos....
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Postcards from Mars: The First Photographer on the Red Planet
by Jim Bell Publisher Comments The most fantastic of all journeys (the Spirit and Opportunity mobile robot missions to the surface of Mars) produced over 150,000 astonishing photographs. While the images were made available on low-resolution computer screens as they were sent back...
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Countdown to glory :NASA's trials and triumphs in space
by Kent Alexander Book News Annotation There's relatively little glory in such uncritical puffery. Even the photos are largely promotional, and as for the text, well the author could easily serve as a lobbyist for NASA, that's how easily he dismisses the two major disasters in the space...
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Grand Tour Rev Edition a Travellers Guide To the So
by Ron Miller Publisher Comments Hurricanes so enormous that the earth itself could be lost in one; a volcano larger than the state of Missouri and higher than Everest; a planet with a billion moons; a planet that rotates on its side; worlds made of solid ice; a world where it rains...
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Atlas of the Universe
by Patrick Moore Publisher Comments Put the Universe at your fingertips with this dramatic and comprehensive look at the sky. Richly illustrated with hundreds of recent photographs and images from ground-based telescopes, the Hubble Space Telescope, and interplanetary spacecraft, \[I...
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