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by Ian Ridpath  Synopsis Written by a distinguished team of scholars, this glorious encyclopedia takes readers from how the universe began to how it works and how it might end to such fascinating topics as the search for extra-terrestrial life. 900 full-color illustrations.... (read more)  List Price $45.00 Your price $26.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Robert Godwin Publisher Comments NASA's entire fleet of unmanned deep space probes, including Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, Galileo, Cassini, Deep Space One, Stardust, and NEAR are discussed in this comprehensive study of NASA's Deep Space Probe program. The press kits and flight... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.00 (Used - Softcvr W/comp Media) check for new and sale copies
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by Rod Pyle Publisher Comments The Apollo space program was the largest technological undertaking of all time, and let to the greatest adventure of the 20thcentury. Born of the cold war, it was moved forward by the passion of 100,000 workers and $20 billion over ten years. Over that... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sun Kwok Publisher Comments Using more than 100 spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Kwok details the discovery process of the creation of planetary nebulae and of the future of the Earth's Sun.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Murdin Publisher Comments Included in this extensive astronomy reference are accessible contributions by 650 world-leading astronomers covering history from the Big Bang to present, famous astronomer biographies, key space missions since the launch of Sputnik, and the work of... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price $15.38 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael D'Antonio Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prize-winning author DAntonio comes this memorable account of the first year of the space race, with all its panic, explosions, rivalries, and comic escapades. Eight pages of b&w photographs.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary K Baumann Publisher Comments Revel in this photographic journey—complete with a foreword by the illustrious Professor Stephen Hawking—of the awe-inspiring beauty of the cosmos. Complemented by insightful descriptions, these photographs are some of the most remarkable... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Zeilik Publisher Comments The ninth edition of this successful textbook describes the full range of the astronomical universe and how astronomers think about the cosmos.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Zubrin Book News Annotation Argues that a manned expedition to Mars could cost less than one- tenth of the $400 billion cited by NASA, is possible with existing technology and expertise, could be funded with a combination of public and private money, is not as dangerous as some... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Panek Publisher Comments Follow history of the engaging and often amusing account of the telescope and its significant role in revising humanity's perception of the universe, helping fuse elements of philosophy, politics, literature, and religion.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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by David A Clary Publisher Comments Now in paperback, the life and legacy of the much overlooked yet highly influential Robert Goddard. The brilliant, eccentric, and controversial pioneer of the space age. More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dennis Danielson Publisher Comments A portrait of young mathematics prodigy Georg Joachim Rheticus describes how his work with his mentor, the aging astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, promoted the publication of the scientist's seminal work, De revolutionibus, a work that had a profound... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeffrey S Kargel Publisher Comments Mars is the Solar System's other wild, wet, water world. Long believed to have become cold, dead, and dry aeons ago, we now having striking new proof, not only that Mars was a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Martineau Publisher Comments A most unusual guide to the solar system, this title suggests that there may be fundamental relationships between space, time, and life that have not yet been fully understood. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Fischer Publisher Comments We are at the dawn of a new era in the study of space, all thanks to the Galileo space probe. Mission Jupiter brings us the exciting story of the Galileo mission to investigate Jupiter. The noted astronomer Daniel Fischer, co-author of Hubble: A New... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tom Standage Publisher Comments The Neptune File is the first full account of the dramatic events surrounding the eighth planet’s discovery, and the story of two remarkable men who were able to “see” on paper what astronomers looking through telescopes for more than... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jay Pasachoff Publisher Comments Each guide employs the Peterson Identification system which pinpoints key field marks for quick recognition of species and easy comparisons of confusing look-alikes. Provide up-to-date range information.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael D Lemonick Publisher Comments Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? Recent discoveries have made it more likely than ever that we will know the answer to this age-old question in our lifetimes -- and that the answer most likely will be yes. No longer a subject relegated to the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.63 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tom Gehrels Book News Annotation Based on at least four workshops, this volume examines in depth the reality of the threat from outer space and proposes measures that can be initiated to deal with it. Bringing together some 100 scientists from all over the world, it focuses on... (read more) List Price $76.00 Your price $62.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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