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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 $19.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Mcnab Publisher Comments During the last forty years, human beings have broken free of the Earth and ventured out to other worlds orbiting the Sun. We have visited every planet except Pluto, discovered dozens of new moons in orbit around other planets, and put to rest myths and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Grego Synopsis A convenient boxed set of three useful items needed by any moon observer: a book "Moon Observer's Guide" (1-55297-888-5), a detailed map of the Moon's visible side and a photographic poster of the Lunar phases.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $6.40 (Used - Boxed Non-book) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Godwin Publisher Comments Space junkies and armchair astronauts are provided with comprehensive, handy references for a variety of space-related missions, vehicles, and concepts in this pocket-sized series. Compiled with the cooperation of NASA, each topic-specific reference... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John S Lewis Publisher Comments Rain of Iron and Ice shows us the unmistakable evidence—from spaceprobe flybys of the planets to the scars on our own Earth—of cataclysmic comet and asteroid impacts. By comparing what we know about the earth’s geology and paleontology... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Zimmerman Publisher Comments Since the historic launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957, the world has been enthralled first by the race to the Moon and later by the exploration of space. Lost in the international competition, however, are the hundreds of other missions... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price $22.10 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Furniss Publisher Comments The launch of the first liquid propellant rocket in 1926 led to the development of the first long-range missiles, fired in anger during World War II. By 1957, the technology had advanced and intercontinental ballistic missiles were developed that formed... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $6.58 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Frederick Schaaf Publisher Comments Fascinating layman's guide to naked eye astronomy explores such topics as eclipses, coronas, mock suns, halos, sun pillars, and more. 56 illustrations and photos supplement the text.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $5.00 (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 $27.98 (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 Reta Beebe Synopsis Introduces Jupiter and its moons, describes what is known about Jupiter's structure and magnetic field, and looks at its collision with comet fragments.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $2.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by M. G. Lord Publisher Comments A daughter's journey to rediscover her father and understand the culture of space engineers. During the late 1960s, while M. G. Lord was becoming a teenager in Southern California and her mother was dying of cancer, Lord's father — an archetypal,... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $1.99 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Patrick Moore Synopsis The ultimate reference to the worlds beyond. The Firefly Guide to the Universe is an encyclopedic examination of the stars, planets, and universe with the latest, most comprehensive information currently available. The book features the latest images... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Helen Wright Publisher Comments A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astronomer George Ellery Hale, who laid much of the foundation of modern astrophysics and observational cosmology. He's best known for the planning and building of the 200-inch Hale Telescope of the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $22.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Geoff Andersen Publisher Comments In the four centuries since its invention, the telescope has transformed how humans view the universe and their place in it. But what do most of us know about telescopes themselves; their history, how they work, what they are being used for today, or... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Stuart Ross Taylor Publisher Comments Written by a leading planetary scientist, this engaging book tells the remarkable story of how our solar system came into existence and provides an expert tour of the Earth, its planetary neighbors and other planetary systems. In a whirlwind adventure... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $5.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark R Chartrand Synopsis This simple-to-use, illustrated guide to the stars features information on stars, constellations, and more, plus photos in full color and black and white.... (read more) Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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