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by Bob Berman  Publisher Comments Introduction. Coming to Terms with the Universe Part One. Winter Chapter 1. It's About Time Chapter 2. Baa, Baa, Betelgeuse Chapter 3. The Cradle of Night Chapter 4. Moonstruck Chapter 5. Fading to Black Chapter 6. Two-Dog Night Chapter 7. Puzzles of... (read more)  List Price $16.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by C T Russell Publisher Comments The articles in this volume are a document of the Galileo mission to Jupiter. The Mission Overview is the first article; the second is a description of the design of the very complex spacecraft trajectory in relation to the scientific objects. Subsequent... (read more) Your price $160.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Raeburn Publisher Comments This summer, Mars Pathfinder's arrival on the red planet was "greeted with the most attention since Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon" (Time magazine). Pathfinder released Sojourner, a robot car that explored Mars' surface and sent back spectacular... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $6.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by W. Patrick McCray Publisher Comments When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. Known as the Moonwatchers, these largely forgotten citizen-scientists helped professional... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Hawking 
Publisher Comments "A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen W. Hawking Publisher Comments Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $5.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy Ferris Publisher Comments From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy Ferris Publisher Comments Winner of the 1988 American Institute of Physics Prize and named one of 1988's best books by the New York Times Book Review, this brilliant, lively and informative book seeks to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time and how this quest has... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Laura Lovett Publisher Comments As a result of the spectacularly successful Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, photographs of astounding beauty have come streaming back to Earth, together with enough data to keep hundreds of scientists engrossed for decades. Reproduced here are 150 of... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Timothy Ferris Publisher Comments For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. In the late 1920s, astronomers defeated this assumption with a startling new discovery. From Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red, meaning that those galaxies were receding... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $3.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Kidger Publisher Comments Astronomer Kidger has spent his career helping the general public understand the nature of the universe and astronomy. In "Astronomical Enigmas," he offers answers to the questions he is asked most frequently.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robin Kerrod Publisher Comments The Star Guide is for everyone who has marveled at the beauty of the night sky and wanted to know more about the stars. User-friendly and thoroughly up to date, The Star Guide demystifies astronomy and gives you all the information you need to appreciate... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Henry Cooper Publisher Comments On April 13, 1970, some 205,000 miles from the Earth, an explosion rocked the moon-bound Apollo 13, taking out both engines of the command module and crippling the life-support system. Guided by the ground crew in Houston, the crew took refuge in the... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $3.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William Sheehan Publisher Comments In this engaging, eloquent account of our love affair with the Red Planet, Sheehan and O'Meara review the history of human fascination with our neighbor in the solar system and look at the prospects for manned space flight to Mars in this new century.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $7.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Augusto Hans Rey Publisher Comments This is a clear, vivid text with charts and maps showing the positions of the constellations the year round.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil F. Comins Publisher Comments Based on the most recent edition of Discovering the Universe (©2006), this best-selling text is the most concise, least expensive option for introductory astronomy courses.... (read more) List Price $61.50 Your price $42.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jay M Pasachoff Publisher Comments The new edition of this bestselling guide has been completely revised and updated to include the latest information from leading astronomical sources. Color photos throughout.... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Discovery Channel Publisher Comments What has the Hubble Space Telescope revealed about our universe? How should one select and use binoculars and a telescope? What are the simple tools available to measure distances and locate objects in the sky? Night Sky, an Explore Your World ™... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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by Roger Freedman Publisher Comments Known edition after edition for its state-of-the-science coverage, Universe breaks new ground in its Eighth Edition with added pedagogical support and pioneering media and supplements. It places the basics of astronomy and the process of science within... (read more) List Price $115.90 Your price $93.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Donald H. Menzel Publisher Comments Covers the names, light, and distance of the stars, double stars, constellations, and more in an informative and engaging style, entertaining and instructive. 25 illustrations. 16 x 30 chart.... (read more) Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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