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by Bruce Jakosky  Publisher Comments Aimed at the general reader, this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the scientific basis for thinking there may be life elsewhere in the Universe.... (read more)  List Price $45.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Steve Phillipps Publisher Comments The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies is a concise introduction to this fascinating subject providing the reader with the fundamentals in a clear and accessible style. The book assumes some prerequisite knowledge of astronomy, with the necessary... (read more) Your price $50.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Serge Brunier Publisher Comments Comprehensive profiles of 36 earth based observatories, 10 space-based telescopes and 11 observatories of the future and includes a history of each and profiles of the astronomers who used them. Abundantly illustrated.... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen P Maran Publisher Comments From asteroids to black holes, from quasars to white dwarfs, this new edition of Astronomy For Dummies takes backyard stargazers on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring star maps, charts, gorgeous full-color photographs, and easy-to-follow... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Venzo De Sabbata Publisher Comments An up-to-date description of progress and current problems with the gravitational constant, both in terms of generalized gravitational theories and experiments either in the laboratory, using Casimir force measurements, or in space at solar system... (read more) Your price $95.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karen C Fox Publisher Comments The touchstone of a new series on scientific theories of the twentieth century, this book relates the history of one of the most well-known theories of modern science and addresses how it arose, evolved, and why it is the best theory to explain the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $5.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by George Smoot Synopsis In April 1992 astrophysicist George Smoot announced how he and his team of scientists had found "ripples in the fabric of space-time" that were made in the first trillionth of a second after the cataclysmic moment of creation. This is Smoot's account of... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael A. Seeds Publisher Comments With this newly revised sixth edition of THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 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 $99.95 Your price $64.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James B Kaler Publisher Comments "The point of this book is to provide a brief, easy-to-read but comprehensive overview of stars: where they came from; what they are made of; what will happen to them, and what they mean to us from a scientific, aesthetic and cultural point of view. The... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by James J. Binney Synopsis Two of the world's leading astrophysicists, James Binney and Scott Tremaine, here present a comprehensive review of the theory of galactic dynamics at a level suitable for both graduate students and researchers. Their work in this volume describes our... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $42.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bernard Mcnamara Publisher Comments Investigating Astronomy: Model Building and Critical Thinking is an active learning supplement for introductory astronomy that is designed to augment any introductory astronomy textbook. It combines the low-cost, low-tech appeal of print with activities... (read more) List Price $44.10 Your price $31.00 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies
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by J. Michael Hollas Publisher Comments Now in its Fourth Edition, this benchmark text has been updated to include the latest developments in the field, such as femtosecond lasers and wave packet spectroscopy.... (read more) List Price $67.25 Your price $49.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Manolis Plionis Publisher Comments The collection of presentations in this volume represents a satisfying balance between the rich subjects into which cosmology has matured over the past decades. First, the contributions of the `Architects' discuss fundamental cosmology, focusing on the... (read more) List Price $142.00 Your price $114.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Seife Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew R Liddle Publisher Comments Cosmology is a branch of physics concerned with the evolution, general structure and nature of the universe as a whole. It has become an increasingly high profile subject with many universities attempting to bring it to the forefront of the undergraduate... (read more) List Price $195.00 Your price $153.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter F. Bernath Publisher Comments Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, 2nd Edition is designed to introduce advanced undergraduates and new graduate students to the vast field of spectroscopy. Of interest to chemists, physicists, astronomers, atmospheric scientists, and engineers, it... (read more) List Price $113.95 Your price $75.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Joseph Silk Publisher Comments "The dominant figures of postwar astrophysical cosmology have been the late Yakov Ze'ldovich, of Moscow, and Jim Peebles, of Princeton. But running a close third in influence has been Joseph Silk.... This collection is essential reading for the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $2.58 (Used - Hardcover) 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 - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Denise Cusano Publisher Comments This study guide correlates the text to the popular Emmy Award Winning telecourse series ASTRONOMY: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORIES, produced and available from Coast Learning Systems. (www.coastlearning.org).... (read more) Your price $70.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Zeilik Synopsis This advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred.... (read more) List Price $230.95 Your price $155.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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