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by William K. Hartmann  Publisher Comments Two events will make the summer of 2003 a remarkable one for amateur astronomers. By late August, Mars will come within 34 million miles of Earth, appearing six times larger and shining 85 times brighter than usual-the most striking and spectacular Mars... (read more)  List Price $18.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Ian Ridpath Publisher Comments Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chet Raymo Publisher Comments For almost forty years, Chet Raymo has walked a one-mile path from his house to the college where he taught, chronicling the universe he has found through observing every detail of his route with a scientist's curiosity, a historian's respect for the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael A. Seeds Book News Annotation With 26 textbooks under his belt, Seeds (Franklin and Marshall College) has made a real science of the introductory astronomy text. This seventh edition covers the usual territory (scale of the cosmos, scientific models, cycles of the sky, history of... (read more) List Price $86.90 Your price $59.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Steven J. Dick Publisher Comments Are we alone in the Universe? From the furor over Percival Lowell's claim of canals on Mars at the beginning of the century to the more recent controversial rock from Mars and the sophisticated Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), the... (read more) List Price $30.25 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen Hawking Publisher Comments Casi no hay editorial que no tenga en su catalogo este apartado. A el han ido a parar los libros dificilmente clasificables por su tematica o de formatos singulares. Pero en el se han publicado algunos de los libros mas vendidos de Critica, singularmente... (read more) List Price $52.25 Your price $26.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Heather Couper Synopsis - Transports the reader out or this world with a pictorial journey through the universe that shows us such startling sights as butterfly nebulae, sun plasma loops, gas pillars, young stars, and whole galaxies.- Introductory text to each chapter and... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jay M. Pasachoff Publisher Comments Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko combine extensive research experience, teaching experience, and textbook-writing experience to offer a book that is unparalleled in its ability to present the latest science in a way that students can understand. This... (read more) List Price $130.65 Your price $105.00 (Used - Trade Paper) 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 Jennifer Viegas Synopsis With temperatures dipping to -366 degrees Fahrenheit and the theory that there may be a layer of diamonds below its surface, Uranus will fascinate any student. This book offers a detailed look at the planet's magnetic field, dimate, composition, and... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Linda Siobhan Sparke Publisher Comments Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.... (read more) List Price $68.00 Your price $51.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Woodruff Synopsis A month-by-month calendar for stargazers in the northern hemisphere. Twelve aspects charts show the position of stars and other celestial objects in both northerly and southerly directions for each month of the year. An introduction explains the basic... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Theo Koupelis Book News Annotation This volume introduces the subject of astronomy to nonscience majors. Koupelis (U. of Wisconsin-Marathon County) and Kuhn (Eastern Kentucky U.) present astronomy in the traditional order of solar system, stars, and galaxies, emphasizing the historical... (read more) List Price $103.15 Your price $83.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cecilia Fitzsimons Publisher Comments An Instant Guide to Stars and Planets is an ideal compact identification guide to our night sky. A system of season-by-season star charts enables the reader to identify quickly and easily the major constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere. The... (read more) Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Osborne Publisher Comments Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction... (read more) Your price $21.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles W. Misner Publisher Comments Put as simply as possible, this is a book on Einstein's theory of gravity (general relativity). It is the first textbook on the subject that uses throughout the modern formalism and notation of differential geometry, and it is the first book to document... (read more) List Price $129.90 Your price $104.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by K C Cole Publisher Comments The universe comes down to earth in Cole's fresh and witty exploration of physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, and more. Like no other science writer, Cole demystifies scientific concepts and humanizes the people who study them.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.53 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Mitton Publisher Comments Fred Hoyle's prolific career spanned more than 60 years. During that time, he made major contributions in fundamental areas of astronomy, His most important work focused on the evolution of stars, the origin of the chemical elements, the nature of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jayant V Narlikar Publisher Comments This book describes in nontechnical language one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy. It presents us with the physical picture of what constitutes a star, a description of how a star evolves with time, how its shape and... (read more) List Price $53.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Dinah L Moche Publisher Comments From the Random House Library of Knowledge comes a brand-new edition of the backlist favorite Astronomy Today. With a totally updated text, additional photos, and a fresh new cover, this beautiful, basic astronomy book incorporates the latest discoveries... (read more) Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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