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Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith Publisher Comments The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it. In Moondust, journalist Andrew Smithreveals the stories of the nine... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin Publisher Comments Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream—the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $2.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith Publisher Comments The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it, for better or for worse. Journalist Andrew Smith... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Flash! the Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe by Govert Schilling Publisher Comments About three times a day our sky flashes with a powerful pulse of gamma ray bursts (GRB), invisible to human eyes but not to astronomers' instruments. The sources of this intense radiation are likely to be emitting, within the span of seconds or minutes... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Atlas of the Skies: Journeying Between the Stars and Planets in the Discovery of the Universe by T&j Synopsis Nowadays we have stopped watching the sky. We are so submerged by our towns' lights, constantly busy, hypnotised by the television, that we hardly have time to contemplate the sky at night.We forget the stars' beauty, the planet's slow sliding, the lunar... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest by Gerard J Degroot Publisher Comments View the Table of Contents.   Read the Preface. A selection of the History, Scientific American, and Quality Paperback Book Clubs "The book is well written and quite engaging with its cast of colorful characters." —Choice "Dark Side... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel by Edward Belbruno Publisher Comments When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel or, as he puts it, "surfing... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Clementine Atlas of the Moon by Ben Bussey Publisher Comments Atlas covering the entire Moon, based on data from the Clementine and other missions.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $69.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Stars :golden Guide by Herb Zim Synopsis Provides charts, tables, and instructions for the amateur astronomer on how, where, and when to observe stars, constellations, and planets. Also discusses meteors, comets, eclipses, and other celestial objects.... (read more) Your price $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Practical Astronomy With Your Calcul 3RD Edition by Peter Duffett Smith Publisher Comments In its first two editions, Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator enjoyed tremendous success. Using clear and logical routines, the author shows how a variety of problems and exercises in modern astronomy can be readily solved with a scientific... (read more) Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Astronomy on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Boralis by Lucy Jago Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization by Robert Zubrin Publisher Comments The man celebrated as "the Christopher Columbus of Mars" brings us to the very brink of human exploration. Using nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, Robert Zubrin takes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $7.25 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Amateur Astronomers Handbook 3RD Edition by John Benso Sidgwick Publisher Comments Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. .,."highly recommended for very serious nonprofessional astronomers." -- "A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy," 189... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy by Christopher De Pree Publisher Comments You're no idiot, of course. You can tell a shooting star when you see one, spot the Big Dipper, and name all the astronauts from the first moon landing. But when it comes to understanding astronomy, you feel like you're lost in space. Don't go supernova... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Too Far from Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space by Chris Jones Publisher Comments In the 37 years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has seemed more and more a routine enterprise--at least until the shuttle "Columbia" blew up, and the "Challenger" before it. Now, this true-life adventure vividly captures the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship by Richard Tregaskis Publisher Comments Built of titanium and a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 was the fastest plane ever built, streaking through the lower reaches of outer space even before the first space capsules reached orbit. First tested in 1959, the X-15 proved to be... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir by Jerry M Linenger Publisher Comments An engrossing report.--Booklist Vividly captures the challenges and privations Dr. Linenger endured both before and during his flight.--Library Journal One of the most gripping space survival stories of the 20th century is now available in paperback. Few... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing 'Hoax' by Philip Plait Publisher Comments Advance praise for Philip Plaits Bad Astronomy Bad Astronomy is just plain good Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from. --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Monthly Sky Guide 6TH Edition by Ian Ridpath Publisher Comments The fifth edition of Ridpath and Tirion's famous guide to the night sky, updated to 2004.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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