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by Evelyn Husband  Publisher Comments Rick Husband wanted to be an astronaut since his fourth birthday, but it wasn?t always for the right reasons. Initially, he thought it would be neat . . . cool . . . a fun thing to do. It wasn?t until he came to a spiritual crossroads and was able to... (read more)  List Price $24.99 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by John Noble Wilford Synopsis A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer traverses the vast physical and cognitive distances between earth and Mars, offering an informed vision of the future of Martian exploration. "Mars Beckons" is a fascinating synthesis of myth, history, politics... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $3.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Littmann Publisher Comments A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see--and feel--why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. An absolutely indispensable... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $23.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by National Research Co Publisher Comments "Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium: An Overview" summarizes the science goals and recommended initiatives in a short, richly illustrated, non-technical booklet.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $9.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Jr Burnham Publisher Comments Thorough guide to the stars beyond our solar system. Exhaustive treatment. Alphabetical by constellation. Pavo to Vulpecula in Vol. 3. 225 photos. Index in Vol. 3. Vol. 3 of three-vol. set.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Iain Nicolson Synopsis Every aspect of exploration, discovery and science of the universe is covered in this comprehensive and accessible A-Z of stars and planets. This guide takes you from the beginnings of the universe to the latest shuttle disasters, carefully explaining... (read more) Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bob Mizon Publisher Comments Light-pollution is the modern scourge of optical astronomy. More and more observing sites are being lost as the glare of city lighting blots out the night sky. Professional astronomical observatories are located far from cities, but amateur astronomers... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Whitehouse Publisher Comments This is a comprehensive biography of the sun, written by leading BBC journalist David Whitehouse. Since man first became conscious he has sought to understand the nature of the sun; he has worshipped it, been inspired to produce great art about it... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Antonin Rukl Publisher Comments Chock-full of glorious photographs, charts, and maps--with images on virtually every spread--this ultimate celestial guidebook answers all beginners' questions. Locate every constellation and star grouping; use the meridian to establish when each... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nicolas Cheetham Publisher Comments This book leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 80 billion trillion miles in every direction and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the most extraordinary astronomical views ever uncovered. Complementing these up-to-date and spectacular... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by George Pendle Publisher Comments "Brilliant Rocket Scientist Killed in Explosion!" screamed the front-page headline of the Los Angeles Times on June 18, 1952. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer whose work had helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a reality, was... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $13.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Woodruff Publisher Comments A comprehensive dictionary to the major terms and theories used in astronomy, with concise details about the planets and stars, and brief biographies of major figures. It includes over a 1,000 entries, extensive cross-referencing, diagrams and tables.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $3.38 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Ward Publisher Comments An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life on Earth and beyond For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Owen Gingerich 
Publisher Comments Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers a new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas. Prodded by... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by J L E Dreyer Publisher Comments Complete, thorough history: Near Eastern, early Greeks, homocentric theories, Ptolemaic system, medieval cosmology, Copernicus, Kepler, etc.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments Voyage to Mars is the gripping story of an elite group of visionary scientists and their passionate quest to explore our closest cousin in the solar system. Acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen "goes to where the action is-NASA-profiling the scientists... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Barrie W Jones Synopsis Discovering the Solar System Barrie W. Jones The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Discovering the Solar System is a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the Solar System and of the ways in which the various bodies have been investigated and modelled... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Patr Barnes Svarney Publisher Comments Originally published in 1989 and winner of a New York Academy of Sciences book award, this popular handbook has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest astronomical discoveries and new telescope advances. It provides detailed guidance... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $5.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by F W Taylor Publisher Comments A portfolio of the latest images of planetary landscapes, surfaces of moons, asteroids and comets.... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $28.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Eli Maor Publisher Comments On June 8th, 2004, Venus will cross the Sun's face for the first time since 1882. Here, Maor tells the intriguing tale of the five Venus transits previously observed and the fantastic efforts made to record them. He also guides readers to the upcoming... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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