Popular astronomy & space books

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Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions

Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions

Author: David M. Harland
ISBN: 9780387746388
Format: Paperback
$105.47

David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing...  Read More >>

People and the Sky: Our Ancestors and the Cosmos

People and the Sky: Our Ancestors and the Cosmos

Author: Anthony Aveni
ISBN: 9780500051528
Format: Hardback
$79.07

How many of us today can accurately identify the stars and constellations, the phases of the moon, or the hour and...  Read More >>

The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds

The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey...

Author: Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Dr. Edgar Mitchell) ,  Dwight Williams (Dwight Williams)
ISBN: 9781564149770
Format: Paperback
$47.49

"In February 1971, as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell hurtled earthward through space, he was engulfed by a profound...  Read More >>

Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy

Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy

Author: Alan Axelrod ,  Christopher Du Pree
ISBN: 9781592577194
Format: Paperback
$55.31

Although Astronomy has been around for more than 5,500 years, astronomers say that we've learned more than 90% of...  Read More >>

The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars

The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through...

Author: Fred Schaaf
ISBN: 9786611284633
Format: Electronic book text
$105.34

The Brightest Stars is the first book to highlight the best, brightest, and most easily observed stars in the universe....  Read More >>

40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More

40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars...

Author: C. Bassa ,  Z. Wang
ISBN: 9780735405028
Format: Hardback
$694.32

This conference was in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the discovery of radio pulsars in the summer of 1967....  Read More >>

High Time Resolution Astrophysics: The Universe at Sub-Second Timescales

High Time Resolution Astrophysics: The Universe at Sub-Second...

Author: Don Phelan ,  Oliver Ryan
ISBN: 9780735405035
Format: Hardback
$388.08

The Universe is revealed as an ever-changing entity, filled with the energy flowing from stars and galaxies. While...  Read More >>

Blast Off: Scientific Adventures at the Dawn of the Space Age

Blast Off: Scientific Adventures at the Dawn of the...

Author: Ken McCracken
ISBN: 9781741106442
Format: Paperback
$44.75

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A Pan-Chromatic View of Clusters of Galaxies and the Large-Scale Structure

A Pan-Chromatic View of Clusters of Galaxies and the...

Author: Manolis Plionis ,  O. López-Cruz
ISBN: 9781402069406
Format: Hardback
$287.76

Includes reviews that cover a range of cluster of galaxies topics. This title covers the advances being made in...  Read More >>

NASA's Voyager Missions: Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond

NASA's Voyager Missions: Exploring the Outer Solar System...

Author: Ben Evans ,  David M. Harland
ISBN: 9781852337452
Format: Paperback
$131.87

For the first time, in one volume, Ben Evans with David Harland will not only tell the story of the hugely successful...  Read More >>

The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the frontiers of cosmology

The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the frontiers of...

Author: Joseph Silk (, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199533619
Format: Paperback
$31.95

How big is the universe? Is it infinite? How did it begin and how might it end? Joseph Silk guides the reader through...  Read More >>

Stargazing Secrets

Stargazing Secrets

Author: Anton Vamplew
ISBN: 9780061434945
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Want to find out what you can see in the night sky with your telescope? Stargazing Secrets guides you through everything...  Read More >>

Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest

Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the...

Author: Gerard DeGroot
ISBN: 9781844138319
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans' thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with...  Read More >>

Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them

Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them

Author: Peter Grego
ISBN: 9780387742854
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Venus and Mercury have always been regarded as difficult targets for amateurs, but advances in commercially-made...  Read More >>

Recent Developments in Gravitation and Cosmology: 3rd Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics

Recent Developments in Gravitation and Cosmology: 3rd...

Author: Alfredo Macias ,  Claus Lammerzahl
ISBN: 9780735404960
Format: Hardback
$403.92

The Third Mexican Meeting on Mathematical and Experimental Physics brought together scientists from many different...  Read More >>

The Universe: A Biography

The Universe: A Biography

Author: John Gribbin
ISBN: 9780141021478
Format: Paperback
$26.99

How did the universe grow from a tiny fireball to its present size? Where did life on earth come from? How do planets...  Read More >>

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Solar System - Fully Revised and Expanded Edition

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars,...

Author: Ian Ridpath ,  Wil Tirion
ISBN: 9780691135564
Format: Paperback
$52.67

With color sky charts, diagrams, or photographs on almost every page, this title offers informative guidance to...  Read More >>

Polarized Ion Sources, Targets and Polarimetry: PSTP 2007 12th International Workshop

Polarized Ion Sources, Targets and Polarimetry: PSTP...

Author: Ahovi Kponou ,  Yousef I. Makdisi
ISBN: 9780735404991
Format: Hardback
$435.60

The International Workshop on Polarized Sources Targets and Polarimetry is an international forum to discuss new...  Read More >>

Astrophysis of Compact Objects: International Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects

Astrophysis of Compact Objects: International Conference...

Author: Ye-Fei Yuan ,  Xiang-Dong Li
ISBN: 9780735404854
Format: Hardback
$472.56

Compact objects (black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs) play a major role in modern astrophysics. They are...  Read More >>

Backyard Astronomer's Guide

Backyard Astronomer's Guide

Author: Terence Dickinson ,  Alan Dyer
ISBN: 9781554073443
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Now expanded and updated, this third edition of a basic reference for amateur astrophotographers includes equipment...  Read More >>

Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System

Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar...

Author: C. Murray ,  David Brodie
ISBN: 9780387731025
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Imaging techniques from Earth continue to improve, while missions such as Voyager, Galileo and the Hubble Space...  Read More >>

The Night Sky Companion: A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2008-2009

The Night Sky Companion: A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching...

Author: Tammy Plotner ,  K. Vogt
ISBN: 9780387716084
Format: Paperback
$79.07

While the spring holds the promise of bright planets and distant galaxies, there is somethingtobesaidaboutthoselong,coldwintereveningstoo!Youcanspend...  Read More >>

My Heavens!: The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer Building an Over-the-Top Observatory

My Heavens!: The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer Building...

Author: Gordon Rogers
ISBN: 9780387737812
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The book charts the progress of the author's own substantial observatory from conception to construction. It describes...  Read More >>

State of the Universe 2008: New Images, Discoveries, and Events

State of the Universe 2008: New Images, Discoveries,...

Author: Martin A. Ratcliffe
ISBN: 9780387716749
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The aim of the State of the Universe annuals is to provide an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science...  Read More >>

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