Popular astronomy & space books

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The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in...

Author: Paul Bogard
ISBN: 9780316182911
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Streetlamps, neon signs – an ever-present glow that has changed the natural world and adversely affected our health;...  Read More >>

Choosing and Using Astronomical Filters

Choosing and Using Astronomical Filters

Author: Martin Griffiths
ISBN: 9781493910434
Format: Paperback
$145.17

As a casual read through any of the major amateur astronomical magazines will demonstrate, there are filters available...  Read More >>

Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe

Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of...

Author: Ben Moore
ISBN: 9783319056715
Format: Paperback
$103.47

It will explain how mankind acquired this knowledge starting from the beginning of civilization when the ancient...  Read More >>

A Fire on the Moon

A Fire on the Moon

Author: Norman Mailer
ISBN: 9780141394961
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. This book is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with...  Read More >>

Beyond the Blur: Construction and Characterization of the First Autonomous Ao System and an Ao Survey of Magnetar Proper Motions

Beyond the Blur: Construction and Characterization of...

Author: Shriharsh Tendulkar
ISBN: 9781612334240
Format: Paperback
$51.62

Adaptive optics (AO) corrects distortions created by atmospheric turbulence and delivers diffraction-limited images...  Read More >>

The Beginning and the End: The Meaning of Life in a Cosmological Perspective

The Beginning and the End: The Meaning of Life in a...

Author: Clément Vidal
ISBN: 9783319050614
Format: Hardback
$224.37

In this fascinating journey to the edge of science, Vidal takes on big philosophical questions: Does our universe...  Read More >>

Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft

Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with...

Author: Jay Gallentine
ISBN: 9780803249233
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Presents the story of first unmanned space probes and planetary explorers - from the Sputnik and Explorer satellites...  Read More >>

Dakota/Lakota Star Map Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction to D(L)akota Star Knowledge

Dakota/Lakota Star Map Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction...

Author: Annette Sharon Lee ,  Jim Rock
ISBN: 9780692232545
Format: Paperback
$42.24

A constellation guidebook focusing on D(L)akota Star Knowledge. Greek constellations and astronomical objects of...  Read More >>

Mond-Atlas Von 1898

Mond-Atlas Von 1898

Author: Johannes Krieger
ISBN: 9783867419130
Format: Paperback
$126.72

Dieser historische Mond-Atlas aus dem Jahre 1898, erstellt nach den auch heute noch verbluffend prazisen Beobachtungen...  Read More >>

Grab 'n' Go Astronomy

Grab 'n' Go Astronomy

Author: Neil English
ISBN: 9781493908257
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Written for amateur astronomers, this book reviews portable equipment, accessories and mounts, describing which...  Read More >>

The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion: Explaining the Cycles of the Night Sky

The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion: Explaining...

Author: Dominic Ford
ISBN: 9781493906284
Format: Paperback
$118.77

This guide not only tabulates positions but also explains the orbital mechanics that dictate how the planets and...  Read More >>

Ojibwe Sky Star Map - Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction to Ojibwe Star Knowledge

Ojibwe Sky Star Map - Constellation Guidebook: An Introduction...

Author: Annette Sharon Lee ,  William Peter Wilson
ISBN: 9780615986784
Format: Paperback
$42.19

"A constellation guidebook focusing on Ojibwe Star Knowledge. Greek constellations and astronomical objects of interest...  Read More >>

Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes

Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes...

Author: Ralph D. Lorenz ,  James R. Zimbelman
ISBN: 9783540897248
Format: Hardback
$419.76

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Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional – and What that Means for Life in the Universe

Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional – and What that...

Author: David Waltham
ISBN: 9781848316560
Format: Hardback
$36.99

In this pop-science masterpiece David Waltham argues that life on Earth is, amazingly, a cosmic fluke.  Read More >>

Visual Astronomy: A Guide to Understanding the Night Sky

Visual Astronomy: A Guide to Understanding the Night...

Author: Panos Photinos
ISBN: 9781627054805
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Visual Astronomy introduces the basics of observational astronomy, a fundamentally limitless opportunity to learn...  Read More >>

Visual Astronomy: A Guide to Understanding the Night Sky

Visual Astronomy: A Guide to Understanding the Night...

Author: Panos Photinos
ISBN: 9781643278872
Format: Hardback
$201.30

Introduces the basics of observational astronomy, a fundamentally limitless opportunity to learn about the universe...  Read More >>

Alien Skies: Planetary Atmospheres from Earth to Exoplanets

Alien Skies: Planetary Atmospheres from Earth to Exoplanets...

Author: Frédéric J. Pont
ISBN: 9781461485537
Format: Paperback
$87.09

Based on cutting-edge research, this book uses a grand tour of the atmospheres of other planet to shine a new light...  Read More >>

Himmelsfotografie mit Schmidt-Teleskopen

Himmelsfotografie mit Schmidt-Teleskopen

Author: Siegfried Marx ,  Werner Pfau
ISBN: 9783642749674
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Die allgemeine Vorstellung vom Anblick Ausschöpfung des vollen Informationsgehal- kann vielleicht das im Anhang...  Read More >>

The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia

The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia

Author: Amy Pastan (Amy Pastan)
ISBN: 9781588344618
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia uses the Smithsonian's collections to shed new light on the world of...  Read More >>

Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

Author: Greg Matloff ,  C Bangs
ISBN: 9781461494256
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Space-based terrestrial power generation systems will work synergistically with Earth-based conservation. This...  Read More >>

Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects

Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects

Author: Stephen James O'Meara
ISBN: 9781107018372
Format: Hardback
$108.65

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Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Author: Tom Anderson
ISBN: 9781591934912
Format: Book
$14.99

Tom Anderson is a naturalist and a writer who splits his time between Minnesota and the Yukon Territory in northern...  Read More >>

Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional - and What that Means for Life in the Universe

Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional - and What that...

Author: David Waltham
ISBN: 9781848316881
Format: Electronic book text
$29.01

In this pop-science masterpiece Waltham, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, argues that life on Earth is,...  Read More >>

Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide

Author: Craig Callender ,  Ralph Edney
ISBN: 9781848317727
Format: Electronic book text
$18.45

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