Astrophysics
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Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe
$27.00 Read moreA Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize Winner
From the host and cocreator of PBS’s Journey of the Universe, a fresh look at how the rich collision between science and spirituality has influenced- Author: Swimme, Brian Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1640093982
- Language: English
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Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe
$18.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturn’s rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what’s the last thin
- Author: Plait, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 132407471X
- Language: English
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A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
$19.95 Add to cart- Author: Johnson, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691258686
- Language: English
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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
$18.99 Add to cart“The world’s leading alien hunter” — New York Times Magazine
From acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist and bestselling author of Extraterrestrial comes a mind-expanding new book explaining why becoming an
- Author: Loeb, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0063250888
- Language: English
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Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos
$32.50 Add to cartA leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions–about the universe’s origins, destiny, and fundamental nature–and how it contends … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Kelsey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1541604369
- Language: English
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Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration
$28.99 Add to cartIn the 1960s and ’70s, America spent $24 billion (around $150 billion in today’s dollars) to land humans on the moon and “win” the space race. And while humans took their first steps on an extraterres… [more below]
- Author: Mandel, Savannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1641609923
- Language: English
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The Sixth Element: How Carbon Shapes Our World
$29.95 Add to cartA cosmic perspective on carbon–its importance in the universe and our lives
When we think of carbon, we might first think of a simple element near the top of the periodic table: symbol C, atomic numb- Author: Snow, Theodore P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691125880
- Language: English
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How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense
$29.99 Add to cartThere are approximately 25,000 “city killer” asteroids in near-Earth orbit–and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent ou
- Author: Andrews, Robin George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1324050195
- Language: English
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Galaxies
$19.95 Add to cartAn eminently readable overview of the history and physics of galaxies.
In Galaxies, Or Graur offers a brief and fascinating overview of the history, physics, and astrophysical uses of galaxies. Starti
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Graur, Or
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0262548755
- Language: English
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A Briefer History of Time: A Special Edition of the Science Classic
$27.00 Add to cartFROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scie- Author: Hawking, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0553804367
- Language: English
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Where Did the Universe Come From? and Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe, from the Quantum to the Cosmos
$17.99 Read moreGo on an awe-inspiring journey, unraveling the secrets of our universe from the tiniest particles to the vastness of space
In this thought-provoking exploration, physicists Chris Ferrie and Geraint F.
- Author: Ferrie, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1728238811
- Language: English
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The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
$18.99 Read moreOne of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA’s history, George W. S. Abbey was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight t… [more below]
- Author: Cassutt, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1641603186
- Language: English
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Wrinkles in Time: Witness to the Birth of the Universe
$18.99 Add to cartAstrophysicist George Smoot spent decades pursuing the origin of the cosmos, “the holy grail of science,” a relentless hunt that led him from the rain forests of Brazil to the frozen wastes of Antarct
- Author: Smoot, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0061344443
- Language: English
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The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfol
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the big bang to the present and into the next millenium, The Universe Story unites science and the humanities in a dramatic exploration of the unfolding of the universe, humanity’s evolving place… [more below]
- Author: Swimme, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 11 1994
- ISBN10: 0062508350
- Language: English
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Radio and Radar Astronomy Projects for Beginners
$37.99 Add to cart- Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy
- Author: Arnold, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 309
- Publish Date: October 23 2020
- ISBN10: 3030549054
- Language: English
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The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating . . . One of the most important stories in the history of science.”– Washington Post
In recent years, a handful of scientists has been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our univer- Author: Panek, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0547577575
- Language: English
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Astronomical Sketching: A Step-By-Step Introduction
$59.99 Add to cartDespite the existence of a wide variety of drawing media and techniques, there is until now no comprehensive treatment of astronomical sketching. This book presents the amateur with fine examples of a
- Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy
- Author: Handy, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 195
- Publish Date: June 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0387262407
- Language: English
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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein’s Ideas, and Why They Matter
$18.95 Add to cartIt is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett poi
- Author: Bennett, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 023116727X
- Language: English
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
$49.99 Add to cartWhat determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? What conditions are necessary for the emergence of intelligence? This groundbreaking book is the first to synthesi… [more below]
- Author: Ward, Peter D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: December 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0387952896
- Language: English
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The Theory of Relativity: And Other Essays
$10.99 Add to cartE=mc2 is the world’s most famous equation. Discover the thought process and physics behind general relativity and Einstein’s contribution to science, in this authorized edition.
In this collection of- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1453204733
- Language: English
