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  • The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy

    Edited by David Ratledge ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Charge-coupled Devices (CCDs) have revolutionised astronomy. Even affordable CCD cameras can be ten times a sensitive as photographic film, and they deliver a digitised image that is easy to enhance using a personal computer. David Ratledge has brought together contributions from twelve leading amateurs from around the world, people who are routinely producing astronomical images of a quality that ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Introducing Relativity

    A Graphic Guide

    by Bruce Bassett ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    A superlative, fascinating graphic account of Albert Einstein's strange world and how his legacy has been built upon since.It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, Introducing Relativity plots a visually ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australia's Little Space Travellers

    The Flight Shaped Tektites of Australia

    by Don McColl ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a showcase for the incredibly well-preserved flight-textured tektites of southern Australia, which are the world’s finest known examples. It provides an overview of their forms and flight features, which can be expected to appear, at least in part, on any objects falling from space. Some of these specimens are so perfectly shaped that it is hard to believe that they have been ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Future of Humanity

    Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

    by Michio Kaku ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The national bestselling author of The God Equation traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.“Amazing … Kaku is in smooth perfect control of it the entire time.” —The Christian Science Monitor**We are entering a new Golden ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Five Billion Years of Solitude

    The Search for Life Among the Stars

    by Lee Billings ...
    “A definitive guide to astronomy’s hottest field.” —The EconomistSince its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. But over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of “exoplanets,” including some that could be similar to our own world, and the pace of discovery is accelerating.In a fascinating account of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Alien Artifacts Vol-2

    Moon Mars Monuments Madness

    by Ross Marshall ...
    The Search for Alien Artifacts brings you Volume 2 - "Moon Mars Monuments Madness." A Lunar and Martian analyses of odd and offbeat surface features believed to be of Extraterrestrial origin by alien artifact hunters. Get this volume if you want to really know the truth. It is exciting and shocking for both students of planetary studies and professional space scientists! You will never be the same ... Read more

    $6.00 USD

  • Origin And Evolution Of Comets: Ten Years After The Nice Model And One Year After Rosetta

    by Hans Rickman ...
    Series Book 2 - Advances In Planetary Science
    Since several decades, comets have been considered as key witnesses of solar system formation. Their nature has been explored using the modern arsenal of Earth- and space-based observations, and they hold a central place as dynamical arbiters of the planetary system in the new paradigm of solar system evolution known as the Nice Model. Thus, they have the potential to test the various ideas, using ... Read more

    $91.79 USD

  • Mars Direct

    Space Exploration, the Red Planet, and the Human Future: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin

    by Robert Zubrin ...
    “Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue.”—Carl Sagan, The Denver PostIf you ever daydream about space travel and human space flight—or hope to one day rove the Red Planet alongside Curiosity—then MARS DIRECT will teach you how we can get thereThe human race is at a crossroads. In the coming decades, we will make decisions regarding our human spaceflight program that ... Read more

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  • Astronomy 101

    From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the Universe

    Series series Adams 101 Series
    Explore the curiosities of our galaxy with this comprehensive, digestible guide to astronomy!Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead, gives you a lesson in astronomy that keeps you engaged as you discover what's hidden beyond our starry ... Read more

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  • What Is Relativity?

    An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

    A renowned astrophysicist's approachable introduction to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and its application in our daily lives.It 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 points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cosmic Web

    Mysterious Architecture of the Universe

    A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structureJ. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies intricately connected by filaments of galaxies—a magnificent structure now called the "cosmic web" and mapped extensively by teams of astronomers. Here ... Read more

    $26.69 USD