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  • Destiny or Chance Revisited

    Planets and their Place in the Cosmos

    by Stuart Ross Taylor ...
    This exciting tour of our Universe explores our current knowledge of exoplanets and the search for another Earth-like planet. Beginning with the basic concepts of planet formation and the composition of the Universe, Stuart Ross Taylor summarises our knowledge of exoplanets, how they compare with our planets and why some stars have better habitable zones. Further sections provide a detailed study ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Black Holes

    by Louis Byun ...
    What Is a Black Hole?A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Because no light can get out, people can't see black holes. They are invisible. Space telescopes with special tools can help find black holes. The special tools can see ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Deep-Sky Companions: Southern Gems

    by Stephen James O'Meara ...
    In Southern Gems, Stephen James O'Meara makes a detour beneath the southern skies, presenting a fresh list of 120 deep-sky objects for southern hemisphere stargazers to observe. Showcasing many exceptional objects catalogued by the pioneering observer James Dunlop, known as the 'Messier of the southern skies', all are visible through small- to moderate-sized telescopes or binoculars under dark ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Earth Gazers

    by Christopher Potter ...
    Only twenty-four people have seen the whole earth. The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were taken, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space program from the moon. They inspired a generation of scientists and environmentalists to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, this “blue marble” falling through empty darkness ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • FK Com-Type ‘Platypus Stars’

    by Dirk Bontes ...
    BP Piscium was initially thought to be a young star, but astronomers later concluded that it actually fitted a small group of old stars, the FK Com-type stars.BP Piscium also is thought to have eaten a large planet or a small companion star.In this article it is argued that BP Piscium is in fact a white dwarf that has not yet thrown off its outer gas layers as a planetary nebula, and that this is ... Read more

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  • Telescopes

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Geoff Cottrell ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From the first, telescopes have made dramatic revelations about the Universe and our place in it. Galileo's observations of the Moon's cratered surface and discovery of Jupiter's four big satellites profoundly altered the perception of the heavens, overturning a two-thousand year cosmology that held the Earth to be the centre of the Universe. Over the past century, the rapid development of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Kids Book of Questions. Why do the Stars..?

    Trivia for Kids Of All Ages In - Astronomy

    by Speedy Publishing LLC ...
    Series Book 2 - Kids Book of Questions
    The song “Twinkle, twinkle little star” just got more interesting with this starry book. Your curious little one will find this resource valuable because it briefly but adequately discusses some of the most commonly asked questions about the night sky. Expect your children to know more about the night sky and astronomy, in general, the more he/she reads this book. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World

    And How To Make Them Yourself

    by Michael Marett-Crosby ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    "Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World" takes twenty-five journeys through space, back in time and into human history. We begin with the simplest sight of the Tycho Crater on the Moon, through a repeat of Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons, and then move out towards the nebulae, stars, and galaxies. The astronomical observations repeat the original groundbreaking ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Deep-Sky Video Astronomy

    by Steve Massey, Steve Quirk ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Deep-Sky Video Astronomy is a concise guide to using modern integrating video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers. It includes an introduction and a brief history of the technology, camera types, etc. The authors then examine the pros and cons of this unrefrigerated yet highly efficient technology, which is ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Remote Observatories for Amateur Astronomers

    Using High-Powered Telescopes from Home

    by Gerald R. Hubbell, Richard J. Williams, Linda M. Billard ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Amateur astronomers who want to enhance their capabilities to contribute to science need look no farther than this guide to using remote observatories. The contributors cover how to build your own remote observatory as well as the existing infrastructure of commercial networks of remote observatories that are available to the amateur. They provide specific advice on which programs to use based on ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Case of Galileo

    A Closed Question?

    by Annibale Fantoli ...
    Translated by George V. Coyne, S.J. ...
    The “Galileo Affair” has been the locus of various and opposing appraisals for centuries: some view it as an historical event emblematic of the obscurantism of the Catholic Church, opposed a priori to the progress of science; others consider it a tragic reciprocal misunderstanding between Galileo, an arrogant and troublesome defender of the Copernican theory, and his theologian adversaries, who ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Observing Photons in Space

    A Guide to Experimental Space Astronomy

    Edited by Martin C. E. Huber, Anuschka Pauluhn, J. Gethyn Timothy, Klaus Wilhelm, Alex Zehnder, J. Len Culhane ...
    Series Book 9 - ISSI Scientific Report Series
    An ideal resource for lecturers, this book provides a comprehensive review of experimental space astronomy. The number of astronomers whose knowledge and interest is concentrated on interpreting observations has grown substantially in the past decades; yet, the number of scientists who are familiar with and capable of dealing with instrumentation has dwindled. All of the authors of this work are ... Read more

    $143.99 USD