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Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial...

Author: David W. Koerner (, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania) ,  Simon LeVay (, Independent Consultant, former Associate Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
ISBN: 9780195128529
Format: Hardback
$93.95

In this book, the authors summarize and present the scientific search for life in the universe, and the current...  Read More >>

Apollo 13: The NASA Mission Reports

Apollo 13: The NASA Mission Reports

Author: Robert Godwin
ISBN: 9781896522555
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The captivating story of how Mission Control successfully brought the Apollo 13 crew home safely after an explosion...  Read More >>

Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition

Apollo 13: Anniversary Edition

Author: Jim Lovell ,  Jeffrey Klugar
ISBN: 9780618056651
Format: Hardback
$73.92

Marking the 30th anniversary of the moon mission launch in 1970, this commemorative edition of the 1994 bestseller,...  Read More >>

Cosmic Adventure

Cosmic Adventure

Author: Bob Berman
ISBN: 9780688172183
Format: Paperback
$36.83

A collection of twenty five essays on science, personal anecdotes and interesting facts.  Read More >>

The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space

The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space...

Author: Robert Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781573561969
Format: Hardback
$303.60

The entries provide descriptions of all major space probes and manned space vehicles, their launch dates and purpose,...  Read More >>

Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning

Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning

Author: Richard H. Allen
ISBN: 9780486210797
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Star names, the zodiac, constellations; folklore, and literature associated with heavens. Based on years of thorough...  Read More >>

Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in Their Own Right

Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in Their Own...

Author: David A. Rothery (Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, England)
ISBN: 9780195125559
Format: Paperback
$84.95

Revised and updated, this new edition of a geological guide to the outer solar system includes results and close-up...  Read More >>

Blind Watchers of the Sky

Blind Watchers of the Sky

Author: Rocky Kolb
ISBN: 9780192862037
Format: Paperback
$27.95

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The Data Book of Astronomy

The Data Book of Astronomy

Author: Patrick Moore
ISBN: 9780750306201
Format: Hardback
$118.00

Filled with data about the Earth, Moon, the planets, the stars, our Galaxy, and the myriad galaxies in deep space,...  Read More >>

The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos

The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos

Author: Michael Rowan-Robinson
ISBN: 9780198504443
Format: Hardback
$37.95

An encapsulation in nine numbers of all that modern astronomy has learnt about the universe. These cosmic numbers...  Read More >>

The Wandering Astronomer

The Wandering Astronomer

Author: Patrick Moore
ISBN: 9780750306935
Format: Hardback
$90.00

Drawing on the author's knowledge and direct experience of the key events in astronomy and space exploration, this...  Read More >>

Gemini 6: The NASA Mission Reports

Gemini 6: The NASA Mission Reports

Author: Robert Godwin
ISBN: 9781896522616
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Without the ten successful manned Gemini missions, NASA could not have accomplished Kennedy's seemingly impossible...  Read More >>

Through the Telescope: A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer, Revised Edition

Through the Telescope: A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer,...

Author: Patricia Barnes-Svarney ,  Michael Porcellino
ISBN: 9780071348041
Format: Paperback
$52.67

An award-winning guide for the amateur astronomer--now completely revised and updated for the millennium.  Read More >>

Field Guide to Stars and Planets

Field Guide to Stars and Planets

Author: PASACHOFF
ISBN: 9780395934319
Format: Paperback
$50.16

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Sky Atlas 2000.0

Sky Atlas 2000.0

Author: Wil Tirion ,  Roger W. Sinnott
ISBN: 9780933346871
Format: Paperback
$158.27

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Apollo 12: The NASA Mission Reports

Apollo 12: The NASA Mission Reports

Author: Robert Godwin ,  Robert Godwin
ISBN: 9781896522548
Format: Paperback
$50.03

On the 14th November 1969, the crew of Apollo 12 blasted off to their place in history - on a mission that was to...  Read More >>

Adb Financial Profile 2012

Adb Financial Profile 2012

Author:
ISBN: 9789290926450
Format: Electronic book text
$26.37

The Asian Development Bank promotes the economic growth and social development of its developing member countries...  Read More >>

Asian Development Fund Operations

Asian Development Fund Operations

Author:
ISBN: 9789290926658
Format: Electronic book text
$52.77

This study reviews the development effectiveness of the operations of the Asian Development Fund (ADF) approved...  Read More >>

This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age

This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age

Author: William E. Burrows
ISBN: 9780375754852
Format: Paperback
$42.99

"It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing...  Read More >>

The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics

The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy...

Author: Stephen Toulmin ,  June Goodfield
ISBN: 9780226808482
Format: Paperback
$46.95

Conceived as three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences,...  Read More >>

Structures in Space: Hidden Secrets of the Deep Sky

Structures in Space: Hidden Secrets of the Deep Sky...

Author: Bernard Abrams ,  Michael Stecker
ISBN: 9781852331658
Format: Paperback
$65.98

Bernard Abrams, former Director of the Deep-Sky section of the British Astronomical Association and Michael Stecker,...  Read More >>

Patrick Moore’s Millennium Yearbook: The View from AD 1001

Patrick Moore’s Millennium Yearbook: The View from AD...

Author: Patrick Moore ,  Allan Chapman
ISBN: 9781852336196
Format: Paperback
$51.72

In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000...  Read More >>

Transit When Planets Cross the Sun: When Planets Cross the Sun

Transit When Planets Cross the Sun: When Planets Cross...

Author: Michael Maunder ,  Patrick Moore
ISBN: 9781852336219
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Although transits of planets across the Sun are rare (only Mercury and Venus orbit the Sun closer than us, and so...  Read More >>

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