Popular astronomy & space books

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Galileo l'artista toscano

Galileo l'artista toscano

Author: Pietro Greco
ISBN: 9788847052673
Format: Paperback
$72.42

L'opera è una biografia di Galileo Galilei che mette a fuoco soprattutto i suoi rapporti con le arti (musica, disegno,...  Read More >>

Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin

Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin

Author: Michael D. Lemonick
ISBN: 9780802779038
Format: Paperback
$33.61

By the end of this engaging book, the discovery of such a twin feels so close that you can almost taste the slightly...  Read More >>

Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs

Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs...

Author: Jeffrey L. Hopkins
ISBN: 9783319014418
Format: Paperback
$72.42

This book details everything beginners in spectroscopy need to know, helping them go from easy to more advanced,...  Read More >>

Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986–2011

Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space...

Author: Rick Houston ,  Jerry Ross
ISBN: 9780803235342
Format: Hardback
$71.95

The human story of the Space Shuttle program from the aftermath of the Challenger accident and ending with the final...  Read More >>

Astronomy at the Frontiers of Science

Astronomy at the Frontiers of Science

Author: Jean-Pierre Lasota
ISBN: 9789400737099
Format: Paperback
$336.35

Astronomy is by nature an interdisciplinary activity: it involves mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. They...  Read More >>

From Dust to Life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System

From Dust to Life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar...

Author: John Chambers ,  Jacqueline Mitton
ISBN: 9780691145228
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions...  Read More >>

Software Systems for Astronomy

Software Systems for Astronomy

Author:
ISBN: 9781306162821
Format: Electronic book text
$131.97

This book covers the use and development of software for astronomy. It describes the control systems used to point...  Read More >>

Getting Started in Radio Astronomy: Beginner Projects for the Amateur

Getting Started in Radio Astronomy: Beginner Projects...

Author:
ISBN: 9781306163675
Format: Electronic book text
$92.37

Radio astronomy is a mystery to the majority of amateur astronomers, yet it is the best subjectto turn to whendesirous...  Read More >>

Nulling Interferometers for Space-Based High-Contrast Visible Imaging and Measurement of Exoplanetary Environments

Nulling Interferometers for Space-Based High-Contrast...

Author:
ISBN: 9781306163781
Format: Electronic book text
$340.56

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A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and Binoculars

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes...

Author:
ISBN: 9781306164559
Format: Electronic book text
$105.57

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Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy: A Practical Python Guide for the Analysis of Survey Data

Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy:...

Author: Andrew J Connolly (Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California) ,  Jacob T VanderPlas
ISBN: 9781306373845
Format: Electronic book text
$314.03

As telescopes, detectors, and computers grow ever more powerful, the volume of data at the disposal of astronomers...  Read More >>

Science and Spectacle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture

Science and Spectacle: The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar...

Author: John Agar
ISBN: 9781306420563
Format: Electronic book text
$462.00

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Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide for Shooting After Dark.

Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide for Shooting After...

Author: Jennifer Wu ,  James Martin, Sj
ISBN: 9781306493918
Format: Electronic book text
$57.95

Photography: Night Sky will give you the tips and techniques you need to take stunning photographs in the dark....  Read More >>

Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs

Using Commercial Amateur Astronomical Spectrographs...

Author:
ISBN: 9781306545327
Format: Electronic book text
$79.17

Amateur astronomers interested in learning more about astronomical spectroscopy now have the guide they need. It...  Read More >>

The Analysis of Starlight

The Analysis of Starlight

Author: John B Hearnshaw (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781306683906
Format: Undefined
$330.00

First published in 1987, this is the story of the analysis of starlight by astronomical spectroscopy. Beginning...  Read More >>

Essays on the Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology

Essays on the Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology...

Author: Santhosh Mathew
ISBN: 9783319018867
Format: Paperback
$77.60

This book is a collection of fourteen essays that describe an inspiring journey through the universe and discusses...  Read More >>

Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor

Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor...

Author:
ISBN: 9781322040059
Format: Electronic book text
$340.56

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Astrophotography

Astrophotography

Author: Thierry Legault
ISBN: 9781322124100
Format: Electronic book text
$84.45

Modern photographic equipment allows amateurs to take pictures of the stars that far surpass images taken just a...  Read More >>

Night Sky, Updated and Expanded Edition

Night Sky, Updated and Expanded Edition

Author: Richard Grossinger
ISBN: 9781322131382
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

Ever since Homo sapiens first looked up at the stars, we as a species have been looking for meaning in the mysteries...  Read More >>

Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae

Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information...

Author:
ISBN: 9781322133782
Format: Electronic book text
$105.57

This book is for the amateur astronomer who wants to know about the astrophysical nature of deep sky objects. The...  Read More >>

Moon

Moon

Author: Edgar Williams
ISBN: 9781322228488
Format: Electronic book text
$76.43

Long before a rocket hit the Man in the Moon in the eye in Georges Melies s early film Le Voyage dans la Lune,...  Read More >>

Starlight Detectives

Starlight Detectives

Author: Alan Hirshfeld (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
ISBN: 9781322539782
Format: Electronic book text
$52.67

A wondrous tale of cosmic exploration and the colorful characters who ushered astronomy into the modern age  Read More >>

Cosmic Menagerie

Cosmic Menagerie

Author: Dr. Mark Garlick ,  Dr. Mark Garlick
ISBN: 9781783420049
Format: Hardback
$32.95

Prepare to be launched into the Universe for an up-close look at what lies beyond our planet in this beautifully...  Read More >>

Blazing a Ghostly Trail: ISON and Great Comets of the Past and Future

Blazing a Ghostly Trail: ISON and Great Comets of the...

Author: Peter Grego
ISBN: 9783319017747
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Ice and Fire: Great Comets to Come was written because a special celestial event climaxes towards the end of 2013...  Read More >>

Planisphere: Latitude 50°N – for Use in the Uk and Ireland, Northern Europe, Northern USA and Canada

Planisphere: Latitude 50°N – for Use in the Uk and Ireland,...

Author: Royal Observatory Greenwich ,  Dunlop
ISBN: 9780007540754
Format: Other cartographic
$22.99

Easily find stars and constellations in the night sky every day of the year. A starfinder that allows...  Read More >>

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