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Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World: And How To Make Them Yourself

Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the...

Author: Michael Marett-Crosby
ISBN: 9781461467991
Format: Paperback
$100.29

"""Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World"" takes twenty-five journeys through space, back...  Read More >>

Symposium

Symposium

Author: Plato ,  Prof Benjamin Jowett
ISBN: 9781491012147
Format: Paperback
$34.19

A sequence of short speeches by the poets and intellectuals of Socrates's circle. Each praises love in its various...  Read More >>

TIME the New Frontiers of Space

TIME the New Frontiers of Space

Author: Editors of Time Magazine
ISBN: 9781618930521
Format: Hardback
$79.07

What is the nature of dark matter and what does it tell us about the origins of the universe? Does new data strongly...  Read More >>

Amazing Snowflakes

Amazing Snowflakes

Author: Naira Matevosyan ,  Richard Matevosyan
ISBN: 9781490933856
Format: Paperback
$50.16

"""And it was then that all these kinds of things received their shapes from the Ordering One, through the action...  Read More >>

30-Second Astronomy: The 50 most mindblowing discoveries in astronomy, each explained in half a minute

30-Second Astronomy: The 50 most mindblowing discoveries...

Author: François Fressin ,  Martin Rees
ISBN: 9781848315976
Format: Hardback
$33.61

A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide with all of the big questions of the world above our heads explained...  Read More >>

Black Holes, Quasars, and the Universe

Black Holes, Quasars, and the Universe

Author: Harry L. Shipman
ISBN: 9780486490816
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space

The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space...

Author: Michelle Evans ,  Joe H. Engle
ISBN: 9780803228405
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that opened the way...  Read More >>

Celebrating the Universe: The Spirituality and Science of Stargazing

Celebrating the Universe: The Spirituality and Science...

Author: James Mullaney
ISBN: 9781401941727
Format: Paperback
$50.13

A guide to the wonders of the heavens visible to the unaided eye and in binoculars, with a focus on the 'soul' of...  Read More >>

Gastronomical Cookbook

Gastronomical Cookbook

Author: Markus Hotakainen ,  S. Garam
ISBN: 9781441969255
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This, the perfect gift for astronomer-cooks, combines dazzling imagery of both finished recipes and their celestial...  Read More >>

DIY Instruments for Amateur Space: Inventing Utility for Your Spacecraft Once it Achieves Orbit

DIY Instruments for Amateur Space: Inventing Utility...

Author: Sandy Antunes
ISBN: 9781449310646
Format: Paperback
$13.17

What can you measure and what are your limits when orbiting in space? Learn about what physical quantities you can...  Read More >>

Techniques and Methods of Radio-Astronomic Reception

Techniques and Methods of Radio-Astronomic Reception...

Author: N. G. Basov
ISBN: 9781468416404
Format: Paperback
$145.17

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50 Things To See With A Small Telescope

50 Things To See With A Small Telescope

Author: John A Read
ISBN: 9780615826714
Format: Paperback
$26.27

50 Things to See with a Small Telescope explores the planets, stars, galaxies and nebulae visible from your own...  Read More >>

Weird Worlds: Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond

Weird Worlds: Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and...

Author: David A. J. Seargent
ISBN: 9781461470632
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Within our own Solar System, odd facts such as the apparent reversal of the Sun in the skies of Mercury, CO2-driven...  Read More >>

The Science Of Discworld

The Science Of Discworld

Author: Terry Pratchett ,  Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9780091951702
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld series When a wizardly experiment...  Read More >>

The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe

The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe

Author: Ian Stewart ,  Jack Cohen
ISBN: 9780091951719
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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The Soyuz Launch Vehicle: The Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph

The Soyuz Launch Vehicle: The Two Lives of an Engineering...

Author: Christian Lardier ,  Stefan Barensky
ISBN: 9781461454588
Format: Paperback
$145.17

“The Soyuz Launch Vehicle” tells the story, for the first time in a single English-language book, of the extremely...  Read More >>

Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige

Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and...

Author: Yanek Mieczkowski
ISBN: 9780801451508
Format: Hardback
$87.98

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Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts

Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts...

Author: Colin Burgess
ISBN: 9781461438540
Format: Paperback
$131.97

Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups...  Read More >>

Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas

Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big...

Author: Govert Schilling ,  Marcus Chown
ISBN: 9780571295708
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Two great science writers set themselves the challenge to describe the biggest theories in science - each in just...  Read More >>

Herschel 400 Observing Guide

Herschel 400 Observing Guide

Author: Steve O'Meara
ISBN: 9781107632004
Format: Paperback
$121.59

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Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens

Author: Andrea Wulf
ISBN: 9780099538325
Format: Paperback
$19.99

On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare...  Read More >>

Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a travelling astronomer

Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a travelling astronomer...

Author: Fred Watson
ISBN: 9781742373768
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A journey through time and space with Australia's best known astronomer, Fred Watson  Read More >>

Stargazing For Dummies

Stargazing For Dummies

Author: Steve Owens
ISBN: 9781118411568
Format: Paperback
$26.95

Reach for the stars Stargazing is the practice of observing the night sky and its contents - from constellations...  Read More >>

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