Solar system: the Sun & planets books

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Water in the Universe

Water in the Universe

Author: Arnold Hanslmeier
ISBN: 9789048199839
Format: Hardback
$340.56

Due to its specific chemical and physical properties, water is essential for life on Earth. This is followed by...  Read More >>

Saturn: Exploring the Mystery of the Ringed Planet

Saturn: Exploring the Mystery of the Ringed Planet

Author: Nicole Mortillaro
ISBN: 9781554076499
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A new perspective of Saturn based on the information provided by the Cassini-Huygens probe.  Read More >>

Lakes on Mars

Lakes on Mars

Author: Nathalie A. Cabrol (SETI Carl Sagan Center/NASA Ames Research Center, USA) ,  Edmond A. Grin (SETI Carl Sagan Center/NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
ISBN: 9780444528544
Format: Hardback
$462.00

Explores the role that water played in the evolution of the surface of Mars, the past hydrological provinces of...  Read More >>

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

Author: R.R. Vondrak ,  J.W. Keller
ISBN: 9781441963901
Format: Hardback
$446.16

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was successfully launched on June 18, 2009 and joined an international eet...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres

An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres

Author: Agustin Sanchez-Lavega ,  Derek Raine (University of Leicester, UK University of Leicester, UK)
ISBN: 9781420067323
Format: Hardback
$135.00

An introduction to the science of planetary atmospheres. It includes research that relates theories to modern observational...  Read More >>

Dense Matter in Compact Stars: A Pedagogical Introduction

Dense Matter in Compact Stars: A Pedagogical Introduction...

Author: Andreas Schmitt
ISBN: 9783642128653
Format: Paperback
$131.87

The purpose and motivation of these lectures can be summarized in the following two questions: • What is the ground...  Read More >>

The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System

The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System

Author: David Baker ,  Todd Ratcliff
ISBN: 9780674049987
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Explores extreme regions on Earth and beyond - giant turbulent storms, explosive volcanoes, and the possibility...  Read More >>

Physics Of Comets (3rd Edition)

Physics Of Comets (3rd Edition)

Author: K S Krishna Swamy (Nat'l Astronomical Observatory, Japan & Tata Inst Of Fundamental Res, India)
ISBN: 9789814291118
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Places emphasis on the results from ground-based, satellites and space missions - detection of molecule H2 and prompt...  Read More >>

Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies

Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies

Author: Ben Evans
ISBN: 9781441963413
Format: Paperback
$118.67

Foothold in the Heavens, the second volume in the A History of Human Space Exploration series, focuses upon the...  Read More >>

Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes

Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes

Author: Thomas William Webb
ISBN: 9780511709364
Format: Undefined
$224.40

This 1859 astronomy guide gave amateur stargazers important directions on the use of the telescope and constituted...  Read More >>

The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

Author: Simon Newcomb
ISBN: 9780511709258
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Simon Newcomb (1835–1903) was an astronomer and mathematician. This autobiography, first published in 1903, focuses...  Read More >>

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy

Author: Agnes Mary Clerke
ISBN: 9780511709265
Format: Undefined
$224.40

The Herschels discussed in this biography are Sir William Herschel, his sister Caroline, and William's son Sir John...  Read More >>

The Structure of the Sun

The Structure of the Sun

Author: T. Roca Cortes (Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife) ,  Francisco Sanchez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife)
ISBN: 9780511564642
Format: Undefined
$435.60

The complex internal structure of the Sun can now be studied in detail through helioseismology and neutrino astronomy....  Read More >>

Planetary Magnetism

Planetary Magnetism

Author: U.R. Christensen ,  A. Balogh
ISBN: 9781441959003
Format: Hardback
$525.36

The articles in this volume cover, for the first time, all aspects of planetary magnetism, from the observations...  Read More >>

Solar Neutrons and Related Phenomena

Solar Neutrons and Related Phenomena

Author: Lev Dorman
ISBN: 9789048137367
Format: Hardback
$525.36

One of these was discovered because of the daily solar variation of CR, which the maximum number of CR observed...  Read More >>

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 2: Tidal Friction and Cosmogony

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 2:...

Author: George Howard Darwin
ISBN: 9780511703478
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir George Darwin (1845–1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy...  Read More >>

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 1: Oceanic Tides and Lunar Disturbance of Gravity

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 1:...

Author: George Howard Darwin
ISBN: 9780511703461
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir George Darwin (1845–1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy...  Read More >>

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 4: Periodic Orbits and Miscellaneous Papers

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 4:...

Author: George Howard Darwin
ISBN: 9780511703508
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir George Darwin (1845–1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy...  Read More >>

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 3: Figures of Equilibrium of Rotating Liquid and Geophysical Investigations

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Volume 3:...

Author: George Howard Darwin
ISBN: 9780511703492
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Sir George Darwin (1845–1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy...  Read More >>

Talking about Life: Conversations on Astrobiology

Talking about Life: Conversations on Astrobiology

Author: Chris Impey (University of Arizona)
ISBN: 9780511763328
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Containing candid interviews with dozens of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers about the origin and...  Read More >>

Memoir of Augustus De Morgan: With Selections from His Letters

Memoir of Augustus De Morgan: With Selections from His...

Author: Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan ,  Augustus De Morgan
ISBN: 9780511709692
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Recommended by the Pall Mall Gazette in 1882 as 'quaint and original' and 'well worth reading', the Memoir of Augustus...  Read More >>

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