14 books in Science - Astrophysics & Space Science
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The New Solar System
Ice Worlds, Moons, and Planets Redefined
Written by Patricia Daniels
Foreword by Robert Burnham
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $35.00
Aimed at the popular audience by experienced astronomy author Patricia Daniels with contributions by former editor of Astronomy magazine Robert Burnham and highlighted by 160 photographs, diagrams and maps, this superb guide explores every corner of Earth’s planetary neighborhood, from the fiery sun at its center to the dark, icy realm... Read more >
Ice Worlds, Moons, and Planets Redefined
Written by Patricia Daniels
Foreword by Robert Burnham
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $35.00
Aimed at the popular audience by experienced astronomy author Patricia Daniels with contributions by former editor of Astronomy magazine Robert Burnham and highlighted by 160 photographs, diagrams and maps, this superb guide explores every corner of Earth’s planetary neighborhood, from the fiery sun at its center to the dark, icy realm... Read more >
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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
"42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything"
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.
Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does... Read more >
"42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything"
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.
Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Hubble
Imaging Space and Time
Written by David Devorkin and Robert Smith
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $50.00
In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s... Read more >
Imaging Space and Time
Written by David Devorkin and Robert Smith
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $50.00
In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s... Read more >
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Icarus at the Edge of Time
Written by Brian Greene
Format: Hardcover, 34 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $19.95
From one of America's leading physicists—a moving and visually stunning futuristic reimagining of the Icarus fable written for kids and those journeying with them toward a deeper appreciation of the cosmos. With a minimum of words set on 34 full color boardbook pages, Icarus travels not to the sun, but to... Read more >
Written by Brian Greene
Format: Hardcover, 34 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $19.95
From one of America's leading physicists—a moving and visually stunning futuristic reimagining of the Icarus fable written for kids and those journeying with them toward a deeper appreciation of the cosmos. With a minimum of words set on 34 full color boardbook pages, Icarus travels not to the sun, but to... Read more >
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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.
Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does... Read more >
42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.
Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Hazards of Space Travel
A Tourist's Guide
Written by Neil Comins
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
“I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”
–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in space
With the opening of the International Space Station at the start of this century and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company planning to take people above the... Read more >
A Tourist's Guide
Written by Neil Comins
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
“I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”
–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in space
With the opening of the International Space Station at the start of this century and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company planning to take people above the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Hazards of Space Travel
A Tourist's Guide
Written by Neil Comins
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
“I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”
–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in space
With the opening of the International Space Station at the start of this century and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company planning to take people above the... Read more >
A Tourist's Guide
Written by Neil Comins
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $19.95
“I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”
–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in space
With the opening of the International Space Station at the start of this century and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company planning to take people above the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Road to Reality
A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
Written by Roger Penrose
Format: Trade Paperback, 1136 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $26.00
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road... Read more >
A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
Written by Roger Penrose
Format: Trade Paperback, 1136 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $26.00
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road... Read more >
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Lost in Space
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $15.00
The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured... Read more >
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $15.00
The daring, revolutionary NASA that sent Neil Armstrong to the moon has lost its meteoric vision, says journalist and space enthusiast Greg Klerkx. NASA, he contends, has devolved from a pioneer of space exploration into a factionalized bureaucracy focused primarily on its own survival. And as a result, humans haven’t ventured... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Lost in Space
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
In Lost in Space, Greg Klerkx argues that ever since the last human left the moon in 1972, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit—and NASA, the organization that once fueled the world’s space-faring hopes, has been largely responsible for keeping it there. With the loss of the... Read more >
The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age
Written by Greg Klerkx
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
In Lost in Space, Greg Klerkx argues that ever since the last human left the moon in 1972, the Space Age has been stuck in the wrong orbit—and NASA, the organization that once fueled the world’s space-faring hopes, has been largely responsible for keeping it there. With the loss of the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Future of Spacetime
Read by Jonathan Davis
Edited by Richard Price
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 21, 2002
Price: $9.13
Read more >
Read by Jonathan Davis
Edited by Richard Price
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 21, 2002
Price: $9.13
Read more >
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The Universe in a Nutshell
Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $29.95
Read by
5 CD's
Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is after the Grail of science-the Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. He involves us in the attempts at uncovering its secrets-from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $29.95
Read by
5 CD's
Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is after the Grail of science-the Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. He involves us in the attempts at uncovering its secrets-from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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The Universe in a Nutshell
Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $12.95
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Prebble
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $12.95
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD and a
hardcover.
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The Universe in a Nutshell
Written by Stephen Hawking
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $35.00
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $35.00
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD and an
unabridged audiobook download.
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