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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Written by Mike Brown
Read by Ryan Gesell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $17.50
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one... Read more >
Written by Mike Brown
Read by Ryan Gesell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $17.50
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one... Read more >
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Chasing the Sun
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $11.99
The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $11.99
In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimed author Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate our relationship with the star that gives us life. Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports from locations in eighteen different countries. As he soon discovers, the Sun is present...
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Sizing Up the Universe
The Cosmos in Perspective
Written by J. Richard Gott and Robert J. Vanderbei
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $35.00
Sizing Up the Universe reveals an ingenious new way to envision the outsize proportions of space, based on the work of Princeton University professors Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei. Using scaled maps, object comparisons, and beautiful space photographs, it demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos —from Buz Aldrin's... Read more >
The Cosmos in Perspective
Written by J. Richard Gott and Robert J. Vanderbei
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $35.00
Sizing Up the Universe reveals an ingenious new way to envision the outsize proportions of space, based on the work of Princeton University professors Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei. Using scaled maps, object comparisons, and beautiful space photographs, it demonstrates the actual size of objects in the cosmos —from Buz Aldrin's... Read more >
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This New Ocean
The Story of the First Space Age
Written by William E. Burrows
Format: eBook, 752 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2010
Price: $17.99
It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond.
The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and taking to... Read more >
The Story of the First Space Age
Written by William E. Burrows
Format: eBook, 752 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2010
Price: $17.99
It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond.
The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and taking to... Read more >
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The Grand Design
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $28.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $28.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
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The Grand Design
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $13.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $13.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book... Read more >
Also available as an
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unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
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The Grand Design
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Steve West
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $30.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Steve West
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $30.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
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The Grand Design
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Steve West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $14.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Steve West
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $14.00
THE FIRST MAJOR WORK IN NEARLY A DECADE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT THINKERS—A MARVELOUSLY CONCISE BOOK WITH NEW ANSWERS TO THE ULTIMATE QUESTIONS OF LIFE
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Why is there something rather than nothing? What is the nature of reality? Why... Read more >
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History of the Space Shuttle, Volume Two
Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981
Written by T. A. Heppenheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $32.95
Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in... Read more >
Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981
Written by T. A. Heppenheimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $32.95
Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program-management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in... Read more >
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On the Frontier
Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden
Written by Richard P. Hallion and Michael H. Gorn
Format: Trade Paperback, 584 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $39.95
This little known classic history of flight-testing the Xplanes is reborn, sweepingly revised and updated with new and recently released information. Aviation enthusiasts will savor the most detailed account available of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and XZ-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and other legends, as well as all the cutting-edge... Read more >
Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden
Written by Richard P. Hallion and Michael H. Gorn
Format: Trade Paperback, 584 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $39.95
This little known classic history of flight-testing the Xplanes is reborn, sweepingly revised and updated with new and recently released information. Aviation enthusiasts will savor the most detailed account available of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and XZ-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and other legends, as well as all the cutting-edge... Read more >
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Moon Lander
How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
Written by Thomas J. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2009
Price: $19.99
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on... Read more >
How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
Written by Thomas J. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2009
Price: $19.99
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on... Read more >
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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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Spacesuits
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection
Written by Amanda Young
Photographed by Mark Avino
Foreword by Thomas P. Stafford
Introduction by Allan Needell
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $29.95
The goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth required the development of three things: spacecraft, launch vehicles, and protective clothing. Spacesuits: Within the Collections of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum takes the reader through the development of the last category, the spacesuits... Read more >
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection
Written by Amanda Young
Photographed by Mark Avino
Foreword by Thomas P. Stafford
Introduction by Allan Needell
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $29.95
The goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth required the development of three things: spacecraft, launch vehicles, and protective clothing. Spacesuits: Within the Collections of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum takes the reader through the development of the last category, the spacesuits... 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
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
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
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $14.99
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 >
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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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A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $22.00
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $22.00
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS
The science classic made more accessible
• More concise • Illustrated
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years...
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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 >
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eBook.
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A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS
The science classic made more accessible
• More concise • Illustrated
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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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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A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $30.00
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $30.00
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the...
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A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $14.98
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $14.98
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the...
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A Briefer History of Time
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $27.00
Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $27.00
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MINDS OF OUR TIME COMES A BOOK THAT CLARIFIES HIS MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS
Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for readers who have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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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 >
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The Mercury 13
The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Written by Martha Ackmann
Foreword by Lynn Sherr
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $16.00
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by... Read more >
The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Written by Martha Ackmann
Foreword by Lynn Sherr
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $16.00
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
