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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750356060Author Bruce Cameron ReedFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

'Filled with wonderment and awe ... Greene's eloquent memoir is equal parts escape and comfort.' Publishers WeeklyA powerful reflection on life in isolation, in pursuit of the dream of Mars.In 2013 Kate Greene moved to Mars.On NASA's first HI-SEAS...

A foremost thinker on science and religion argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration Over the past two centuries scientific advances have made it clear that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912691791Author Barbara DowdsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Phoenix Publishing HousePublisher Phoenix Publishing House

How did the Sun evolve, and what will it become? What is the origin of its light and heat? How does solar activity affect the atmospheric conditions that make life on Earth possible? These are the questions at the heart of solar physics, and at the core...

This accessible guide presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both the theory and the practical elements of recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra. It covers astronomical objects, such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536332Author Michael J. NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Observations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury have transformed our understanding of the origin and evolution of rocky planets. This volume is the definitive resource about Mercury for planetary scientists, from students to senior...

Mr Tompkins is back! The mild-mannered bank clerk with the short attention span and vivid imagination has inspired, charmed and informed young and old alike since the publication of the hugely successful Mr Tompkins in Paperback (by George Gamow) in 1965...

Superstring theory is one of the most exciting and actively pursued branches of physics today. The far-reaching claims made for this theory would, if correct, provide the much sought-after Theory of Everything, the unification of physics. It would enable...

Naked-eye comets are far from uncommon. As a rough average, one appears every 18 months or thereabouts, and it is not very unusual to see more than two in a single year. The record so far seems to have been 2004, with a total of five comets visible...

If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand?The endlessly fascinating question of whether we are alone in the universe has always been accompanied by another, more complicated one: if there is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470636244Author Paul HalpernFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393336603Author John MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

Exploring the potential for extraterrestrial life and the origins of our own planet, this comprehensive introduction to astrobiology is updated with the latest findings.Informed by the discoveries and analyses of extrasolar planets and the findings from...

What is life? Where do we come from and how did we evolve? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? How and why do we think? What does it mean to be human? How do we know? There are many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645466973Author Gregg D ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Thorpe BowkerPublisher Thorpe BowkerWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

This guide to celestial navigation has been popular ever since it first appeared in 1969. Revised in 1982, Celestial Navigation is a quick, easy, and thorough explanation (with realistically worked problems) of the practice of celestial navigation at...

This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach - and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an...

This book presents experiments which will teach physics relevant to astronomy. The astronomer, as instructor, frequently faces this need when his college or university has no astronomy department and any astronomy course is taught in the physics...

Thomas William Webb (1807-1885) was an Oxford-educated English clergyman whose deep interest in astronomy and accompanying field observations eventually led to the publication of his Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes in 1859. An attempt 'to furnish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621480709Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher SteinerBooks, IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346254Author Michael SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

`splendidly provocative ... enjoy it as a feast for the imagination.' John Gribbin, Sunday Times Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way round? The universe began with the Big Bang -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278128Author Brian GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906833176Author Immanuel VelikovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Paradigma LtdPublisher Paradigma LtdWeight(grams) 506gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118147979Author John GribbinFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062508355Author Brian SwimmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Over the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists, and cosmologists have answered - or are closing in on the answers to - some of the biggest questions about the universe. David J. Eicher presents a spectacular exploration of the cosmos that...

Quantum gravity is perhaps the most important open problem in fundamental physics. It is the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and spinfoam...

Most astronomers and physicists now believe that the matter content of the Universe is dominated by dark matter: hypothetical particles which interact with normal matter primarily through the force of gravity. Though invisible to current direct detection...

Scientific Astrophotography is intended for those amateur astronomers who are looking for new challenges, once they have mastered visual observing and the basic imaging of various astronomical objects. It will also be a useful reference for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594482557Author Joel R. PrimackFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon-to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471513377Author Philip S. HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928060116Author Wes JamrozFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Troubadour PublicationsPublisher Troubadour PublicationsWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...

Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last decade as a result of the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and the two Mars Rover missions. This book is a systematic summary of what we have learnt about the geological evolution...

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524763626Author Guy ConsolmagnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ImagePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really...