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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility by Robert Zubrin 9781633885349
RRP: £18.99£14.01A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it. A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a... -
Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos by Katia Moskvitch
RRP: £24.95£19.48The astonishing science of neutron stars and the stories of the scientists who study them.Neutron stars are as bewildering as they are elusive. The remnants of exploded stellar giants, they are tiny, merely twenty kilometers across, and incredibly dense... -
The Manga Guide To The Universe by Kenji Ishikawa
RRP: £23.99£16.17Join Kanna, Kanta, Yamane, and Gloria in The Manga Guide to the Universe as they explore our solar system, the Milky Way, and faraway galaxies in search of the universe s greatest mysteries: dark matter, cosmic expansion, and the Big Bang itself. As you... -
Dialogue/2 Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375757662Author GalileoFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science): Copernicus and the Solar System by John Henry
RRP: £8.99£2.91When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total revolution in the sciences and consternation in the Church.Copernicus' theory demanded a new physics to explain... -
Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide by William H. Waller
RRP: £9.99£6.41To study astronomy is to consider the most wondrous phenomena on the grandest of scales - the universe and all it contains. Beginning with our earliest explorations of the night sky, William Waller takes us on an enthralling journey through the Milky... -
Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds by David C. Catling
£69.82As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well-known planetary scientists, this text explains the physical and chemical... -
The Atlas of Mars: Mapping its Geography and Geology by Kenneth S. Coles 9781107036291
RRP: £42.99£42.00Planetary scientist and educator Ken Coles has teamed up with Ken Tanaka from the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology team, and Phil Christensen, Principal Investigator of the Mars Odyssey orbiter's THEMIS science team, to produce this... -
Mathematics in Nature, Space and Time by John Blackwood 9780863158186
RRP: £16.99£13.10A teachers' book for maths covering 'Mathematics in Nature', 'Pythagoras and Numbers', 'Platonic Solids' and 'Rhythm and Cycles'. Includes full colour illustrations and diagrams throughout.A resource for Steiner-Waldorf teachers for maths for Class 7... -
Chasing the Moon: The Story of the Space Race - from Arthur C. Clarke to the Apollo landings by Robert Stone 9780008307882
RRP: £9.99£6.64In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a... -
The Encyclopedia of Moon Mysteries: Secrets, Conspiracy Theories, Anomalies, Extraterrestrials and More by Constance Victoria Briggs 9781948803106
RRP: £22.00£19.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803106Author Constance Victoria BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited Press -
2023 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Storm Dunlop
RRP: £7.99£5.79The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2023. Diagrams drawn... -
Star Mentor: Hands-On Projects and Lessons in Observational Astronomy for Beginners by Daniel Eugene Barth
RRP: £27.99£26.05This is a hands-on guide for both the budding astronomer in need of a mentor and the seasoned observer who wants to learn how to effectively share their knowledge with newcomers.Through decades of teaching observational astronomy at the high school and... -
The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse by Chris Lintott
RRP: £10.99£7.77'fascinating' Brian Cox This is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their... -
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth by Adam Frank
RRP: £12.99£11.46Light of the Stars tells a radically new story about what we are: one world in a universe awash in planets. Building on his widely discussed scientific papers and The New York Times op-eds, astrophysicist Adam Frank shows that not only is it likely that... -
Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal by David K. Love 9781633888913
RRP: £19.99£14.28Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the nature of which he predicted in 1705. While that discovery is enough to make the career of any scientist, Halley's massive contributions to the fields of astronomy,... -
The Babylonian Theory of the Planets by N. M. Swerdlow
RRP: £45.00£43.01In the second millennium b.c., Babylonian scribes assembled a vast collection of astrological omens, believed to be signs from the gods concerning the kingdom's political, military, and agricultural fortunes. The importance of these omens was such that... -
Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space by Kevin Hand
RRP: £16.99£13.34Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions... -
An Introduction to Astrobiology by David A. Rothery 9781108430838
£50.85How did life on Earth begin? How common is it elsewhere in the Universe? Written and edited by planetary scientists and astrobiologists, this undergraduate-level textbook provides an introduction to the origin and nature of life, the habitable... -
A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science by Alexander Boxer 9781781259634
RRP: £25.00£7.20'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' Joshua Foer author of Moonwalking with Einstein Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge... -
The Night Sky of the Southern Hemisphere by James Kavanagh
RRP: £5.99£4.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620054970Author James KavanaghPage Count 12Imprint Waterford Press LtdPublisher Waterford Press Ltd -
The Universe in Bite-sized Chunks by Colin Stuart
RRP: £8.99£6.03Since the earliest humans walked the earth, the vast mysteries and wonders of the night sky have fascinated and beguiled us, as we've struggled to understand our place in the cosmos.Even after the last century, which saw important and startling... -
Astronomy 101: From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the Universe by Carolyn Collins Petersen
RRP: £12.99£11.16Explore the curiosities of our galaxy with this comprehensive, digestible guide to astronomy!Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo would oppose. Astronomy 101 cuts out the boring... -
Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race by Nicholas Schmidle
RRP: £9.99£6.52'Masterly' New York Times'Riveting' Scott Kelly'Remarkable' The TimesWhen Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one... -
Galaxies: The Origins and Destiny of Our Universe by Govert Schilling 9780228102113
RRP: £30.00£20.41A sweeping tour of the galaxies, from our Milky Way to infinity. Galaxies are glittering islands in the Universe, interwoven in the web of Dark Matter. From Earth's mountaintops enormous telescopes peer deep beyond the Milky Way, while space... -
Jupiter by William Sheehan
RRP: £20.00£14.29Now available in paperback, this beautifully illustrated volume ranges across the entire history of Jupiter studies, from the naked-eye observations of the Babylonians and the Greeks, through the telescopic discoveries of Galileo and T.E.R. Phillips, to... -
A Traveler's Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson
RRP: £22.00£17.81A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth... -
The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility by Robert Zubrin
RRP: £16.99£12.28A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it.A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a... -
Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond by Patricia Gosling 9783031114168
RRP: £24.99£17.61This bestselling book guides PhD students through their graduate years and beyond. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, staying the course, and planning for the future, this book is an indispensable guide... -
Fundamental Planetary Science: Physics, Chemistry and Habitability by Jack J. Lissauer 9781108411981
£66.76A quantitative introduction to the Solar System and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of... -
Copernicus: A Very Short Introduction by Owen Gingerich
RRP: £8.99£6.45Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science, the astronomer who "stopped the sun and set the earth in motion." Born in Poland, educated at Cracow and then in Italy, he served all of his adult life as a church... -
The Complex Lives of Star Clusters by David S. Stevenson 9783319142333
RRP: £32.99£30.33As with the author's recent books Extreme Explosions and Under a Crimson Sun, the complex topic of star clusters is broken down and made accessible with clear links to other areas of astronomy in a language which the non-specialist can easily read and... -
Introducing Einstein's Relativity: A Deeper Understanding by Ray d'Inverno 9780198862031
RRP: £44.49£42.77There is little doubt that Einstein's theory of relativity captures the imagination. Not only has it radically altered the way we view the universe, but the theory also has a considerable number of surprises in store. This is especially so in the three... -
Asteroids by Clifford J. Cunningham
RRP: £25.00£18.02Grounded in historical studies of asteroids from the nineteenth century, Asteroids is a fully up to date view of these remarkable objects. Without resorting to any technical plots or mathematics, the author shows that asteroids are not just rocks in... -
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron 9781631490163
RRP: £21.99£18.95In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young,... -
Choosing & Using Binoculars: A Guide for Star Gazers, Birders and Outdoor Enthusiasts by Neil T. English 9783031447099
RRP: £24.99£22.77Binoculars are life enhancing instruments, uniquely capable of bringing the intricacies of nature into sharp focus. Whether it be birds, majestic lakes and seas, alpine vistas, wild animals or exploring the glories of the night sky, anyone interested in... -
Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System by Natalie Starkey
£17.52A tour of the Solar System's tallest, hottest, coldest and weirdest volcanoes - and a look inside what makes them erupt. The volcano - among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. However, Earth isn't the only... -
The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts by Jillian Scudder 9781837731015
RRP: £10.99£7.32An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts... -
Numerical Python in Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Practical Guide to Astrophysical Problem Solving by Wolfram Schmidt
RRP: £49.99£44.97This book provides a solid foundation in the Python programming language, numerical methods, and data analysis, all embedded within the context of astronomy and astrophysics. It not only enables students to learn programming with the aid of examples from... -
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson 9780393350395
RRP: £15.99£13.35Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our...