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The Herschel Objects and How to Observe Them by James Mullaney 9780387681245
RRP: £32.99£20.93Amateur astronomers - particularly deep-sky observers - are always on the lookout for new observing challenges. The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe Them offers the exciting opportunity of retracing the steps of the greatest visual observer and... -
The Physical Universe by Frank H. Shu 9780935702057
RRP: £90.00£85.95"This is a truly astonishing book, invaluable for anyone with an interest in astronomy and surely the bargain of the year." ---Physics Bulletin "Just the thing for a first year university science course." ---Nature "This is a beautiful book in... -
interstellarum Deep Sky Guide Desk Edition by Ronald Stoyan 9781108453134
RRP: £84.99£74.00The interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas set a new high standard for modern celestial cartography. The same team now presents the interstellarum Deep Sky Guide, its unique observing companion. Taking an intuitive visual approach, for each spread of the Atlas,... -
Fundamentals of Galaxy Dynamics, Formation and Evolution by Ignacio Ferreras 9781911307624
RRP: £17.99£15.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911307624Author Ignacio FerrerasFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 310g -
It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer!: A Fan's Biography of Sir Patrick Moore by Martin Mobberley 9783319006086
RRP: £54.99£37.58To British television viewers, the name 'Patrick Moore' has been synonymous with Astronomy and Space Travel since he first appeared on The Sky at Night in 1957. To amateur astronomers he has been a source of inspiration, joy, humour and even an eccentric... -
Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy: A Practical Python Guide for the Analysis of Survey Data, Updated Edition by Zeljko Ivezic 9780691198309
£61.37Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy is the essential introduction to the statistical methods needed to analyze complex data sets from astronomical surveys such as the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, the Dark... -
The Universe Explained: A Cosmic Q and A by Heather Couper 9780228100829 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.95£6.21Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Universe Explained: A Cosmic Q and A by Heather Couper 9780228100829
RRP: £16.95£10.36Answers to the most popular astronomy questions of today. Over the course of their illustrious work in astronomy, Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest collected hundreds of the most popular astronomy questions that they've been asked. In this book they... -
The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to be: A Violent Natural History by D. Mackenzie 9780471150572
RRP: £33.95£22.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471150572Author D. MackenzieFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 504gDimensions(mm)... -
Exoplants: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System by Michael Summers
RRP: £17.95£11.92Apologies 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 -
Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories by Philip S. Harrington
RRP: £25.99£19.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471750635Author Philip S HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Life in the Cosmos: From Biosignatures to Technosignatures by Manasvi Lingam
£53.76A rigorous and scientific analysis of the myriad possibilities of life beyond our planet."Are we alone in the universe?" This tantalizing question has captivated humanity over millennia, but seldom has it been approached rigorously. Today the search for... -
Shoot the Moon: A Complete Guide to Lunar Imaging by Nicolas Dupont-Bloch
£26.83The Moon boasts an unexpected variety of landscapes - including volcanic features, sinuous valleys and ghost craters - which are readily visible from Earth. This practical guide explains and demonstrates how you can capture impressive images of our... -
Stephen James O'Meara's Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens by Stephen James O'Meara 9780521721707
RRP: £33.99£28.01Month by month, star by star, object by object, Stephen James O'Meara takes readers on a celestial journey to many of the most prominent stars and constellations visible from mid-northern latitudes. Filled with interesting anecdotes about the stars and... -
New Eyes on the Universe: Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them by Stephen Webb 9781461421931
RRP: £44.99£29.69"New Eyes on the Universe - Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them" gives an up-to-date broad overview of some of the key issues in modern astronomy and cosmology. It describes the vast amount of observational data that the new... -
Atlas of Great Comets by Ronald Stoyan 9781107093492
RRP: £41.99£36.89Throughout the ages, comets, enigmatic and beautiful wandering objects that appear for weeks or months, have alternately fascinated and terrified humankind. The result of five years of careful research, Atlas of Great Comets is a generously illustrated... -
An Anthology of Visual Double Stars by Bob Argyle 9781316629253
RRP: £41.99£36.89Modern telescopes of even modest aperture can show thousands of double stars. Many are faint and unremarkable but hundreds are worth searching out. Veteran double-star observer Bob Argyle and his co-authors take a close-up look at their selection of 175... -
Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler
RRP: £38.00£30.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888009477Author Johannes KeplerFormat PaperbackPage Count 574Imprint Green Lion PressPublisher Green Lion PressWeight(grams) 1411gDimensions(mm) 303mm *... -
Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes by Chris Impey 9781324000938
RRP: £20.99£17.75Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, yet every galaxy harbours a black hole at its centre. In Einstein's Monsters, Chris Impey builds on this profound discovery to explore questions at the cutting edge of cosmology, such as what... -
Moon:An Illustrated History: From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow by David Warmflash 9781454931980
RRP: £20.00£13.75From the moon's formation, to its potential for future exploration, this richly illustrated volume presents 100 milestones in lunar history. With dazzling images on every spread, and illuminating text by astrobiologist Dr. David Warmflash, Moon: An... -
Astroquizzical - The Illustrated Edition: Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies by Jillian Scudder
RRP: £19.99£13.85A beautifully illustrated, enlightening edition of astronomer Jillan Scudder's exploration of our universe.Looking up at the night sky, it is almost impossible to imagine that we can trace our common ancestry with the distant stars and galaxies back over... -
Fred Hoyle: A Life in Science by Simon Mitton 9780521189477
RRP: £24.99£20.69The scientific life of Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) was truly unparalleled. During his career he wrote groundbreaking scientific papers and caused bitter disputes in the scientific community with his revolutionary theories. Hoyle is best known for showing that... -
Planetary Sciences by Imke De Pater 9781107091610
RRP: £70.99£65.79An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences, this award-winning textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical, and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. This updated second... -
The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System by Kenneth R. Lang 9780521198578
RRP: £63.99£55.74Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new... -
1800 new double stars for amateur observers by Martin P Nicholson 9781499364125
RRP: £16.14£13.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499364125Author Martin P NicholsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Discovery of the Universe: A History of Astronomy and Observatories by Carolyn Collins Petersen
RRP: £20.00£13.34Like time machines, observatories reveal distant objects as they once existed, almost too far away to imagine. They are our portals to the universe, to let us understand how it began and how it works. This book charts the progress of astronomy through... -
Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography by Allan Hall 9781484143476
RRP: £17.99£17.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484143476Author Allan HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space by Martin Elvis
RRP: £22.50£19.35A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues... -
The Barnard Objects: Then and Now by Tim B. Hunter 9783031314841
RRP: £34.99£32.19The Barnard Objects have fascinated professional and amateur astronomers for over one hundred years. Many of those objects first imaged by E.E. Barnard on black-and-white photographic plates are now being captured daily in thousands of color... -
Imagined Life: A Speculative Scientific Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals by James Trefil
RRP: £29.95£18.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346643Author James TrefilFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
Cosmic Challenge: The Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs by Philip S. Harrington 9781108710756
RRP: £41.99£36.89Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar... -
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Collection 2 by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: £39.95£29.66All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2013 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The images are submitted in one of the following categories: Earth and... -
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth by Kate Greene 9781785786822
RRP: £14.99£9.53'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... -
Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration by James S.J. Schwartz
RRP: £34.99£30.49Reclaiming Space is an innovative study of space travel's history, legitimacy, and future. The NewSpace movement that presently dominates spaceflight culture is characterized by distinctly Western, free-market capitalist values and associated with the... -
Centauri Dreams: Imagining and Planning Interstellar Exploration by Paul Gilster 9780387004365
RRP: £44.99£29.79I wrote this book because I wanted to learn more about interstel lar flight. Not the Star Trek notion of tearing around the Galaxy in a huge spaceship-that was obviously beyond existing tech nology-but a more realistic mission. In 1989 I had videotaped... -
2019: An Astronomical Year: A Reference Guide to 365 Nights of Astronomy by Richard J Bartlett 9781720629177
RRP: £14.99£14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781720629177Author Richard J BartlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life by Simone Marchi
RRP: £22.99£16.28Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth. The Earth emerged out of the upheaval and chaos of... -
Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and Nebulae by Warren H. Finlay 9783319031699
£35.61This book is for the amateur astronomer who wants to know about the astrophysical nature of deep sky objects. The information is presented in a concise format and is equally valuable when used as background reading or, alternatively, at the telescope... -
The Universe Explained To My Grandchildren by Hubert Reeves
RRP: £6.00£4.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956808226Author Hubert ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Salammbo PressPublisher Salammbo PressWeight(grams) 150g -
The Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens by Claudius Ptolemy 9781888009439
RRP: £23.95£17.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888009439Author Claudius PtolemyFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Green Lion PressPublisher Green Lion PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 251mm *...