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What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin by Donovan Moore
RRP: $32.19$25.66A New Scientist Book of the YearA Physics Today Book of the YearA Science News Book of the YearThe history of science is replete with women getting little notice for their groundbreaking discoveries. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tireless innovator who... -
The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story by Brian Swimme 9780939680146
RRP: $15.47$9.79Communicating his ideas in the form of a classical dialogue between a youth and a wise elder, cosmologist Brian Swimme crafts a fascinating exploration into the creativity suffusing the universe. His explication of the fundamental powers of the cosmos is... -
Introducing Einstein's Relativity: A Deeper Understanding by Ray d'Inverno 9780198862031
RRP: $61.91$59.30There 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... -
Night Sky Almanac: A stargazer's guide to 2021 by Royal Observatory Greenwich 9780008403607 [USED COPY]
$11.21The perfect gift for amateur and seasoned astronomers. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins. With the aid of easy-to-understand... -
Night Sky Almanac: A stargazer's guide to 2021 by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: $12.89$7.53The perfect gift for amateur and seasoned astronomers. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins. With the aid of easy-to-understand... -
How to Astronaut: An Insider's Guide to Leaving Planet Earth by Terry Virts
RRP: $28.37$21.40"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating."--Publishers Weekly Ride shotgun on a... -
Digital SLR Astrophotography by Michael A. Covington
RRP: $45.14$35.64Digital SLR cameras have made it easier than ever before to photograph the night sky. Whether you're a beginner, nature photographer, or serious astronomer, this is the definitive handbook to capturing the heavens. Starting with simple projects for... -
Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins 9780198813378
RRP: $21.92$15.84The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where... -
The World at Night: Spectacular photographs of the night sky Babak Tafreshi 9780711278493
RRP: $25.80$17.22See the full beauty of our night sky revealed as never before in over 200 photographs from around the world in this stunning and giftable title. Bringing together the images of over 40 photographers across 25 countries, be astounded by the lights of the... -
Astronomers' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Mysteries of the Universe by Karen Masters 9780711289819
RRP: $36.12$23.98Indulge in this collection of the best astronomy books from the past 800 years. The Astronomers' Library is a rich history of astronomy (and astrology) publishing across Europe. This is a carefully selected arrangement of publications from all over the... -
Dreams Of A Final Theory: The Search for The Fundamental Laws of Nature by Steven Weinberg
RRP: $20.63$14.98An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final... -
Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets: 2024: 2024 by Bob Mizon
RRP: $20.63$15.25Explore the night skies with this beautiful illustrated monthly guide to the stars and planets.This large-format almanac allows you to step outside and track the planets, locate the Milky Way, recognise the constellations of the zodiac and watch meteor... -
100 Things to See in the Night Sky, Expanded Edition: Your Illustrated Guide to the Planets, Satellites, Constellations, and More by Dean Regas
RRP: $21.92$16.18Keep your feet on the ground and experience the night sky to the fullest by exploring planets, satellites, and constellations with this all-inclusive reference guide to space. 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, Expanded Edition is full of information on... -
Dark Skies: A Journey into the Wild Night by Tiffany Francis-Baker
RRP: $15.47$11.71Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, Tiffany Francis-Baker travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity's connection to the night sky. For a year, Tiffany travels through... -
Observational Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction by Geoff Cottrell
RRP: $11.60$8.32Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Almost everything we know about the Universe has come from studying the messages carried by light from outer space. Until only a handful of decades ago, this meant observing optical photons in the... -
The Secret Lives of Planets: A User's Guide to the Solar System - BBC Sky At Night's Best Astronomy and Space Books of 2019 Paul Murdin 9781529319408
RRP: $16.76$11.09'A deft, frequently dramatic tour'Nature'A wonderfully clear and readable book . . . Gives a splendid overview of our Sun's planetary system, including its history and exploration'Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell*We have the impression that the solar system is... -
A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years: a journey through life, the universe, and everything by David Baker
RRP: $19.34$12.64How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? Combining knowledge from chemistry, biology, and physics, with insights from the social... -
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter by Govert Schilling
RRP: $32.19$26.17An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter-and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit.When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae,... -
Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time by Dr Becky Smethurst
RRP: $23.22$12.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984858696Author Dr. Becky SmethurstFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)... -
Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid by Dante Lauretta 9781838164577
RRP: $51.60$35.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838164577Author Dante LaurettaFormat HardbackImprint The London Stereoscopic CompanyPublisher The London Stereoscopic Company -
The Moon by Bill Leatherbarrow
RRP: $32.25$23.25Our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always been the most conspicuous feature in our night sky. It has compelled observers since the dawn of humankind, and all have tried to make sense in their own ways of the puzzles it poses and the questions... -
Beneath the Night: How the stars have shaped the history of humankind Stuart Clark 9781783351541
RRP: $16.76$11.04The awe-inspiring history of humanity told through our relationship with stars and the night sky.'Excellent . . . This books makes you rethink the traditional story of the history of astronomy . . . Effortlessly readable.' BBC Sky at Night'Stuart Clark's... -
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman
RRP: $14.18$9.18Opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our universe's history: when the first stars were born. Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging... -
Solar System Dynamics by Carl D. Murray 9780521575973
RRP: $90.29$79.76The Solar System is a complex and fascinating dynamical system. This is the first textbook to describe comprehensively the dynamical features of the Solar System and to provide students with all the mathematical tools and physical models they need to... -
Stories in the Stars: An Atlas of Constellations by Susanna Hislop 9780091954451 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.25$5.68***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4***Travel the night sky and discover the stories in the stars. 'What a beautiful book it is! A treasured possession.' Mary Beard 'No astronomy book can claim to be as beautiful as the night sky, but Stories in the Stars comes... -
Stories in the Stars: An Atlas of Constellations by Susanna Hislop
RRP: $32.25$23.25***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4***Travel the night sky and discover the stories in the stars. 'What a beautiful book it is! A treasured possession.' Mary Beard 'No astronomy book can claim to be as beautiful as the night sky, but Stories in the Stars comes... -
Apollo 11: The Moon Landing in Real Time by Ian Passingham
$22.32Half a century has passed since arguably the greatest feat of the twentieth century: when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11: The Moon Landing In Real Time brings the mission back to life as never before in a thrilling... -
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant
RRP: $14.18$9.44For most of human history, we have had a close relationship with the stars. Once they shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe... -
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Edward Huth
RRP: $28.32$24.01Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic... -
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe by Nils Andersson 9780198568032
RRP: $107.07$88.67This book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics. It provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Starting with Einstein's... -
A Dictionary of Astronomy by Ian Ridpath 9780199609055
RRP: $19.34$14.64The revised second edition of this established dictionary contains over 4,300 up-to-date entries covering all aspects of astronomy. Compiled with the help of over 20 expert contributors under the editorship of renowned author and broadcaster Ian Ridpath,... -
Star Noise: Discovering the Radio Universe by Kenneth I. Kellermann 9781316519356
RRP: $51.59$44.16Until Karl Jansky's 1933 discovery of radio noise from the Milky Way, astronomy was limited to observation by visible light. Radio astronomy opened a new window on the Universe, leading to the discovery of quasars, pulsars, the cosmic microwave... -
The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell 9780861541249
RRP: $24.50$17.56From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic 'prehistory', Bothwell shows us the Universe as we've never seen it before - literally. Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world have gazed in awe at the... -
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus
RRP: $15.47$11.61The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned... -
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque
RRP: $14.18$9.18SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2020 To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving... -
Ten Tantalising Truths: Why the Sky is Blue, and other Big Answers to Simple Questions by John Gribbin 9781837731008
RRP: $16.76$11.04Obvious questions do not always have obvious answers. John Gribbin is known for giving us simple explanations of big concepts in science. But there is another way to probe the mysteries of the Universe and our place in it. Faced with persistent enquiries... -
Invisible Universe, The: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And The Origin And End Of The Universe by Antonino Del Popolo
RRP: $45.15$39.93This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end. The book starts with a description of the historical events that led to the construction... -
Clocks in the Sky: The Story of Pulsars by Geoff McNamara 9780387765600
RRP: $36.11$28.10Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions. In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy... -
Aliens: Science Asks: Is There Anyone Out There? Jim Al-Khalili 9781781256817
RRP: $14.18$10.02Do Aliens Exist? And if they do - what would they look like? Where would they live? Would they be conscious beings? And what would happen if they found us? These are the biggest questions we've ever asked - and here, Professor Jim Al-Khalili,... -
Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module by Thomas J. Kelly
RRP: $21.92$16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588342737Author Thomas J. KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...