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The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green
RRP: £20.00£14.21One of the most potent questions we ask about the cosmos is: are we alone? From astrobiology to exoplanets in the 'Goldilocks Zone', Jaime Green traces our understanding of what and where life in the universe could be, drawing on the long tradition of... -
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus
RRP: £11.99£9.00The 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... -
Endless Universe: Beyond The Big Bang Paul J. Steinhardt 9780753824429
RRP: £9.99£6.80A radical, yet accessible, new theory of the origins and future of the universe by two of the world's leading cosmologistsThe first serious challenge to the widely accepted 'Big Bang' model of the universe. According to 'Big Bang' theory, space and time... -
100 Things to See in the Night Sky: From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing by Dean Regas
RRP: £10.99£7.00A handy field guide for the best stargazing experience whether in your own back yard, camping, or travelling-including information showing you which planets, constellations, stars, and manmade objects you can see with a telescope, or just your naked... -
Invisible Universe, The: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And The Origin And End Of The Universe by Antonino Del Popolo
RRP: £35.00£30.95This 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... -
Ten Tantalising Truths: Why the Sky is Blue, and other Big Answers to Simple Questions by John Gribbin 9781837731008
RRP: £12.99£8.56Obvious 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... -
Clocks in the Sky: The Story of Pulsars by Geoff McNamara 9780387765600
RRP: £27.99£21.78Pulsars 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: £10.99£7.77Do 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: £16.99£12.71Apologies 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 *... -
The Year in Space: From the makers of the number-one space podcast, in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society The Supermassive Podcast (Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst, Richard Hollingham and Robert Massey) 9781472299505
RRP: £14.99£9.80Is it possible for humans to live on other planets?What will happen on the next mission to the Moon?And was there really once life on Mars?Brought to you by the infectiously enthusiastic team behind The Supermassive Podcast from the Royal Astronomical... -
Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Eighth Edition by Dinah L. Moche 9781620459904
RRP: £21.99£15.23Now with a full-color insert and thoroughly revised, this perennial bestseller is the most comprehensive and successful beginner's astronomy books in the market. "One of the best ways by which one can be introduced to the wonders of astronomy." -The... -
Comparative Politics by Daniele Caramani 9780192846051
RRP: £42.99£41.40With unparalleled empirical material, this is the most comprehensive introduction to comparative politics written by the leading experts in the field who bring together a diverse and informed international perspective on comparative politics. Six new... -
Make: High-Power Rockets Mike Westerfield 9781457182976
RRP: £27.99£18.59Make: High-Power Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with an overview of mid- and high-power... -
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin
RRP: £10.99£7.77The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Sunday Times*'This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity... -
The US Navy's Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance by Robert Wood 9780998603803
RRP: £14.04£12.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998603803Author Robert WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Exopolitics ConsultantsPublisher Exopolitics ConsultantsWeight(grams) 454g -
Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide by Craig Callender
RRP: £8.99£6.70What is time? The 5th-century philosopher St Augustine famously said that he knew what time was, so long as no one asked him.Is time a fourth dimension similar to space or does it flow in some sense? And if it flows, does it make sense to say how fast?... -
Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction by Linda S. Sparke 9780521671866
RRP: £54.99£48.42This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly revised to take into account the most recent observational data, and recent discoveries such as dark energy... -
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque
RRP: £10.99£7.12SHORTLISTED 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... -
Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology by Ian Morison
RRP: £44.95£39.66Introduction to Astronomy & Cosmology is a modern undergraduate textbook, combining both the theory behind astronomy with the very latest developments. Written for science students, this book takes a carefully developed scientific approach to this... -
Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motions of Planets Around the Sun by David L. Goodstein 9780099736219
RRP: £8.99£6.45On 14 March 1964 Richard Feynman, one of the greatest scientific thinkers of the 20th Century, delivered a lecture entitled 'The Motion of the Planets Around the Sun'. For thirty years this remarkable lecture was believed to be lost. But now Feynman's... -
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence Dickinson
RRP: £49.95£43.19The touchstone for contemporary stargazers. This classic, groundbreaking guide has been the go-to field guide for both beginning and experienced amateur astronomers for nearly 30 years. The fourth edition brings Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer's... -
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant
RRP: £10.99£7.32For 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... -
Eyes on the Universe: The Story of the Telescope by Patrick Moore 9783540761648
RRP: £44.99£32.04Eyes on the Universe is an illustrated history of the telescope, beginning with pre-telescopic observatories and the refractors of Galileo, Lippershey and Digges, and ending with the most modern instruments including - of course - the Hubble Space... -
50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe by Joanne Baker 9780857381231 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.09For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the... -
Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 by Jones, Brian 9781399018449
RRP: £18.99£14.01Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of... -
The Sun by Brendan Owens 9781906367862
RRP: £9.99£7.06The enormous significance of the Sun to our lives has been felt ever since ominous eclipses and mysterious sunspots were observed many thousands of years ago. Scientists and astronomers from many different fields have contributed over the centuries to... -
Cosmic Origins: Science’s Long Quest to Understand How Our Universe Began by M. Mitchell Waldrop 9783030982164
RRP: £32.99£19.40Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe, from its origins in the Big Bang to the modern day. The book will introduce the science as a narrative,... -
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio 9781501194733
RRP: £28.00£15.72Galileo's story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises-such as the minimization of the dangers of climate change-because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo... -
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe by Lee Smolin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. These laws... -
The UFO Experience: Evidence Behind Close Encounters, Project Blue Book, and the Search for Answers by J. Allen Hynek
RRP: £17.99£13.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590033081Author J. Allen HynekFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g -
Dreams Of A Final Theory: The Search for The Fundamental Laws of Nature by Steven Weinberg
RRP: £15.99£11.61An 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... -
National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky by National Geographic
RRP: £48.00£35.85Richly illustrated with a luminous and informative collection of maps, photographs, and graphics, this atlas is the perfect companion for exploring the wonders of the universe as viewed from Earth.This expansive illustrated atlas invites readers to roam... -
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology by Helge Kragh 9780198896548
£41.09Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology offers a comprehensive and... -
It's ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English by Dr. Lucy Rogers
RRP: £34.99£28.34For over fifty years satellites have circled the Earth and spacecraft have been used to explore our solar system. Every day ordinary people around the world use satellites for satellite television, GPS navigation, weather forecasts and other technologies... -
Capturing the Universe: A Photographer's Guide to Deep-Sky Imaging by Chris Woodhouse
RRP: £39.99£35.46This book provides a thorough introduction to and exploration of deep sky astrophotography for the digital photographer. With over 280 images, graphs, and tables, this introductory book uses a progressive and practical style to teach readers how to image... -
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle by John D. Barrow
RRP: £16.99£12.68Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler... -
Venus by William Sheehan
RRP: £25.00£17.62This new and beautifully illustrated account of Venus takes in the most recent research into this mysterious, inhospitable world. Looking at the history of our observations of the planet, from early astronomy to future space missions, it seeks to answer... -
Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction by David C. Catling
RRP: £8.99£6.45Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiology is that it seeks answers to long-standing unsolved questions: How quickly did life evolve on Earth and why did life... -
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job Emily Lakdawalla 9783319681443
RRP: £27.99£26.05This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and... -
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman 9781472962928
RRP: £16.99£12.28Opens 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...