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The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos by Jaime Green
RRP: $42.00$29.84One 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... -
The Moon: A History for the Future by Oliver Morton
RRP: $20.98$14.93A Sunday Times must read book of 2019 'An out-of-this-world read ... brilliant and compelling. Morton is a high-octane British science journalist, and every chapter is littered with material that strikes, amazes or haunts ... this is a book filled... -
Astrophysics Is Easy!: An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer Michael Inglis 9783031168048
RRP: $52.48$46.98Astrophysics is often -with some justification - regarded as incomprehensible without the use of higher mathematics. Consequently, many amateur astronomers miss out on some of the most fascinating aspects of the subject. Astrophysics Is Easy! cuts... -
Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe by Jeremiah P. Ostriker 9780691258935
RRP: $33.58$27.47Humanity's ongoing quest to unlock the secrets of dark matter and dark energyHeart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past forty years, scientists have learned that two... -
Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials by Michael Michaud 9780387285986
RRP: $62.98$52.90This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn... -
Labours of Hercules: An Astrological Interpretation by Alice A. Bailey 9780853301370
$22.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853301370Author Alice A. BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 229Imprint Lucis Press LtdPublisher Lucis Press LtdWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 180mm *... -
Geology and Astronomy by Charles Kovacs
RRP: $23.08$19.09The first part of this book describes the different kinds of rocks, soil and mountains found on our planet, and explores how they came into being. This section deals with the depths of the earth, and the long ages of time.In contrast, the second part... -
The Atlas of Mars: Mapping its Geography and Geology by Kenneth S. Coles 9781107036291
RRP: $90.28$77.18Planetary 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... -
Prehistory Decoded by Martin Sweatman 9781789016383
RRP: $44.08$31.37Nearly 13,000 years ago millions of people and animals were wiped out, and the world plunged abruptly into a new ice-age. It was more than a thousand years before the climate, and mankind, recovered. The people of Gobekli Tepe in present-day... -
Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets: 2023: 2023 by Bob Mizon
RRP: $31.48$23.84Explore 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... -
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Collection 9 by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: $52.50$36.60A beautiful gift for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike From the number one Astronomy publisher, a beautiful astrophotography book, showcasing the most spectacular space photography, taken from locations across the globe. Marvel at the... -
Five Billion Years Of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars by Lee Billings
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617230165Author Lee BillingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CurrentPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 263g -
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe by Lee Smolin
RRP: $23.08$16.32Nothing 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... -
UFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth: A Short History of UFOlogy by Neil Nixon
RRP: $20.98$14.28This no-nonsense guide to one of our most enduring mysteries presents a short history of the strangest encounters, looks carefully at explanations from the blunt to the truly bizarre, offers insights into the strongest evidence that we are being visited... -
Astrobiology: Understanding Life in the Universe Charles S. Cockell 9781119550358
RRP: $159.50$141.06A guide to understanding the formation of life in the Universe The revised and updated second edition of Astrobiology offers an introductory text that explores the structure of living things, the formation of the elements required for life in the... -
Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Voyage of Apollo 11 by James Donovan 9781445699073
RRP: $42.00$28.85Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission made history, this book tells the epic story of the astronauts, flight controllers and engineers who made it happen. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a... -
UFO Witness Sightings: An Illustrated Dossier of Alien Encounters by Peter Brookesmith
RRP: $31.48$20.96Almost daily all over the world, accounts of UFO sightings, close encounters with ufonauts and even claims of alien abduction are reported. But far from being a recent phenomenon, research shows that inexplicable objects had been seen in Earth's skies... -
The Power of Timing: Living in Harmony with Natural and Lunar Cycles by Thomas Poppe 9780615760148
RRP: $24.89$22.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615760148Author Thomas PoppeFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Wisdom Keeper BooksPublisher Wisdom Keeper BooksWeight(grams) 381g -
The Astrophotography Planner by Charles Bracken 9780999470930
$41.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999470930Author Charles BrackenFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Deep-Sky PublishingPublisher Deep-Sky PublishingWeight(grams) 363g -
An Infinity of Worlds: Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe by Will Kinney 9780262547222
RRP: $44.10$29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547222Author Will KinneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm * 17mm -
Selections from Kepler's Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler 9781888009286
RRP: $16.78$14.41Johannes Kepler wrote "Astronomia Nova" (1609) in a single minded drive to sweep away the ancient and medieval clutter of spheres and orbs and to establish a new truth in astronomy, based on physical causality. This title includes Kepler's introduction... -
Cosmic Perspective, The: Pearson New International Edition Jeffrey Bennett 9781292023304
RRP: $153.28$140.85Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Seventh Edition provides a thoroughly engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features... -
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy by Stephen Hawking
RRP: $46.20$33.64ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS tells a compelling story, using original papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics... -
Advanced Amateur Astronomy by Gerald North 9780521574303
RRP: $117.58$90.76This book, first published in 1997, is for amateur astronomers and telescope users who want to move beyond elementary stargazing to more challenging projects. Written by an accomplished amateur astronomer, this indispensable guide to more advanced work... -
Feynman's Lost Lecture: The Motions of Planets Around the Sun by David L. Goodstein 9780099736219
RRP: $18.88$13.55On 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... -
Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos by Katia Moskvitch
RRP: $52.40$41.77The 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... -
Universe by Roger Freedman
$162.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319248642Author Roger FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan Learning -
Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology by Ian Morison
RRP: $94.40$83.29Introduction 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... -
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 9781541724709
RRP: $46.20$35.85Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear, we all have a right to know the night sky. One of the leading... -
The Unity of Science: Exploring Our Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century by Irwin Shapiro 9780300253610
RRP: $42.00$35.66A journey guided by science that explores the universe, the earth, and the story of life For Irwin Shapiro, science starts with questions. This book provides a broad and entertaining survey of major scientific discoveries that have changed our views of... -
Uranus and Neptune by Carolyn Kennett
RRP: $52.50$37.84The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients - Uranus was discovered in the 1780s and Neptune only in the 1840s. Our discovery and observation of both planets has been hampered by their sheer distance from... -
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth by Kate Greene 9781785787775
RRP: $20.98$14.07Featured in New Scientist's Best Books of 2021'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... -
The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts by Jillian Scudder 9781837731015
RRP: $23.08$15.37An 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... -
The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead: Dispatches from the Front Line of Science by Marcus Chown
RRP: $27.28$17.98In Chown's most ambitious book to date he sets out to answer some of the most provocative questions of today:- Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain?- Will we ever find ET?- What's beyond the edge of the Universe?- Did aliens build the... -
Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble by Allan Chapman
RRP: $29.38$21.32This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and... -
First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience Rod Pyle 9781454931973
RRP: $52.50$36.50In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book--featuring stunning photographs and many rarely seen images and documents--tells the incredible story of the first men on the Moon. Acclaimed... -
The Smallest Lights In The Universe by Sara Seager
RRP: $20.98$13.94In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace after losing her first husband to cancer, her unflagging search for an Earth-like exoplanet and her unexpected... -
Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 by Brian Jones
RRP: $42.00$30.85The Yearbook of Astronomy 2022 is the Diamond Jubilee edition of this iconic publication, the annual appearance of which has been eagerly anticipated by astronomers, both amateur and professional, ever since this invaluable book first appeared in 1962... -
Galaxies Or Graur 9780262548755
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548755Author Or GraurFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe by Ethan Siegel
RRP: $77.70$69.43A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star clusters and nebulae illuminate the heavens. For millennia, humans struggled to make sense of what's out there in...