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Still As Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow by Christopher Cokinos 9781639365692
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €19.35An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history."When the Moon rises between buildings or over trees, it’s not just a beautiful light: It’s an archive of human longing, fear and... -
The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time and Beyond Christophe Galfard 9781447284109
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.38Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real, practical book about the mysteries of the universe . . .The Universe in Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying sun, shrinks us to the size of an atom and... -
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait
RRP: €21.42Booksplease Price: €11.55A clever, thought-provoking guide that attacks common astronomical misconceptions What is Bad Astronomy? Anything that accidentally or intentionally mangles the basic principles of astronomy. And who is on the lookout for good examples of Bad Astronomy?... -
Planets: Level 3 (National Geographic Readers) by Elizabeth Carney
Booksplease Price: €8.48National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's... -
50 Things to See in the Sky by Sarah Barker
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.63A beautifully presented, practical gift guide to 50 sights in the skies above us. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from astrophysicist and science communicator, Sarah Barker, and illustrated... -
2024 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America by Storm Dunlop 9780008619626
RRP: €9.51Booksplease Price: €8.97The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada, and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events... -
The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to Newton by Nicolaus Copernicus 9780241360637
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.72New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it aboutIn the late fifteenth century, it was believed that the earth stood motionless at the centre of a... -
Comets and How to Observe Them by Richard Schmude 9781441957894
RRP: €39.26Booksplease Price: €31.49Comets have inspired wonder, excitement and even fear ever since they were first observed. But they are important members of the solar system, that contain material from early in the life of the system, held in deep-freeze. This makes them key in our... -
Night Sky: Level 3 (National Geographic Readers) by Stephanie Warren Drimmer
Booksplease Price: €8.48National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's... -
Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science): Copernicus and the Solar System by John Henry
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €3.89When 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... -
Skybound: A Journey In Flight Rebecca Loncraine 9781447273868
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.72'A soaring gift of a book' Owen Sheers'Remarkable' Mark Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring'Stunning . . . a love letter to nature' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of LoveThe day she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in... -
Nebulae and How to Observe Them by Steven Coe 9781846284823
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €25.09This Astronomers' Observing Guides are designed for practical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but want to know the details of exactly what they are looking at. Nebulae are the places where the stars are born. For amateur astronomers,... -
Night Sky Almanac: A stargazer's guide to 2021 by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €7.43The 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... -
Mars: Level 4 (National Geographic Readers) by Elizabeth Carney
Booksplease Price: €9.03National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's... -
All Through the Night: Why Our Lives Depend on Dark Skies by Dani Robertson 9780008586720
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.51Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes 'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - Forbes Why darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and to ourselves - and why we... -
The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission Jim Bell 9781101983898
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €15.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101983898Author Jim BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261g -
100 Things to See in the Night Sky, Expanded Edition: Your Illustrated Guide to the Planets, Satellites, Constellations, and More by Dean Regas
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €13.99Keep 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... -
Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Andrea Wulf
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.77On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.United by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came... -
Observational Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction by Geoff Cottrell
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.19Very 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 History of Space Exploration: Discoveries from the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future by Roger D. Launius
RRP: €29.69Booksplease Price: €21.52For centuries humanity has engaged in a virtual exploration of space through astronomical observation, aided by astounding scientific and technological advances. In more than sixty years since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, more than 6,000 functioning... -
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.38Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from... -
The Darkness Manifesto: On Artificial Light and the Threat to Our Ancient Rhythm by Johan Ekloef
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.72**A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Powerful... a clarion call for change', New Statesman'Poetic and philosophical at times, intimate and expansive at others', Daily TelegraphHow much light is too much light? The Darkness Manifesto urges us to... -
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €8.98Opens 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... -
Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid by Dante Lauretta 9781838164577
RRP: €47.60Booksplease Price: €33.20Apologies 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 Night Sky: An astronomers guide to the night sky and the universe Nigel Henbest 9781788404532
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.77Discover the wonders of the Universe with this indispensable guide. The Night Sky is chock full of information explaining what, when and how to observe space and understanding the night sky.Not only accessible, but also invaluable, this is the perfect... -
Hubble's Universe: 2nd Ed; Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images by Terence Dickinson 9781770859975
RRP: €35.70Booksplease Price: €27.04The first edition of 'Hubble's Universe' displayed 300 pages of high-resolution celestial portraits selected by bestselling astronomy writer Terence Dickinson from the initial 22 years of the Hubble Space Telescope's exploration of distant galaxies. With... -
Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began by Jack Repcheck 9780743289528
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €15.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743289528Author Jack RepcheckFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 by Brian Jones 9781399044011
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €17.12Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 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 Art of Urban Astronomy: A Guide to Stargazing Wherever You Are by Abigail Beall
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.77Did you know that stars are seasonal? That Orion is one of the brightest constellations? That a single day on Venus is longer than an entire year on Venus? Space has captivated mankind since the beginning of time. Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong became... -
Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality Sheridan Williams 9781804690857
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.59Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation. New from Bradt, Solar Eclipses 2024-2027 is the only guide to cover the... -
Dark Skies: A Journey into the Wild Night by Tiffany Francis-Baker
RRP: €14.27Booksplease Price: €11.35Darkness 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... -
An Ode to Darkness by Sigri Sandberg 9780751578645 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €3.24WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE THE STARS?'Look at a satellite image of the Earth. Where it was once as dark as night, it is now lit up like a Christmas tree. If you zoom in on a city, you'll see floodlights, neon lights, car lights, and streetlamps. If you zoom... -
Celestial Geometry: Understanding the Astronomical Meanings of Ancient Sites by Ken Taylor
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €19.14Many ancient, even prehistoric, monuments and temples around the world show an amazingly sophisticated understanding of the heavens. They reflect this sacred knowledge in celestial alignments - to the eternal cycles of the sun, moon, stars and planets... -
Meteors: Level 4 (National Geographic Readers) by Melissa Stewart
Booksplease Price: €9.03National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's... -
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence Dickinson
RRP: €59.44Booksplease Price: €40.91The 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... -
Pocket Nature Series: Cloud-Spotting: Pocket Nature Series: Cloud-Spotting by Casey Schreiner
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.97Press pause, step outside, and look up. There is so much to gain by simply watching the clouds go by. This take-anywhere guide invites you to tap into the calming power of nature through the contemplative practice of cloud-spotting. Discover different... -
The Moon by Bill Leatherbarrow
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €18.36Our 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... -
Spectacular Britain: A spotter's guide to the UK’s most amazing natural phenomena by Kevin Sene 9781844866342
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.14From the Northern Lights to whirling coastal birds, and sunken villages to the annual deer rut, the UK is home to some of the world's finest natural spectacles. With this guide and a little luck, you too can experience the magic of seeing something truly... -
Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets: 2024: 2024 by Bob Mizon
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €14.05Explore 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... -
Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather by Alan Watts
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.21Instant Weather Forecasting has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published nearly 50 years ago. A brilliant concept, its winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text enables the...