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The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began by S. Clark
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.69In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world, telegraph... -
Teaching and Learning Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide by Jay M. Pasachoff
Booksplease Price: £54.16Astronomy is taught in schools worldwide, but few schoolteachers have any background in astronomy or astronomy teaching, and available resources may be insufficient or non-existent. This volume... -
Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier by William H. Waller
RRP: £26.95Booksplease Price: £23.58Orienting us with an insider's tour of our cosmic home, the Milky Way, William Waller and Paul Hodge then take us on a spectacular journey, inviting us to probe the exquisite structures and dynamics... -
Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of our Sun by Leon Golub 9781107052659
Booksplease Price: £87.92How did the Sun evolve, and what will it become? What is the origin of its light and heat? How does solar activity affect the atmospheric conditions that make life on Earth possible? These are the... -
Eclipse Chasers by Toner Stevenson
RRP: £27.95Booksplease Price: £26.97Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a wondrous and unforgettable event! Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as... -
Vera Rubin: A Life by Jacqueline Mitton
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £22.02The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science. One of the great lingering... -
Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts by Henrike Lange 9780192857996
RRP: £25.99Booksplease Price: £25.72Two questions guide this seven-year project: First, how can we approach the phenomenon, representation, and interpretation of total solar eclipses? Second, how can we heal the historical divide... -
Keep Watching the Skies!: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age by Dr. W. Patrick McCray
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £37.43When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. Known as the "Moonwatchers," these...