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Oregon StarWatch (Starwatch: The Essential Guide to Our Night Sky)
by Mike Lynch
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Hardcover w/hidden spiral 9-1/4 x 10-7/8 160 pgs approx. 90 color photos 23 illustrations 21 constellation charts 12 star maps 27 diagrams index... ( read more)
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
by Dava Sobel
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While Galileo Galilei was under house arrest, accused of heresy for his claim that the earth revolved around the sun, his daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult years of his trial... ( read more)
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Stars a New Way To See Them Enlarged Edition
by H A Rey
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This is a clear, vivid text with charts and maps showing the positions of the constellations the year round.... ( read more)
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
by Owen Gingerich
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Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers a new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas. Prodded by... ( read more)
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Backyard Astronomers Guide 3RD Edition
by Terence Dickinson
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The modern classic, completely updated. The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers. Terence Dickinson and Alan... ( read more)
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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space: 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything
by Jim Lebans
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For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars. Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks &... ( read more)
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Field Guide To the Night Sky - National Audubon Society (97 Edition)
by National Audubon Society
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The perfect companion volume for Hale-Bopp watchers, this guide explores the fabulous mysteries above, from planets in our solar system to the constellations in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, stars, galaxies (including the Milky Way... ( read more)
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
by Thomas S Kuhn
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For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical... ( read more)
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Sundials, Their Theory and Construction
by Albert Edmund Waugh
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Fascinating approach to sundials. On one hand, it is a rigorous appraisal of the science of sundials including mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background. On the other hand, it provides a nontechnical treatment simple enough so that... ( read more)
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Out of Orbit: The True Story of How Three Astronauts Found Themselves Hundreds of Miles Above the Earth with No Way Home
by Chris Jones
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An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a routine enterprise—at least until the shuttle... ( read more)
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Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Dover Books on Astronomy)
by Richard Hinck Allen
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Star names, the zodiac, constellations; folklore, and literature associated with heavens. Based on years of thorough research into astronomical writings and observations of the ancient Chinese, Arabic, Euphrates, Hellenic, and Roman civilizations.... ( read more)
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Astronomy: 365 Days
by Jerry T Bonnell
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Perfect for anyone who's ever felt the allure of the skies, this spectacular collection of photographs of space and sky is drawn from Bonnell and Nemiroff's enormously popular Web site, Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).... ( read more)
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century (Science Matters)
by Paul Dickson
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On October 4, 1957, America looked up at the sky and caught its breath. Soaring through space was the Soviet satellite Sputnik. With its launch, the Soviets had won the space race, demonstrated their unsurpassed technology-and struck fear in the heart of... ( read more)
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Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet
by Steven Squyres
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From the charismatic scientist and leader of the Mars Exploration Rover mission comes a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the search for life on Mars. Squyres leads readers through the amazing story of the journeys to Mars by "Spirit" and... ( read more)
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How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet
by Robert Zubrin
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Thinking about moving to mars? Well, why not? Mars, after all, is the planet that holds the greatest promise for human colonization. But why speculate about the possibilities when you can get the real scientific scoop from someone who's been happily... ( read more)
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Einsteinus Greatest Blunder?: The Cosmological Constant and Other Fudge Factors in the Physics of the Universe
by Donald Goldsmith
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The Big Bang: A Big Bust? The cosmos seems to be in crisis, and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see it. How, for instance, can the universe be full of stars far older than itself? Howcould space have once expanded faster than the speed of... ( read more)
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Rocket Boys (98 Edition)
by Homer Hickman
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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of... ( read more)
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Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge (American Museum of Natural History)
by Steven Soter
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Leading experts explain the discoveries of modern astrophysics in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History's newly renovated Rose Center for Earth and Space. With 80 full-color images, a resource section, a bibliography and a... ( read more)
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Homer Hickam
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Looking back after a distinguished NASA career, Hickam shares the story of his youth in a coal mining town.... ( read more)
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The Planets
by Dava Sobel
Powells.com Staff Pick
Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.
Recommended by Ann, Powells.com... ( read more)
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Used - Hardcover
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