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Totality: Eclipses of the Sun
by Mark Littmann
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A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see--and feel--why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. An absolutely indispensable... ( read more)
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Burnhams Celestial Handbook Volume 3
by Robert Jr Burnham
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Thorough guide to the stars beyond our solar system. Exhaustive treatment. Alphabetical by constellation. Pavo to Vulpecula in Vol. 3. 225 photos. Index in Vol. 3. Vol. 3 of three-vol. set.... ( read more)
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A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler
by J L E Dreyer
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Complete, thorough history: Near Eastern, early Greeks, homocentric theories, Ptolemaic system, medieval cosmology, Copernicus, Kepler, etc.... ( read more)
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National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space
by Linda K Glover
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The National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space offers clear and concise explanations of the planets; telescopes; manned space flight; satellites; the origin of the universe; the contributions of Nicolaus Copernicus, Edwin Hubble, and Stephen Hawking; and... ( read more)
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Chaos to Cosmos: A Space Odyssey
by Laura Danly
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 129) and index.... ( read more)
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Spacecam
by Terry Hope
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A stunning collection of spectacular photographs taken from space brings the reader strange and beautiful images of unimaginably distant regions of the universe. 300 color photos.... ( read more)
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The Astronomy Cafe: 365 Questions and Answers from "Ask the Astronomer"
by Sten F Odenwald
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Based on the "Ask the Astronomer" section of the author's Web site,
the book answers the most popular (not necessarily the most
intelligent) questions asked. Organized around topics such as the
sun, the origin of the universe, and telescopes and star... ( read more)
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Homer Hickam
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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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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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Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth
by Robert Poole
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Earthrise tells the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images. The Apollo “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” photographs were beamed across the world some forty... ( read more)
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Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race
by Von Hardesty
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The extraordinary saga that gripped the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War--galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957, and culminated by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969--is chronicled in this uniquely balanced... ( 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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Peterson First Guide To Astronomy (Peterson First Guides)
by Jay M. Pasachoff
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A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.... ( read more)
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Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
by Oliver Morton
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Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton... ( read more)
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Harmonies of the World
by Johannes Kepler
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Kepler's great masterpiece on planetary motion is presented with an introduction by the ultimate authority on this topic, noted physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking. Kepler's work formed the basis for Newton's discoveries some 60 years later.... ( read more)
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The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Boralis
by Lucy Jago
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.... ( read more)
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The Case for Mars
by Robert Zubrin
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Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream—the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a... ( read more)
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Dr. Space: The Life of Werner Von Braun
by Bob Ward
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Dr. Space provides a rare, balanced study of the complex, still-controversial father of modern rocketry. Written by veteran space-program journalist Bob Ward, who covered Wernher von Braun and his team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in... ( read more)
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Amateur Astronomers Handbook 3RD Edition
by John Benso Sidgwick
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Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. ". . . highly recommended for very serious nonprofessional astronomers." — A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy. 189... ( read more)
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
by Owen Gingerich
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In the spring of 1543, as the celebrated astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, his fellow clerics brought him a long-awaited package: the final printed pages of the book he had worked on for many years, De Revolutionibus (On the Revolutions... ( read more)
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