shopping cart
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.

Astronomy

Used Aisles

Astronomy
Used Books

There are 599 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Astronomy - Used Books
Page 4 of 30 next

For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
by Scott Carpenter

Publisher Comments
In 1962, an anxious nation watched on live TV as astronaut Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 capsule malfunctioned during reentry. Only his courage and skill saved the day. But instead of praise for having the Right Stuff, Carpenter drew criticism for botching... (read more)

List Price $15.00
 Your price: $8.50
Used - Trade Paper

The Evening Star : Venus Observed The Evening Star : Venus Observed
by Henry S. F. Cooper

Publisher Comments
Of all the planets in the solar system, none has captivated the imagination of man more than Venus. As early as 3100 B.C., Venus was identified with the goddess of love, and until the 1960s it was believed that it might actually harbor life. Edgar Rice... (read more)

List Price $22.00
 Your price: $5.80
Used - Hardcover

Patrick Moore on Mars Patrick Moore on Mars
by Patrick Moore

Publisher Comments
An undisputed expert tells the full story of the "red planet", from age-old myths to the facts gleaned by modern spacecraft. This well-illustrated, fascinating account covers Mars's place in the solar system, geological formations, atmosphere, and... (read more)

List Price $19.95
 Your price: $5.20
Used - Trade Paper

They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus: An Incurable Dreamer Builds the First Civilian Spaceship They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus: An Incurable Dreamer Builds the First Civilian Spaceship
by Elizabeth Weil

Publisher Comments
From the time Gary Hudson was a boy of seven, all he wanted to do was to travel into space. Between 1970 and 1996, he founded and disbanded five rocket companies in pursuit of that dream. In 1997, he launched the sixth. Rotary Rocket was formed to... (read more)

List Price $13.95
 Your price: $8.50
Used - Trade Paper

Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos
by Alan W Hirshfeld

Publisher Comments
In the dramatic tradition of the best-selling Longitude, Parallax charts the historical path of observational astronomy’s most daunting challenge: measuring the distance to a star. The greatest scientific minds applied themselves in vain to the... (read more)

List Price $23.95
 Your price: $7.95
Used - Hardcover

Discover the Stars Discover the Stars
by Richard Berry

Publisher Comments
For everyone who has looked up at the stars on a clear night and longed to know more about them, here is the perfect introduction and guide to discovering the stars. <BR>Discover the Stars leads you on a tour of all the stars and constellations... (read more)

List Price $14.95
 Your price: $6.95
Used - Trade Paper

The Alchemy of the Heavens The Alchemy of the Heavens
by Ken Croswell

Publisher Comments
"The Alchemy Of The Heavens offers an exciting and accessible survey of what we know about our galaxy. The home of the earth, the sun, and countless other stars, the Milky Way has long been an object of human fascintation, but it's been in the last forty... (read more)

List Price $19.00
 Your price: $8.95
Used - Trade Paper

Nortons Star Atlas & Reference Handbook 19TH Edition Nortons Star Atlas & Reference Handbook 19TH Edition
by Arthur Phili Norton

Publisher Comments
Generations of amateur astronomers have called it simply Norton's - the most famous Star Atlas in the world. It's immediate success was largely due to Norton's uniquely accessible accessible arrangement of maps in slices, or 'gores' each covering... (read more)

List Price $44.00
 Your price: $14.95
Used - Trade Paper

Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's Life in Science Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's Life in Science
by Simon Mitton

Publisher Comments
Fred Hoyle's prolific career spanned more than 60 years. During that time, he made major contributions in fundamental areas of astronomy, His most important work focused on the evolution of stars, the origin of the chemical elements, the nature of... (read more)

List Price $18.95
 Your price: $5.25
Used - Trade Paper

Cambridge Star Atlas 3RD Edition Cambridge Star Atlas 3RD Edition
by Wil Tirion

Publisher Comments
beginners everywhere in the world and all year round.... (read more)

List Price $32.99
 Your price: $16.50
Used - Hardcover

Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about the Cosmos But Never Learned Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about the Cosmos But Never Learned
by Kenneth C Davis

Publisher Comments
From the ancients who charted the stars, to Jules Verne and Flash Gordon, to The X-Files, Apollo 13, and Armageddon, subjects engaging the heavens and outer space have intrigued people through the ages. And yet so many of us look up at the night sky and... (read more)

List Price $26.00
 Your price: $8.95
Used - Hardcover

David Levy's Guide to the Night Sky David Levy's Guide to the Night Sky
by David Levy

Publisher Comments
The perfect introduction for the novice astronomer, this book stirs the imagination and puts observation in a framework of social activity and personal adventure. Written by an award-winning amateur astronomer and columnist, it is a technical guide to... (read more)

List Price $44.75
 Your price: $15.00
Used - Trade Paper

This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
by William Burrows

Publisher Comments
This New Ocean is a masterful major history of the space age, beautifully written, with exciting ideas and concepts, told by a man who has spent most of his adult life studying the field. The book explores a world that, until the middle of this century... (read more)

List Price $34.95
 Your price: $18.95
Used - Hardcover

Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth
by Ben Bova

Publisher Comments
In this fascinating and cutting-edge work, Bova explores one of the most thrilling and elemental questions humanity has ever posed: Is man alone? From Copernicus to the advent of SETI and beyond, Bova takes his readers on a tour of the scientific and... (read more)

List Price $14.95
 Your price: $8.95
Used - Trade Paper

Cosmos Cosmos
by Carl Sagan

Publisher Comments
Based on Sagan's 13 part television series, "Cosmos" is about science in its broadest human context, and how science and civilization grew up together. With over 250 full-color illustrations.... (read more)

List Price $29.95
 Your price: $19.50
Used - Trade Paper

Sex in Space Sex in Space
by Laura S Woodmansee

Publisher Comments
As hoteliers design zero-gravity hotel suites for out-of-this-world unions and with the first honeymoon in space already scheduled, this provocative account reveals the truth about romantic rendezvous in Earth's orbit and beyond as well as the advantages... (read more)

List Price $17.95
 Your price: $12.50
Used - Trade Paper

Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere (Space Science) Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere (Space Science)
by J R Jokipii

Publisher Comments
Contributors examine the physics of wind origin and physical phenomena in winds, including heliospheric shocks, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, and kinetic phenomena--and their interactions with surrounding media. Contributions range from studies of the... (read more)

List Price $127.25
 Your price: $60.00
Used - Hardcover

50 Years in Space: What We Thought Then... What We Know Now 50 Years in Space: What We Thought Then... What We Know Now
by Patrick Moore

Publisher Comments
Patrick Moore, one of the world's best-known astronomers and host of the BBC's record-breaking series "The Sky at Night," joins forces with celebrated "space artist" David Hardy in a lavishly illustrated look at our evolving images of space. Looking back... (read more)

List Price $12.95
 Your price: $8.95
Used - Trade Paper

Driving to Mars: In the Arctic with NASA on the Human Journey to the Red Planet Driving to Mars: In the Arctic with NASA on the Human Journey to the Red Planet
by William L. Fox

Publisher Comments
Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic is the world's largest uninhabited island, a place the size of West Virginia nine hundred miles from the North Pole. In its center is the world's only impact crater in a polar desert, a hole twelve miles across... (read more)

List Price $16.00
 Your price: $5.95
Used - Trade Paper

Glorious Eclipses: Their Past Present and Future Glorious Eclipses: Their Past Present and Future
by Serge Brunier

Publisher Comments
Stargazers who may have missed the last total solar eclipse of the 20th century this past summer have just been given another chance to observe this "once in a lifetime" occurrence. Inside Glorious Eclipses they will find startling images and rich... (read more)

List Price $94.25
 Your price: $10.50
Used - Hardcover

Previous Page see more featured titles Next Page
Browse the entire aisle:
by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
There are 599 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Astronomy
  • back to top
Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.