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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene

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Magnificent Mars
Magnificent Mars
by Ken Croswell

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Mars has long offered the prospect of another living world near Earth. Although NASA's first spacecraft dashed visions of little green men tending canals, recent voyages have painted a picture of an intriguing planet that may have once resembled Earth, with warmth, water, and possibly life. Mars may answer the great question "Are we alone?"; for if Mars, like Earth, gave rise to life, then trillions of other worlds throughout the universe have surely done the same. (read more)

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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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Images of the Universe
by Pepin Press

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The Universe offers an unending source of the most electrifying and mysterious imagery conceivable. The selection of marvellous pictures for PICTURES OF THE UNIVERSE has been made by a well-known specialist in the field of popular astronomy, and is... (read more)
 
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Space Exploration

Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space
by Michael Belfiore

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On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne, built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, entered space and ushered in the commercial space age. Investment capital began to pour into the new commercial spaceflight industry. Richard Branson's VirginGalactic will begin... (read more)
 
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Acre of Glass a History & Forecast
by Jack B Zirker

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The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
by Ben Bussey

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Atlas covering the entire Moon, based on data from the Clementine and other missions.... (read more)
 
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Destination Mars :in art, myth, and science
by Martin Caiden

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Examines how the red planet has been perceived throughout human history--in mythology, religion, astrology, folklore, early scientific history, science fiction, and the modern era of scientific discovery and space travel. Special attention is given to... (read more)
 
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Year of the Comets: A Journey from Sadness to the Stars
by Jan Deblieu

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On the clearest nights in the darkest places you can see as many as two thousand stars. On what scaffolding are they hung? Jan DeBlieu began to wonder. Her husband had become enveloped in a depression of his own, and both he and DeBlieu were struggling... (read more)
 
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Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
by Fred Watson

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The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of the most colorful figures of the scientific world- Galileo, Johann Kepler, Isaac Newton, William Herschel, George Ellery Hale, and Edwin Hubble.Stargazer... (read more)
 
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Copernicus and Modern Astronomy Copernicus and Modern Astronomy
by Angus Armitage

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Extraterrestrial

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by Albert A Harrison

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Albert Harrison examines in detail the psychological, sociological, political, and cultural dimensions of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. By so doing, he firmly establishes that the behavioral and social sciences are as integral to the... (read more)
 
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
by Brian Greene

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Using Simpsons and X-Files examples, Brian Greene explains our current understanding of the universe. Whereas The Elegant Universe was primarily about the obscure, largely theoretical world of susperstring theory, Fabric of the Cosmos holds to more solid... (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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A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

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Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time... (read more)
 
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The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
by Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature... (read more)
 
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Stars : a New Way To See Them ((6TH)76 Edition)
by Augusto Hans Rey

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