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Robert Shapiro
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Are we alone, literally freaks of nature, just one planet of living, breathing things amidst a seemingly infinite, lifeless desert? This is one of the big questions posed by human nature, one that we have traditionally looked to religion to answer, but t
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Paul Raeburn, National Geographic
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On Mars the sky is pink, the polar caps are made of dry ice, the volcanoes are 17 miles high, and there is a little rock named Lozenge. Paul Raeburn's new book about Mars is full of fun facts like these. Published by the National Geographic Society, this
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Jonathan Irving Lunine
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This is an outstanding overview of the history of the Earth from a unique planetary perspective for introductory courses in the earth sciences. The book approaches Earth history as an evolution, encompassing the origin of the cosmos through the inner wor
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Michael D. Lemonick
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The first planet around a sunlike star was finally detected in 1995, after decades of false alarms. It was inevitable that within a couple of years a flood of books on extrasolar planets would gush forth. Michael Lemonick is the senior science writer at
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Robert Silverberg(Introduction)
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Far Horizons is the science fiction equivalent of Robert Silverberg's bestselling fantasy anthology Legends. For both books, Silverberg invited some of the most renowned authors in the field to wr
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Dean Wesley Smith
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Back by popular demand! Our second anthology featuring original Star Trek†, Star Trek: The Next Generation†, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine†, and Star Trek: Voyager† stories written by Star Trek fans, for St
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Milton D. Heifetz, Wil Tirion
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A Walk through the Heavens is a guide to the pathways of the night sky. Simplified maps of the constellations, together with instructions on how to gauge their sizes and the distances between them allow the reader to find the constellations easily, and m
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Robin Kerrod
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An introduction to astronomy features an entertaining and informative text and contains a rotating ""planisphere,"" which enables the reader to locate the positions of the constellations. more]
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Patrick Moore
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There are many atlases showing features on the surface of the earth, but this book is the only one (in late 1998, at least) to cover the whole universe. Patrick Moore, who has hosted BBC Radio's popular The Sky at Night program for more than 40 ye
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Fred W. Price
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The author shows the reader how to operate a telescope and record planetary observations. He demonstrates how to make use of the latest technological advances in planetary photography such as video-assisted drawing and the revolutionary new charge-couple
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Martin Gardner, Ted Schroeder (Illustrator)
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Stars and Planets is a sturdy, thorough field guide for amateur astronomers. The book's first section is a general introduction to astronomy. A solar system primer and constellation catalog are followed by a month-by-month night sky guide. Filled
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Neil De Grasse Tyson
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Merlin, a scholar visiting Earth from the planet Omniscia in the Andromeda galaxy, is familiar to readers of Star Date magazine, published by the McDonald Observatory. Just Visiting This Planet is the second collection of questions and answ
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James S. Trefil
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Outstanding imagery, stunningly presented. Perceptive text from award-winning science writer James Trefil. A foreword by David H. Levy, discoverer of 21 comets. Put them all together and you get Other Worlds: Images of the Cosmos from Earth and Sp
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Destiny or Chance: Our Solar System and Its Place in the Cosmos Stuart Ross Taylor
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Written by a leading planetary scientist, this book tells the remarkable story of how our solar system came into existence. It provides a fast-paced, non-technical and expert tour of our new understanding of the Earth, its planetary neighbours and other
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The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity Boyce Thorne-Miller, Sylvia A. Earle (Foreword)
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The first planet around a sunlike star was finally detected in 1995, after decades of false alarms. It was inevitable that within a couple of years a flood of books on extrasolar planets would gush forth. Michael Lemonick is the senior science writer at
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The New Solar System J. Kelly Beatty
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A decade of stunning discoveries has rewritten the road map of our solar system. Bright comets blazed in the sky while Galileo beamed back astonishing images from Jupiter and Mars Pathfinder sped to the surface of Mars. A comet hit Jupiter, as telescopes
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Sky Atlas 2000.0: Deluxe Wil Tirion, Roger W. Sinnott
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Worlds without End: The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Planets Outside the Solar System: Theory and Observations Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Databank for an inhabited extrasolar planet: indication and installation Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Brown Dwarfs & Extrasolar Planets Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Extrasolar Planets: The Search for New Worlds Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Infrared Space Interferometry: Astrophysics & the Study of Earth-Like Planets: 11-14 March 1996: Toledo, Spain Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Extrasolar Planets
(1995) Detection of planets outside our solar system. Primarily by identifying small variations in the radial velocity of the parent star. By 2000, 33 planets have been found.