Astronomy and Space

Carolyn Collins Petersen , John C. Brandt / Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope (Coffee Table Book)

The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has revealed spectacular and intriguing details in every object it has turned its acute gaze upon. What discoveries has the HST made so far? And how does this telescope actually work? This lavishly illustrated...

Roger D. Launius / NASA and the Exploration of Space: With Works from the Nasa Art Collection (Coffee Table Book)

Chronicles the history of NASA and the U.S. space program in a definitive study featuring sidebar narratives from some of the most famous American astronaunts, analyses of the origins and growth of the program, and full-color illustrations from...

Joanne Baker / Universe: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know (Coffee Table Book)

In this, the latest volume in the best selling 50 Ideas series, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of the universe for a general readership. From Heliocentrism to dark matter, and from Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and orbits to...

Heather Couper / Big Bang (Coffee Table Book)

How did the universe begin? Once the ultimate mystery, all the evidence now points to our universe being born in circumstances of unimaginable power and fury, called the Big Bang. This event not only created the universe, but the whole of space and time...

Moving Into Space : The Myths & Realities of Extra Terrestrial Life - PB - 1980

A collection of 27 essays on mna's future off the earth, moving from the probable  to the wildly speculative, in five sections entitled Reaching Outward, Space Industries, Extraterrestrial Life, The UFO Phenomenon and Space Age Myths.Contributiosn...