Astronomy and Space

Gerard J. DeGroot / Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest (Hardback)

This text reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans' thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men in space. It explains why the American space program has been caught in a state of purposeless wandering ever since...

I.S Shklovskii & Carl Sagan - Intelligent Life in the Universe - PB

OVERVIEW: A book on extraterrestrial intelligence was rare in the 1960s, and this one was sensational in its scope, erudition and the advanced way it treated its topics. In spite of that, what would have been an obvious five-star book in 1966 has now...

Bob Berman / Boom!: The Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, and Earthly Mayhem that Shook our Universe

Space is quiet. Billion trillions of stars slowly burning out their lives. Bodies of rock, moons, planets, floating in the dark. Most of the time. Sometimes violence is unleashed on the cosmos, the ripple effects so far-reaching that they stretch the...

Carl Sagan - Murmurs of Earth : The Voyager Interstellar Record - PB - 1978

Published by Ballantine Books, 1978. An account by Sagan and other scientists of the thinking behind the messaging on the Voyager probes, notably on the ' golden record' . 

George Philip / Stars at a Glance

This is a great little book, if you just want something you can drop in a pocket and use to identify stars.Gives brief explanations of various astronomical objects and concepts, as well as short comments about each constellation.      All...

Adrian Berry / The Next Ten Thousand Years (Vintage Paperback)

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Storm Dunlop / NIGHT SKY ALMANAC 2023 (Hardback)

A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky.Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins.With the aid of easy-to-understand monthly calendars and...

Trinh Xuan Thuan / The Secret Melody: And Man Created the Universe (Hardback)

If the cosmos is vast, says astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan, it is by no means silent. Nature, he writes, "delights in continuously sending us her notes of music." Like some far-off orchestra, it tantalizes us with fragments of a symphony, but the melody...

Anil Ananthaswamy / The Edge of Physics: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology

In this deeply original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the telescopes and detectors that promise to answer the biggest questions in modern cosmology. Why is the universe expanding at an ever faster rate? What is the...

Robert Stone, Alan Andres / Chasing the Moon (Large Paperback)

In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a...

Storm Dunlop / Night Sky

The first true beginner's guide to astronomy, Night Sky provides an introduction to the subject that is both colorful and accessible. Containing all the information you need to be able to recognize each constellation, this is the ideal companion to...

Martin Rees / Before the Beginning : Our Universe and Others

One of the most creative and original of contemporary scientists draws together recent advances in astrophysics and up-to-the-minute research to cast a piercing light on man's place in the cosmos.         All of our books are...

Thom Burnett / Who Really Won the Space Race?

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Tim Peake / The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space? (Large Paperback)

*The* puzzle book of 2018, as featured in the Times, Daily Telegraph, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Breakfast, and a Guardian Book of the Year pick.Have YOU got what it takes to be an astronaut?This book will help readers of all ages find...

Adrian Cox / The Universe of Adrian Cox (Hardback)

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Christopher Potter / You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe (Hardback)

 You Are Here" is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it. It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of the greatest story ever told. Here, for the first...

João Magueijo / Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation (Large Paperback)

   What if the speed of light, now accepted as one of the unchanging foundations of modern physics, were not constant? Brilliant young physicist João Magueijo puts forth the heretical idea that light once traveled faster, in the very...

Patrick Moore / Mars (Large Paperback)

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Brian Cox / How to Build a Universe: An Infinite Monkey Cage Adventure (Large Paperback)

 The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to...

Dava Sobel / A More Perfect Heaven (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Robert Stone & Alan Andres - Chasing the Moon : How America Beat Russia in the Space Race - PB - BRAND NEW

In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a...

Paul C.W. Davies / The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe (Hardback)

 In 'The Last Three Minutes', Professor Paul Davies outlines the many current theories of how the universe may come to an end.  Or is it possible that the universe never will end, that the 'last three minutes' will never...

Tim Peake / Ask an Astronaut : My Guide to Life in Space (Hardback)

 The awe-inspiring Sunday Times Bestseller from astronaut Tim Peake Shortlisted for the British Book Award 2018'Amazing . . . A brilliant book' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2Have you ever thought of becoming an astronaut?Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's...

James R. Hansen / First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong

 Now a major film starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy and Kyle Chandler, directed by Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle, First Man by James Hansen offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America's most famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong - the man...

Arthur C. Clarke - The Exploration of Space - HB 1st US Edition - 1951

Clarke gets quite a few things right. After introducing the reader to all the basic challenges of space travel, most, if not all, of which are still applicable today, he proceeds to speculate widely about the future of space exploration. He rightly...

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...

Stephen Hawking / Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (Hardback)

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Duncan John / The Ultimate Guide to Stars and Planets (Large Paperback)

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Dava Sobel / Galileo's Daughter : A Drama of Science, Faith and Love (Hardback)

   From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost...

Chris Hadfield / An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Hardback)

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