(Hardback)
By: Anne Rooney
ISBN: 9781788887359
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 15th January 2020
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Dr Jason Steffen
ISBN: 9780691242477
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Jean-Louis Tassoul
ISBN: 9780691165929
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times. Two theoretical astrophysicists who have been active in the field since the early 1960s tell the story in fluent prose. About half of the book covers most of the theoretical research done from 1940 to the close of the twe
(Paperback)
By: Patricia Barnes-Svarney
ISBN: 9780738208855
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2003
Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
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A look at the creation and composition of asteroids and the frightening eventuality of a collision with the earth.
(Paperback)
By: Alan E. Rubin
ISBN: 9780691117430
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Reveals the interconnectedness of the solar system - and what it means for life on Earth. Relating a history of the solar system, this work describes how astronomers determined our location in the Milky Way. It provides accounts of the energetic interactions among planetary bodies, the generation of the Earth's magnetic field, and more.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew S. Rivkin
ISBN: 9780313344329
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Geared toward students, this guide provides an overview of the small bodies that orbit the sun.
(Hardback)
By: Jennifer A. Grier Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780313344305
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An expert in planetary sciences offers an accessible synopsis of scientific knowledge about the celestial bodies with which we are most familiarMercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers the inner planetsMercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
(Hardback)
By: Glenn F. Chaple
ISBN: 9780313365706
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: David Alexander
ISBN: 9780313340772
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, The Sun is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the star at the center of our solar system.
The Sun discusses all areas of research surrounding the subject, including: Sunspots and the solar surface;
(Paperback)
By: David Levy
ISBN: 9780738208800
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2003
Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
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An account of the discovery of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet and its spectacular collision with Jupiter, just 6 months later, written by one of the comet's discoverers.
(Paperback)
By: Richard Baum
ISBN: 9780738208893
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2003
Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
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The intriguing narrative of one of astronomy's strangest searches for a planet that never existed.
(Paperback)
By: Eli Maor
ISBN: 9780691115894
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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In 2004, Venus crossed the sun's face for the first time since 1882. This title tells the intriguing tale of the five Venus transits previously observed and the fantastic efforts made to record them. It is a story of heroes and cowards, of reputations earned and squandered, told against a backdrop of geopolitical and scientific change.
(Paperback)
By: David Grinspoon
ISBN: 9780201328394
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 1998
Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
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The first book for a general audience to reveal the breathtaking scientific results of the Magellan mission to Venus.
(Hardback)
By: Maarten Dings
ISBN: 9789492677990
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers
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A photographic ode to the rich history of The Moon.
(Hardback)
By: Corey Tutt
ISBN: 9781922388643
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Jan 2022
Publisher: Australian Geographic Pty Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Mark Holborn
ISBN: 9780714876566
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
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A spectacular pictorial history of astronomical exploration, for anyone who has gazed at the sky and wondered what lies beyond
(Paperback, Main)
By: Alexander Boxer
ISBN: 9781781259641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 7th January 2021
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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'A delightful and utterly fascinating work of intellectual history.' - Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein
(Hardback)
By: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
ISBN: 9781785949203
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Leonard David
ISBN: 9781426220050
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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In these pages, science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future "Moon Village" plans.
(Paperback)
By: Sara Seager
ISBN: 9780008328283
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace after losing her first husband to cancer, her unflagging search for an Earth-like exoplanet and her unexpected discovery of new love.
(Hardback, Revised and Expanded Edition)
By: Charles H. Langmuir
ISBN: 9780691140063
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Interweaving physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, this book tells Earth's complete story, from the synthesis of chemical elements in stars, to the formation of the Solar System, to the evolution of a habitable climate on Earth, to the origin of life and humankind.
(Hardback)
By: Dr. Nick Lomb
ISBN: 9781742232690
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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