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Calibrating the Cosmosby Frank Levin
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 39.95Explains in non-mathematical language the measurements and the interpretation of the resulting data that have led to the understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of our expanding Big Bang universe. This book includes the results from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and the results of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. more...
Parting the Cosmic Veilby Kenneth R. Lang
Springer 2006; US$ 44.95Describing our awareness of a vast Universe, this book talks about the story of expanding horizons and the discovery of invisible worlds, made possible with technology and telescopes. It presents the Cosmic Veil within universal themes, such as invisibility, motion, content, form, impermanence, violence and emptiness, beginnings and ends. more...
The Universeby Britannica Educational Publishing; Erik Gregersen
Britannica Educational Publishing 2010; US$ 34.00Our Search for knowledge about the universe has been remarkable, heartbreaking, fantastical, and inspiring, and this search is just beginning. The Universe is part of a 7 book series that takes readers through a virtual time warp of our discovery. From the nascent space programs of the 1960's to today's space tourism and the promise of distant planet colonization, readers will be transfixed. Throughout this journey of the mind, Earth-bound explorers gain keen insight into the celestial phenomena that have fascinated humans for centuries. Thrilling narratives about indefatigable scientific contributors and technological advances will rouse the imagination. Each book is lavished with photographs and illustrations that transport readers... more...
The Milky Way and Beyondby Britannica Educational Publishing; Erik Gregersen
Britannica Educational Publishing 2010; US$ 34.00Our Search for knowledge about the universe has been remarkable, heartbreaking, fantastical, and inspiring, and this search is just beginning. The Milky Way and Beyond is part of a 7 book series that takes readers through a virtual time warp of our discovery. From the nascent space programs of the 1960's to today's space tourism and the promise of distant planet colonization, readers will be transfixed. Throughout this journey of the mind, Earth-bound explorers gain keen insight into the celestial phenomena that have fascinated humans for centuries. Thrilling narratives about indefatigable scientific contributors and technological advances will rouse the imagination. Each book is lavished with photographs and illustrations that transport... more...
Surviving 1,000 Centuriesby Roger Maurice Bonnet; Lodewyk Woltjer
Springer 2008; US$ 39.95Offers a quantitative view of our civilization over the next 100,000 years, in comparison to the 40-60,000 years it took for modern humans to emerge from Africa, on the basis of contemporary scientific and technological knowledge. This book highlights the importance of long term monitoring and control of the atmospheric composition. more...
Turn Right At Orionby Mitchell Begelman
Basic Books 2008; US$ 17.00"Turn Right at Orion is the account of an epic astronomical journey, discovered sixty million years in Earth's future-the product of one man's amazing, revelatory, and occasionally perilous space odys" more...
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