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Mars
Infobase Publishing 2006; US$ 37.50Discusses the fundamental facts concerning this mysterious planet, including its mass, size, and atmosphere, as well as the various missions that helped planetary scientists document the geological history of Mars. This volume also describes Mars' seasons with their surface effects on the planet and how they have changed over time. more...
Totality
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 17.99A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality: Eclipses of the Sun takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see - and feel - why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. - ;A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality: Eclipses of the Sun takes... more...
Here Be Dragons
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 39.99The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard. In Here Be Dragons, astronomer David Koerner and... more...
Extraterrestrials
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 34.00Experts critically examine the belief that other intelligent life exists in our galaxy. more...
Civilizations Beyond Earth
Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 70.00Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about fi rst contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the... more...
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
University of California Press 1990; US$ 19.95Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?" asks the philosopher. "Why... more...





