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The Stargazer's Guide
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Have you ever found yourself looking up at the starry night, wondering and wanting to know more? Congratulations! You're a stargazer. Unlike its more scientific sister astronomy, stargazing requires no equipment?except perhaps something comfortable to sit on and a star map. The Stargazer's Guide provides these maps and shows you what there... more...
Structures in the Universe by Exact Methods
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 115.00Reviews developments in applications of inhomogeneous models to cosmology, for graduate students and academic researchers in astrophysics. more...
Space and Astronomy Experiments
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00The field of space and astronomy is devoted to the study of the heavenly bodies, their behavior, and characteristics. Presenting experiments from various areas, including physics and geology, this text contains classroom experiments that broaden understanding of both science facts and the nature of space and astronomy. more...
Time, Space, Stars and Man
World Scientific Publishing Company 2009; US$ 135.00Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term Big Bang as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation... more...
Extrasolar Planets
Wiley 2008; US$ 175.00This latest, up-to-date resource for research on extrasolar planets covers formation, dynamics, atmospheres and detection. After a look at the formation of giant planets, the book goes on to discuss the formation and dynamics of planets in resonances, planets in double stars, atmospheres and habitable zones, detection via spectra and transits, and... more...
Reviews in Modern Astronomy, Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Structures
Wiley 2010; US$ 185.00This 21st volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2008 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "New Challenges to European Astronomy", held in Vienna, Austria. The papers discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics,... more...
Comets
Touchstone 1998; US$ 17.95David Levy brings these "ghostly apparitions" to life. With fascinating scenarios both real and imagined, he shows how comets have wreaked their special havoc on Earth and other planets. Beginning with ground zero as comets take form, we track the paths their icy, rocky masses take around our universe and investigate the enormous potential that future... more...
Planetary Tectonics
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 62.00An essential reference volume that surveys tectonic landforms on solid bodies throughout the Solar System. more...
The Hunt for Planet X
Springer 2010; US$ 21.99Introduces the heroes in the race to be the first in finding another world, bigger than Pluto. more...
The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas
Springer 2009; US$ 29.95A lunar atlas designed for use in the field by lunar observers. It contains pictures each of which is shown oriented 'as the Moon really is' when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by computer sketches that list the main features. more...









