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Astronomy

  • When the Dragon Wore the Crownby Don Cerow

    Nicolas-Hays, Inc 2013; US$ 26.95

    When our ancestors gazed upon the skies thousands of years ago they looked up into the center of Creation and saw a mighty Dragon, a great celestial serpent with wings circling ceaselessly above them, night after night, century after century. When the Dragon Wore the Crown is a ground breaking book that covers a period of over six thousand years,... more...

  • Time Rebornby Lee Smolin

    Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not Available

    In Time Reborn , Lee Smolin, one of our foremost physicists and thinkers offers a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life itself as a succession of moments. Yet throughout history, the idea that time is an illusion has been a religious and philosophical commonplace.... more...

  • Strange New Worldsby Ray Jayawardhana

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 17.95

    In Strange New Worlds , renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars--thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling... more...

  • The Milky Wayby William H. Waller

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    This book offers an intimate guide to the Milky Way, taking readers on a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings. In engaging language, it tells how the Milky Way congealed from blobs of gas and dark matter into a spinning starry abode brimming with diverse planetary systems--some... more...

  • The Science Of Discworldby Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen

    Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 12.00

    When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow... more...

  • Your Ticket to the Universeby Kimberly K. Arcand; Megan Watzke; Mario Livio

    Smithsonian 2013; US$ 24.95

    An entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops in the cosmos. Accompanied by dramatic visuals, Your Ticket to the Universe is a hybrid coffee-table book and field guide. Beginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe embarks on an entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops known in the cosmos.... more...

  • Stardustby Sun Kwok

    Springer 2013; US$ 31.99

    How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of chemistry involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic compounds. The stars then ejected the organics and spread... more...

  • Earthby Jonathan I. Lunine

    Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 60.00

    Fully updated, this new edition provides a uniquely interdisciplinary overview of Earth's history and evolution for Earth science undergraduates. more...

  • Lunar Domesby Raffaello Lena; Christian Wöhler; James Phillips; Maria Teresa Chiocchetta

    Springer 2013; US$ 69.99

    Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced but still moderately intricate amateur equipment... more...

  • Cycles of Timeby Roger Penrose

    Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 13.34

    What came before the Big Bang? How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end? In this remarkable book Roger Penrose brilliantly illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. Cycles of Time contains a penetrating analysis of the second law of thermodynamics - according to which the 'randomness' of our world is continually... more...