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Little, Brown and Company 2001; US$ 9.99The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today. Through this astonishing work, he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem, and us. more...
Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 32.00The fourth edition of this handbook is ideal for anyone wanting to make astronomical calculations for themselves. more...
Measuring the Universe
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 27.50Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742). "Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of... more...
Heavenly Errors
Columbia University Press 2001; US$ 27.99One of the great paradoxes of modern times is that the more scientists understand the natural world, the more we discover that our everyday beliefs about it are wrong. Astronomy, in particular, is one of the most misunderstood scientific disciplines. With the participation of thousands of undergraduate students, Neil F. Comins has identified and... more...
The Classification of Stars
Cambridge University Press 1987; US$ 74.00The classification of stars into their various types is one of the fundamental areas of astronomy. This book is a comprehensive handbook on the tools, methods and results of stellar taxonomy. Although this subject is firmly rooted in classical astronomy, more...
Molecular Astrophysics
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 89.00This introduction to molecular astrophysics gives an excellent up-to-date summary of the knowledge and outstanding questions in the field. more...
Physics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 74.00This book presents the theory of the electrodynamic phenomena which occur in the magnetosphere of a pulsar. more...
Curiosities of the Sky
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 4.99Long before figures like Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson simplified astronomy for popular consumption, Garrett P. Serviss was traveling the United States with an early version of a PowerPoint presentation to teach people about eclipses, the orbit of the planets, and other celestial concepts. This basic introduction to the subject is simple and enjoyable... more...
Roving Mars
Hyperion 2005; US$ 10.95Check back soon to read more details about Roving Mars by Steve Squyres. more...
Abraham Ibn Ezra The Book of Reasons
BRILL 2007; US$ 167.00Offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim", the "Book of Reasons", accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. This work presents two treatises that were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer reasons, explanations, or meanings of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the... more...









