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Exploring the planets : a memoir /

F. W. Taylor, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2016

The book offers a personal account of how the space programme has evolved, in particular exploring how the motivations of researchers and politicians can merge to generate the large budgets required; and how the technology is planned and develop[...]

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Cosmos : the infographic book of space

Stuart Lowe, Author ; Chris North, Author | London : Aurum Press | 2015

The book explores the secret lives of galaxies and stars. Examines the thousand new planets now discovered beyond the Solar System, checking out their viability for alien life. Chronicles the incredible instruments and machines that are discover[...]

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The new cosmos : answering astronomy's big questions /

David J. Eicher, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2015

Over the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists and cosmologists have answered - or are closing in on the answers to - some of the biggest questions about the universe. This spectacular exploration of the cosmos provides you with a bala[...]

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Telescopes and techniques

C.R. Kitchin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Undergraduate lecture notes in physics | 2013

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The Cambridge guide to the solar system

Kenneth R. Lang | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

This work provides a description of the planets and their moons. The books begins with an introduction to the history of planetary observation and discovery. The major planets and their moons are then introduced by presenting common properties, [...]

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At the edge of the solar system : icy new worlds unveiled

Alain Doressoundiram ; Emmanuel Lellouch | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

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Encyclopedia of the solar system

Lucy-Ann Adams Mc Fadden ; Paul Robert Weissman ; Torrence V. Johnson | [S.l.] : Academic Press | 2007

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Comprehending and decoding the cosmos : discovering solutions to over a dozen cosmic mysteries by utilizing dark matter relationism, cosmology, and astrophysics

Jerome Drexler | [S.l.] : Universal Publishers | 2006

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Astronomy : a self teaching guide

Dinah Moche | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Wiley self-teaching guides | 2004

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Explorations : an introduction to astronomy

Thomas T. Arny | New-York (Etats-Unis) : McGraw-Hill | 2004

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Space sciences

Louise K. Harra, Editor ; Keith O. Mason, Editor | [S.l.] : Imperial College Press | 2004

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Atlas of the sky

[S.l.] : Imaginova | 2003

Atlas of the Sky contains more than 2 1/2 hours of original movies featuring dramatic, accurate visualizations of astronomical objects and phenomena to enrich your celestial explorations. World-renowned researchers provideup-to-date information [...]

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Fundamental astronomy

H. Karttunen, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2003

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Recent advances and issues in astronomy

Christopher G. De Pree ; Kevin Marvel ; Alan Axelrod | [S.l.] : Greenwood Press | Frontier of sciences | 2003

The most significant astronomical developments of the past decade.

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Astronomy today

Eric J. Chaisson ; Steve McMillan | [S.l.] : Prentice Hall | 2002

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Astronomy today

Eric J. Chaisson ; Steve McMillan | [S.l.] : Prentice Hall | 2002

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Connecting quarks with the cosmos : eleven science questions for the new century

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Physics of the Universe ; Board on Physics and Astronomy ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences | [S.l.] : National Academy Press | 2001

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Heavenly errors : misconceptions about the real nature of the universe

Neil F. Comins | [S.l.] : Columbia University Press | 2001

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The new cosmos : an introduction to astronomy and astrophysics

Albrecht Unsöld ; Bodo Baschek | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

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The search for life in the universe

Donald Goldsmith ; Tobias C. Owen | [S.l.] : University Science Books | 2001

Long recognized as the premier text for courses dealing with astrobiology, "The search for life in the universe" now appears in a completely revised and updated third edition. This book engages students by presenting a great, unsolved mystery: [...]

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Space

Jeremy Turner ; Sam Neill ; BBC ; Learning Channel (Firm) | [S.l.] : British Broadcasting Corporation | 2001

Staff stuff - staying alive - black holes - are we alone? - new worlds - boldly go. Experience the beautiful, astonishing and often dangerous phenomena of the universe as state-of-art computer graphics take you from the vast clouds where stars [...]

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On the cosmic horizon

Jeffrey O. Bennett | [S.l.] : Addison-Wesley | 2000

The book wide across the cosmos to provid lucid explanations for many of the most compelling cosmic questions. Each enigma is explored and made accessible trough a story which draws upon history and everyday human experience. Is there life on [...]

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Darwin and astronomy : the infrared space interferometer, Stockholm, Sweden, 17-19 November 1999

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2000

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Our universe : the thrill of extragalactic exploration as told by leading experts

Alan S. Stern, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2000

The Universe in which we live is unimaginably vast and ancient, with countless star-systems, galaxies and extraordinary phenomena as strange and different from each other as black holes, dark-matter, quasars, gamma-ray bursts and diffuse nearly-[...]

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Fire in the sky : comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science

R. Olson ; Jay M. Pasachoff | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 1998

Comets and meteors are spectacular and awe-inspiring natural phenomena, and are among nature's most compelling icons. Since the beginning of recorded time, they have mesmerized people, not least among them artists and astronomers. Britain during[...]

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Introductory : astronomy and astrophysics

Michael Zeilik ; Stephen A. Gregory | [S.l.] : Saunders College Publishing | Saunders Golden Sunburst series | 1998

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The universe unfolding

Miranda Weston-Smith, Editor ; Hermann Bondi, Editor | [S.l.] : Clarendon Press | 1998

"The universe unfolding is a unique collection of 20 lectures given by outstanding astronomers over a period of 20 years. What makes the collection so remarkable is that each gives a personal and authoritative view of a topic in a widely intelli[...]

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L'univers : cosmos toujours tu m'interesses

Claire Lallement-Moutin ; Marc Moutin | [S.l.] : Gallimard Jeunesse | Les Docudements | 1997

Un essai humoristique de C. et M. Moutin et J. Pezenec, illustre par M. Mazzari sur... l'histoire de l'Univers. A la decouverte des galaxies : naines blanches et geantes rouges, asteroides et planetes... Une occasion unique de reflechir aux orig[...]

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Discover astronomy : an introduction to the wonders of the universe

[S.l.] : Maris | Multimedia astronomy | 1996

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The new astronomy

Nigel Henbest ; Michael Marten | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 1996

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