Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

The Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of Stephen Gray and John Flamsteed

One of the great figures in history, Sir Isaac Newton personifies the triumph of scientific reason over ignorance. Yet for all his contributions to the Enlightenment, Newton was a deeply complex man who sometimes aggressively tried to obscure the intellectual achievements of others.

Newton’s Tyranny is the story of two men who felt the full wrath of the great man’s hostility—the Reverend John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, and Stephen Gray, a humble dyer and amateur scientist. United not only by a love of science, but by a bitter and protracted conflict with Newton, the two men made significant contributions to science despite the obstacles that Newton placed in their path. Gray produced the first experiment in electrical communications, and Flamsteed pioneered observational astronomy and navigation.

Drawing upon letters and historical documents,Newton’s Tyranny vividly recreates the British scientific community of the early 18th century. It was an era of great achievement, but the crucible of science was often heated by Machiavellian intrigue, uncontrollable ambition, and larger-than-life personalities. Against this dramatic setting, the saga of Newton, Flamsteed and Gray unfolds, a story of loyalty and commitment against great odds.

A fascinating look at a forgotten piece of science history,Newton’s Tyranny exposes the dark side of a flawed genius while celebrating the ultimate triumph of two unsung heroes.


Newton's Tyranny

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Florida

Astronomy & Space

Rourke's World Of Science Encyclopedia Volume 7

Oregon

An Astronomy Story

(Science, children's astronomy) 2014 UP Author cover design award. A kid's picture book introduction to the night sky--Bright Star, Night Star activities include finding constellations, planets, the moon, sun, and other heavenly bodies. Includes rich illustrations by Spanish illustrator Luis F. Sanz to aid vocabulary comprehension (ages 5 - 8, preschool to third grade), PremioBooks.com (signed books, online STEM book GLOSSARY). Diverse/American Indian characters. Expose your child to the starry skies, Monument Valley, and a little space science. Multicultural book available in hard or soft cover--also an ebook: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights © 2014, signed books) Premiobooks.com, Amazon/Kindle, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Brodart, EBSCO, Flipkart, Follett, Gardners, iBooks, Ingram, Inktera, Kobo, Library Direct, Mackin, OverDrive, Quality, SCRIBD, txtr, and select retailers. Perfect bound 8.5"x 8.5", 30-pages, about 400 words by Karl Beckstrand (Also by Beckstrand & Sanz: Why Juan Can't Sleep: A Mystery?) ISBN hard: 978-0985398880, ISBN soft: 978-0615856155 (ebook ISBN: 978-1310128097), LCCN: 2013913403, JNF051040, JUV011040, JUV036000, JUV010000, JUV020000, JUV054000

Bright Star, Night Star

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Faye Kellerman

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

LAPD detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus confront their most shocking case when they investigate the murder of former astrophysicist-turned-guru Father Jupiter, leader of a notorious cult, the Order of the Rings of God. 250,000 first printing.

Jupiter's Bones

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

The Sun

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AA

Michigan

Our Solar System was born almost 5 billion years ago at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. In over fifty dramatic, full-color photographs and an easy-to-read text, award-winning author Seymour Simon takes you on a fascinating tour of the nine planets, dozens of moons, and thousands of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that travel around our sun.

First, Simon explores the star at the center of our Solar System -- from the constant nuclear explosions at its core to the giant storms on its surface as geysers of flaming gas over a hundred thousand miles long rise and fall in just a few hours.

You will also learn about the four rocky inner planets, from airless Mercury to fiery Venus, her sister planet, Earth, and mysterious Mars. Then join the thrilling Voyager missions to explore the four gaseous outer planets: gigantic Jupiter, ringed Saturn, tilted Uranus -- the planet "lying on its side" -- and windy Neptune. You will finish your journey at distant Pluto, then visit the asteroid belt and examine comets, the "dirty snowballs" in space.

A companion volume to Simon's landmark series of individual books about each of the planets, the sun, stars, and other space sights, Our Solar System will introduce you to some of the most amazing mysteries in the universe.

Our Solar System

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Avi Loeb

Minnesota

The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star

Extraterrestrial

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Robin Scagell

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

Featuring up-to-the-minute discoveries and state-of-the-art space photography, this atlas illustrates all that science has revealed about constellations, the evolution of stars and galaxies, and the planets in the solar system. Acetate overlays highlight special points of interest to show even more about what we see in the night sky.

Children's Night Sky Atlas

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Stephen Hawking

New Jersey

An anniversary edition of a now-classic survey of the origin and nature of the universe features a new introduction by the author and a new chapter on the possibility of time travel and "wormholes" in space

A Brief History of Time

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Michael A. Strauss

J. Richard Gott

Robert J. Vanderbei

A Visual Tour

Presenting a rich array of stereoscopic color images, which can be viewed in 3D using a special stereo viewer that folds easily out of the cover of the book, this book reveals your cosmic environment as you have never seen it before. Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D. Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos a in breathtaking 3D. Astronomy is the story of how humankind's perception of the two-dimensional dome of the sky evolved into a far deeper comprehension of an expanding three-dimensional cosmos. This book invites you to take part in this story by exploring the universe in depth, as revealed by cutting-edge astronomical research and observations. You will journey from the Moon through the solar system, out to exoplanets, distant nebulas, and galaxy clusters, until you finally reach the cosmic microwave background radiation (or CMB), the most distant light we can observe. The distances to these celestial wonders range from 1.3 light-seconds to 13.8 billion light-years. Along the way, the authors explain the fascinating features of what you are seeing, including how the 3D images were made using the same technique that early astronomers devised to measure distances to objects in space. The dramatic 3D images in this one-of-a-kind book will astonish you, extending your vision out to the farthest reaches of the universe. You will never look up into the night sky the same way again.

Welcome to the Universe In 3D

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From understanding the smallest molecules, to learning about the vastness of the solar system, science has never been more fun. Build a volcano; make a tornado in a bottle; build a mini rocket; make your own bubbles and much more! For parents there are symbols with every experiment to help guide children, a log at the beginning of every section to track results and a list of required materials with every experiment. You'll be amazed at the experiments that challenge and entertain you as you master the simple steps. Have fun discovering and learning!

365 Awesome Science Experiments

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S Thomas

A League of Atlantis Reborn Colonies Short Story Collection

LARC Transmissions is a short story collection inspired by alternate history, biology, and astronomy. Explore the League of Atlantis Reborn Colonies universe in 45 tales of varying lengths, stretching the limits of imagination. Droids repopulate a plague addled colony in Chip Off the Old Block. Geneticists cast ethics aside to create the perfect people for harsher worlds in Chasing Stars. A carnivorous plant species tries to have human explorers for lunch in Uprooted. The final story Rakshasa is a novelette that follows Subahu, a free Nefilim who struggles to find purpose after life as a warrior. It takes place after Distant Origins and sets the scene for two upcoming LARC novels.

LARC Transmissions

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Richard Harris

The sun is Earth's special star. But there are other stars in our galaxy, too. Brown dwarfs, white dwarfs and constellations put on a show at night, making thesky twinkle.

I Can Read about the Sun and Other Stars

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Howard Schneider

Sandy Wood

Arkansas

Volume packed full of information that illuminates key astronomical concepts along side the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets.

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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Lisa Miles

Alastair Smith

Discusses the planets and other components of the solar system, offers brief biographies of key astronomers, describes stellar types and life cycles, and covers eighty-eight constellations.

Astronomy and Space

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Alabama

The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

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Beyond the Observatory

H. A. Rey

Containing star charts, a guide to the constellations, and details about seasons and the movement of the objects we see in the sky, this classic book makes H. A. Rey’s passion for astronomy evident on every page.
Second edition updates concentrate on the planetary and solar system information in the latter part of the book. Facts and figures for each planet have been revised, and new scientific information has been added, such as Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet.

Find the Constellations

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Russell Grant

Covers 2,000 topics, including people, events, places and objects and gives short explanations and interpretations of their appearance in your dreams.

The Illustrated Dream Dictionary

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The Peterson First Guide to Astronomy provides an introduction to astronomy for beginners, featuring photographs taken from the MESSENGER spacecraft and predictions for meteor showers, comets, and eclipses. The book encourages readers to go out into the field, using the maps that show the positions of the stars throughout the year as a guide. This edition maintains the easy-to-use condensed format of the original, and makes it easy to proceed to the full-fledgedPeterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets for more in-depth information.

 

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy, Second Edition

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Carl Sagan

Utah

A Novel

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cosmos and renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s international bestseller about the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space remains the “greatest adventure of all time” (Associated Press). The future is here…in an adventure of cosmic dimension. When a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us? One of the best science fiction novels about communication with extraterrestrial intelligent beings, Contact is a “stunning and satisfying” (Los Angeles Times) classic.

Contact

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Susan Milord

Excellent condition from a smoke-free home.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

Ten Global Folktales with Activities

For ages 4 to 8 years. Although the sky is here for us to discover today, it links us to our past as well. Join award-winning author, Susan Milord, on an ethnic journey and an incredible adventure into the mysteries of the day and night, sun, moon and stars, the seasons and the weather, as revealed through the global wisdom of the ages and exciting hands-on activities. Plus six more tales from Europe, Canada, Polynesia, Africa and the Americas -- each with story-related activities that investigate the science of the shimmering sky, as well as cultures, arts and crafts, cooking, maths, games and history.

Tales of the Shimmering Sky

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Robin Kerrod

Pennsylvania

A Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky

Neophyte sky watchers who try to use standard, often complex astronomical charts and maps can often end up confused and frustrated. This beautifully illustrated volume makes identifying heavenly objects easy. All viewers need to supplement this book when they go starwatching is a simple red-lens flashlight and a small telescope. If unavailable, a pair of binoculars, or even the naked eye will do. Guided by Starwatch, readers can observe the sky month-by-month as it completes its annual cycle. The author shows how to locate such constellations as Ursa Major (the Big Dipper), Orion, Gemini, Pegasus, and many others. He also points out the major stars in each constellation, noting fascinating facts about many of them. For instance, Orion’s main star, Betelgeuse, is approximately 250 times bigger than our own Sun—a comparison parallel to the difference between a marble and a beach ball. He also tells how to find the planets in the night sky, see Jupiter’s moons with ordinary binoculars, and even how to find those deep-space objects called nebulae on clear dark nights. Facts and illustrations fill every page of this fascinating book, which is divided into separate chapters for every month of the year. It’s an exciting introduction to astronomy for both kids and adults, and it features more than 300 vivid color illustrations.

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David H. Clark; Stephen P. H. Clark

Newton's Tyranny

Rourke

Rourke's World Of Science Encyclopedia Volume 7

Karl Beckstrand

Bright Star, Night Star

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

Thomas K. Adamson

The Sun

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

Seymour Simon

Our Solar System

Avi Loeb

Extraterrestrial

Robin Scagell

Children's Night Sky Atlas

Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

Neil deGrasse Tyson; Michael A. Strauss; J. Richard Gott; Robert J. Vanderbei

Welcome to the Universe In 3D

International Bestseller

365 Awesome Science Experiments

S Thomas

LARC Transmissions

Richard Harris

I Can Read about the Sun and Other Stars

Howard Schneider; Sandy Wood

National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

Lisa Miles; Alastair Smith

Astronomy and Space

Timothy Ferris; Clifton Fadiman (Foreword by)

The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics

Harlow Shapley

Beyond the Observatory

H. A. Rey

Find the Constellations

Russell Grant

The Illustrated Dream Dictionary

Jay M. Pasachoff

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy, Second Edition

Carl Sagan

Contact

Susan Milord

Tales of the Shimmering Sky

Robin Kerrod

Starwatch