Have a teenager who’s interested in astronomy?  Geosciences?  Are you interested in the subjects?  The book was written for the layperson even if the science goes over us non-astrophysicists’ heads.  You’ll chuckle and you’ll not be bored.  I enjoyed this! #firstedition #bobberman #astronomy #geoscience 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe

A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between


The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90 percent of the universe's 70 billion trillion suns had non-attention-getting births and are burning through their nuclear fuel in steady, predictable fashion. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes the very fabric of the universe, with mega-explosions and ripple effects that reach the near limits of human comprehension. From colliding galaxies to solar storms, and gamma ray bursts to space-and-time-warping upheavals, these moments are rare yet powerful, often unseen but consequentially felt.


Likewise, here on Earth, existence as we know it is fragile, always vulnerable to hazards both natural and manufactured. As we've learned from textbooks and witnessed in Hollywood blockbusters, existential threats such as biological disasters, asteroid impacts, and climate upheavals have the all-too-real power to instantaneously transform our routine-centered lives into total chaos, or much worse. While we might be helpless to stop these catastrophes-whether they originate on our own planet or in the farthest reaches of space-the science behind such cataclysmic forces is as fascinating as their results can be devastating.


In Earth-Shattering, astronomy writer Bob Berman guides us through an epic, all-inclusive investigation into these instances of violence both mammoth and microscopic. From the sudden creation of dazzling "new stars" to the furiously explosive birth of our moon, from the uncomfortable truth about ultra-high-energy cosmic rays bombarding us to the incredible ways in which humanity has harnessed cataclysmic energy for its gain, Berman masterfully synthesizes some of our worst fears into an astonishing portrait of the universe that promises to transform the way we look at the world(s) around us.


In the spirit of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carlo Rovelli, what emerges is a rollicking, profound, and even humbling exploration of all the things that can go bump in the night.



Earth-Shattering

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

Astronomy & Space

Rourke's World Of Science Encyclopedia Volume 7

#bigbang #universe #cosmos #astronomy #science #theory


Maryland

The Origin of the Universe

We've all heard of the Big Bang, and yet few of us truly know what it is.

Renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they might first appear, Simon Singh is our perfect guide to explaining why cosmologists believe that the Big Bang is an accurate description of the origin and evolution of the universe.

This highly readable and entertaining book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. With characteristic clarity, Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years). Simon Singh shows us that it is within the capability of all of us -- in his expert hands -- to understand the Big Bang: the fundamental theory in all of science, and a high point -- perhaps the high point -- of human achievement.

Big Bang

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#hardcover #Vintage #Astronomy #Geology #Physics #Mathematics #Chemistry #Teacher #Homeschool￼

Texas

Electives

4Br- Cl

Young peoples encyclopedia

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Science

Galileo

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Dancing Through the Stars

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Mars Exploration

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Washington

A Primer For Star-Gazers

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{J3} **Summary - Dr. Emil Ganz, a world-renowned astrophysicist, seems to have vanished into thin air. For ten years, no one knew of his whereabouts until he suddenly reappeared as "Father Jupiter, " the founder of a pseudoscientific cult -- the Order of the Rings of God. Now, suddenly, Ganz is found dead. LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker and his team of homicide detectives pose official questions. Is Ganz's death an accident, a suicide, or even a homicide? Suspicions abound...  #fiction #suspensethrillers #suspense #thriller #hardcover #astronomy #archeology #mystery

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Jupiter's Bones

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#paperback #stars #beginnerreader #kids #children #astronomy #space #scholastic 

Michigan

Read about the stars and the many shapes they make in the night sky.

I Am a Star

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#paperback #ActivityBook #Science #Space #Planets #Learning #Experimenting #Scribbling #Fun￼￼ #Astronomy box 1

Shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2017.Warning: this book will self-destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, folding, cutting, experimenting and scribbling as you find out all about the wonders of space. As each page is destroyed, you'll make everything from a Martian bug to a pocket rocket, using nothing more than the pages of the book and a few simple household items. The easy-to-follow instructions and amazing illustrations mean that science has never been so fun!

Self-Destructing Science: Space

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This is an awesome book for the wonderful explanations and pictures from 1968. The dust jacket has a bit of wear but other than that the book is in terrific condition. Box 8￼

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Wonders beyond the solar system

#hardcover #Astronomy #Telescope #History #Inventors #Discoveries #Instruments #Scientific #Mysteries #Mysteries￼ : oversized books This is an oversized coffee table book.

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Investigates the history and technical development of the telescope in addition to exploring the scientific impact of the instrument and the discoveries about the universe the telescope has brought about

Astronomy Through the Telescope

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

Grandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas

Con un lenguaje claro, El libro de la astronomía proporciona breves y sencillas explicaciones que aclaran la jerga científica, esquemas que desbrozan complejas teorías, ilustraciones que juegan con nuestro conocimiento de los astros e ingeniosas citas que condensan los descubrimientos astronómicos.


¿Cómo medimos el universo? ¿Dónde se halla el horizonte de sucesos? ¿Qué es la materia oscura? Desde los albores de la humanidad, la gente ha alzado la vista al cielo con el afán de entenderlo. Así, a lo largo de los siglos, la ciencia astronómica ha ensanchado las fronteras del conocimiento humano en el intento de comprender el universo y nuestro lugar en él.

Tanto el aprendiz en la materia, como el estudiante o el apasionado por la astronomía, encontrarán en este libro en español una multitud de ideas interesantes.

La astronomía más cerca que nunca

Este magnífico libro de astronomía ilustrado con imágenes digitales increíbles relata de una forma didáctica la historia de la evolución de los conocimientos investigados por el hombre a lo largo de miles de años sobre el Universo. Las cuestiones cósmicas de cada época han inspirado grandes ideas para tratar de responderlas. Estos cuestionamientos han dado lugar a avances en la filosofía, las matemáticas, la tecnología y las técnicas de observación.

Es una obra ideal para sentar las bases de los orígenes de la astronomía, conocer cómo influyen los astros sobre el tiempo y la marea, desvelar curiosidades sobre la astronomía solar, las estrellas, el cosmos, el sistema solar, los átomos y las galaxias, introducirse en la astrofísica y actualizarse en cuanto al impacto que la tecnología está teniendo sobre el desarrollo y el conocimiento de esta ciencia. El libro de la astronomía nos muestra una bella mirada al pasado y esboza los hallazgos venideros que posiblemente establecerán nuevos y emocionantes paradigmas.

Este maravilloso libro de astronomía clasifica la enseñanza sobre los astros y el cosmos en los siguientes capítulos:

   * Del mito a la ciencia. 600 A.C.-1550 D.C.
   * La revolución del telescopio. 1550-1750 
   * De Urano a Neptuno. 1750-1850
   * El auge de la astrofísica. 1850-1915 
   * Átomos, estrellas y galaxias. 1915-1950
   * Nuevas ventanas al Universo. 1950-1975
   * El triunfo de la tecnología. 1975-Presente

El libro de la astronomía pertenece a la galardonada serie Grandes Ideas explica temas complejos de un modo fácil de entender mediante explicaciones claras y alejándose del academicismo tradicional. Su creativo diseño y los gráficos innovadores que acompañan al texto hacen de esta serie una introducción perfecta a una gran diversidad de materias para toda la familia.

El Libro de la AstronomÃ­a

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Colorado

A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

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 #hardcover #astronomy #nonfiction #juvenile #science #solarsystem #space 

AA

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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Iowa

“Gorgeous . . . Sings with insights about love, work and how we create our own families”—Oprah.com

“Amy Brill shines in her sparkling debut novel.”—Vanity Fair

 “Brill's rich detail and research are hugely impressive; it's easy to envision the scenes she sees.”—USA Today

“Beautifully written and richly characterized.”—Kirkus (starred review)

“A terrifically poised and captivating debut."—Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife

A love story set in 1845 Nantucket, between a female astronomer and the unusual man who understands her dreams.

It is 1845, and Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her life according to the principles of the Nantucket Quaker community in which she was raised, where simplicity and restraint are valued above all, and a woman’s path is expected to lead to marriage and motherhood. But up on the rooftop each night, Hannah pursues a very different—and elusive—goal: discovering a comet and thereby winning a gold medal awarded by the King of Denmark, something unheard of for a woman.

And then she meets Isaac Martin, a young, dark-skinned whaler from the Azores who, like herself, has ambitions beyond his expected station in life. Drawn to his intellectual curiosity and honest manner, Hannah agrees to take Isaac on as a student. But when their shared interest in the stars develops into something deeper, Hannah’s standing in the community begins to unravel, challenging her most fundamental beliefs about work and love, and ultimately changing the course of her life forever.

Inspired by the work of Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in America, The Movement of Stars is a richly drawn portrait of desire and ambition in the face of adversity.

The Movement of Stars

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#nonfiction #children #hardcover  #astronomy #science

The Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book

#vintage #hardcover #science #photography #nonfiction #astronomy #space

New Jersey

A close-up look at the center of our solar system. Handsome and informative, a must for the science shelf. . . . Impressive, large color photographs.--ALA Booklist.

The Sun

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Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

A Journey to the Beginning of Time and Space

This user-friendly companion to the cosmos is packed with a universe of facts, steering the reader safely through the myriads of exotic celestial objects - from active galactic nuclei to gamma-ray bursters - that lie between our home planet and the very edge of space and time.

Cosmos

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23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures

When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be nineteen years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow. Women in Space profiles twenty-three pioneers from around the world, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who orbited aboard the International Space Station for more than a year; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. Their story, and the stories of the pilots, physicists, and doctors who followed them, demonstrate the vital role women have played in the quest for scientific understanding.

Women in Space

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Authoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers, and historical profiles.

Skywatching

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#paperback #nationalgeographic #history #incas #worldhistory #magazine #casanova #vikings #astronomy  #egyptian 

Tennessee

January/February 2023 issue

National Geographic History magazine 

#astronomy #suspensethrillers #mystery Thrilling "Who done it?"

Arizona

A Novel

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.

Bob Berman

Earth-Shattering

Rourke

Rourke's World Of Science Encyclopedia Volume 7

Simon Singh

Big Bang

National college of education

Young peoples encyclopedia

Rebecca B. Marcus

Galileo

jenny Phillips ((various roles))

Dancing Through the Stars

jenny Phillips ((various roles))

Mars Exploration

Henry M. Neely

A Primer For Star-Gazers

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

Jean Marzollo; Judith Moffatt (Illustrator)

I Am a Star

Isabel Thomas; Nikalas Catlow (Illustrator)

Self-Destructing Science: Space

Rocco FERAVOLO

Wonders beyond the solar system

Richard Learner; Jesse L. Greenstein (Foreword by)

Astronomy Through the Telescope

DK

El Libro de la AstronomÃ­a

Jay M. Pasachoff; Wil Tirion (Illustrator); Robin Brickman (Illustrator)

Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

Seymour Simon

Our Solar System

Amy Brill

The Movement of Stars

Clint Hatchett

The Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book

Seymour Simon

The Sun

Giles Sparrow

Cosmos

Karen Bush Gibson

Women in Space

David H. Levy; John O'Byrne (Editor)

Skywatching

National Geographic

National Geographic History magazine

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

El Libro de la AstronomÃa