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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Two fugitives, a princess-in-exile and her accused killer, cross the galaxy as they fight to reclaim her family dynasty and save the universe from a deadly threat.

Empress of a Thousand Skies

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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Drawing upon letters and historical documents,Newton’s Tyranny vividly recreates the British scientific community of the early 18th century.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

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


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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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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Former library book in excellent condition.


Texas

On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year on a clear night in the northern hemisphere. Raymo's commentaries amplify the maps, offering intriguing details and tips on identifying stars, planets, and constellations.

On another level, Chet Raymo challenges our imagination--to see what is unseeable in the universe, to perceive distance and size and shape that is inconceivable, to appreciate ever more fully our extraordinary place in the cosmos. His elegant essays on the heavens blend science and history, mythology and religion, making clear why he is one of the most insightful and passionate science writers of our time.

An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

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Magazine
2023-2024 edition
Explore the Night Sky
How to spot, planets, constellations, galaxies, shooting stars, comets, auroras and more
Detailed monthly guides
The moon’s top ten sights
Prepare for the next eclipse


Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Begin Your Stargazing Adventure

Explore the Night Sky

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Electives

4Br- Cl

Young peoples encyclopedia

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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 3

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Wonders beyond the solar system

Former library book
 #hardcover #Spanish #astronomy 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

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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{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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Happy New Almanac Year! It's time to celebrate the 229th edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac! Long recognized as North America's most-beloved and best-selling annual, the handy yellow book fulfills every need and expectation as a calendar of the heavens, a time capsule of the year, an essential reference that reads like a magazine. Always timely, topical, and distinctively "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," the Almanac is consulted daily by users from all walks of life, throughout the year.

 

The 2021 edition contains the fun facts, predictions, and feature items that have made it a cultural icon: traditionally 80 percent-accurate weather forecasts; notable astronomical events and time-honored astrological dates; horticultural, culinary, fashion, and other trends; historical hallmarks; best fishing days; time- and money-saving garden advice; recipes for refreshment; facts on folklore, farmers, home remedies, and husbandry; amusements and contests, plus too much more to mention--all in the inimitable way that the Almanac has done since 1792.

 

* Beloved by generations for being "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," The Old Farmer's Almanac features everything under the Sun, including its much-in-demand long-range weather predictions, essential astronomical timetables, 2021 holidays, fascinating trends, best fishing days, valuable gardening information, tantalizing recipes, fun folklore, amusements, contests, and much more!

* Exclusive: 32 reference pages, covering such popular topics as full Moon names, hurricane names, flowers that attract birds and butterflies, U.S./metric measurement conversions, and many more!

* Easy-to-read edition, with crisp, white paper and larger type than the regular paperback version

* Includes 112 full-color pages

* Hard cover with dust jacket helps to protect the pages--a plus for those who collect the Almanac each year!

 

The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021

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Amy Brill

Pennsylvania

“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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Dinah L. Moché

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

North Carolina

A Self-Teaching Guide, Eighth Edition

Now with a full-color insert and thoroughly revised, this perennial bestseller is the most comprehensive and successful beginner's astronomy books in the market. 
"One of the best ways by which one can be introduced to the wonders of astronomy." --The Strolling Astronomer 
For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginner's guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the latest discoveries. Updated with the latest, most accurate information, new online resources, and more than 100 new graphics and photos, this Eighth Edition features:
 * Website addresses throughout for the best color images and astronomy resources online
 * Technical ideas made simple without mathematics
 * A beautiful updated full-color, glossy insert with spectacular images
 * An interactive format with learning goals, reviews, self-tests, and answers for fast learning

Astronomy

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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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#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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The Definitive Guide to the Night Sky and the Universe

Interest in astronomy continues to grow stronger for readers of all ages. Recent astronomy titles, like History of Astronomy, have shown consistently strong sales. The Astronomy Bible is a comprehensive guide to the study of what lies beyond our planet. With this book readers can easily navigate the night sky, identify the constellations, and find planets, comets and galaxies.

Topics include:

 * The History of Astronomy
 * How to Observe the Sky
 * The Solar System
 * The Moon
 * The Planets
 * The Sun and the Stars
 * Comets and Meteors
 * Galaxies, Black Holes and Quasars
 * What Lies Beyond...
 * Moon and Planet Maps
 * Star Finder Charts
 * Constellation Maps.

Well priced, informative and fully illustrated, this is a valuable companion for stargazers of all ages.

The Astronomy Bible

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#philosophy #heavenlybodies #astronomy #math #stars #constellations #academic #translation#discarded

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Philosophy

Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler

Great Books of the Western World

Alan Lightman

Illinois

Science and the Human Spirit

Unusually gifted as both a physicist and a novelist, Alan Lightman has lived in the dual worlds of science and art for much of his life. In these brilliant essays, the two worlds meet. In A Sense of the Mysterious, Lightman records his personal struggles to reconcile certainty with uncertainty, logic with intuition, questions with answers and questions without. Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of metaphor and imagination in science, the creative moment, the different uses of language in science and literature, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world. Included are in-depth portraits of some of the great scientists of our time: Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller, and astronomer Vera Rubin. Rather than finding a forbidding gulf between the two cultures, as did the physicist and novelist C. P. Snow fifty years ago, Lightman discovers complementary ways of looking at the world, both part of being human. Original, thoughtful, and beautifully written, A Sense of the Mysterious confirms Alan Lightman’s unique position at the crossroads of science and art. From the Hardcover edition.

A Sense of the Mysterious

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Rhoda Belleza

New York

Faye Kellerman

Cover has smudging marks. Hardcover book is in great reading condition.

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.

Isaac Asimov

Sticker on front cover. Slight staining on back cover. Inside is in very good condition. 

Quasars, Pulsars and Black Holes

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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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Timothy Ferris

Book in excellent readable condition. Minor wear to the cover and dust jacket. Minor staining to the outside of the pages.

A State of the Universe(S) Report

From the world-acclaimed author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way comes this delightfully engrossing, comprehensive, and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole.Timothy Ferris begins The Whole Shebang with a succinct account of how we have come to know what we know about the universe. Then he explains the meaning behind the exciting new developments that have put cosmology in the headlines -- including the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our sun, glimpses through the Hubble Space Telescope of how the universe looked when it was only a fraction of its present age, and the detection of structure in relic radiation from the big bang that may hint at the mechanisms of genesis.Ferris provides a lucid, nontechnical overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. A master analogist, he presents accessible explanations of relativity and quantum physics, "inflationary" models indicating that the universe is much larger than had been thought, and "string" theories that portray all matter as made of space.The centerpiece of The Whole Shebang is a visionary account of near-future science, in which light is shed on the possibility that our universe is one among many universes, each with different physical laws and differing prospects for the emergence of life.The Whole Shebang explores questions that have occurred to even casual readers who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? How could there have been an "origin" of the universe; what happened "before"? Why is quantum uncertainty so puzzling to many scientists, and why do some regard it as one of theWritten with the literary flair that earned Ferris the accolade "the greatest science writer in the world," The Whole Shebang interweaves probing scientific explication, lyrical descriptions, and finely honed profiles of the lives and personalities of the scientists and philosophers who have contributed to human understanding of the cosmos. Above all, it demonstrates that for all its abstractions, cosmology -- the scientific study of the universe as a whole -- is a very human activity whose theories and observations must ultimately answer to the human mind.

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Rhoda Belleza

Empress of a Thousand Skies

David H. Clark; Stephen P. H. Clark

Newton's Tyranny

Rourke

Rourke's World Of Science Encyclopedia Volume 7

Simon Singh

Big Bang

Karl Beckstrand

Bright Star, Night Star

Chet Raymo

An Intimate Look at the Night Sky

A360media

Explore the Night Sky

National college of education

Young peoples encyclopedia

Rocco FERAVOLO

Wonders beyond the solar system

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El Libro de la AstronomÃ­a

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

Old Farmer's Old Farmer's Almanac

The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021

Amy Brill

The Movement of Stars

Dinah L. Moché

Astronomy

Seymour Simon

Our Solar System

Richard Learner; Jesse L. Greenstein (Foreword by)

Astronomy Through the Telescope

Heather Couper; Nigel Henbest

The Astronomy Bible

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Great Books of the Western World

Alan Lightman

A Sense of the Mysterious

Rhoda Belleza

Empress of a Thousand Skies

Faye Kellerman

Jupiter's Bones

Isaac Asimov

Quasars, Pulsars and Black Holes

S Thomas

LARC Transmissions

Timothy Ferris

The Whole Shebang

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