Astronomy category: 2403 books
by Donald Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2005
Drawing on the current cross-pollination of geology, biology, and astrophysics, Origins makes "the astonishing astronomical discoveries of recent years come alive (Michael D. Lemonick).
Origin's explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe—...
by Galileo Galilei, Christoph Scheiner
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Galileo’s telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. Christoph Scheiner, a Jesuit mathematician, argued that sunspots were planets or moons crossing in front of the Sun. Galileo, on...
Five Billion Years of Solitude
The Search for Life Among the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
“A definitive guide to astronomy’s hottest field.” —The Economist
Since its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. But over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of “exoplanets,”...
Titan Unveiled
Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early...
Beyond UFOs
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey...
Cosmic Adventure
Other Secrets Beyond the Night Sky
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Have you ever wondered what happened before the Big Bang, or how we would colonize Mars, or what an alien invasion might really be like? Astronomer Bob Berman has, and in Cosmic Adventure, a collection of twenty-six profound to outrageous essays, he takes readers on a mind-bending tour of the universe,...
Earth and Space
Photographs from the Archives of NASA
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial bodies of deep space will captivate readers and photography lovers with an interest in science, astronomy,...
Rare Earth
Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? Questions such as these are investigated in this groundbreaking book. In doing so, the authors synthesize information from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, and apply it to what we know about the rise of life...
Astrobiological Neurosystems
Rise and Fall of Intelligent Life Forms in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
This book explains why scientists believe that life may be more common in the Universe than previously considered possible. It presents the tools and strategies astronomers and astrobiologists are using in their formal search for habitable exoplanets as well as more advanced forms of life in other...
by Fred Schaaf
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Inspiring, enriching essays describe the amazing features of the night sky, telling beginning star-gazers where to look for and how to find specific celestial objects with the naked eye. No particular knowledge of astronomy is needed to understand the book and most technical expressions are explained as they appear in the text. 5 illustrations.
by Max Caspar
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
A towering figure in intellectual history and one of the fathers of modern astronomy, the great mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) is best known for his discovery of the three laws of planetary motion, which paved the way for a dynamic explanation of the heavenly phenomena. At a time when...
by Dana Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
The first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesis
This lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a successful theory of the birth of the Moon. Science journalist Dana Mackenzie traces the evolution of this theory,...
The Hubble Space Telescope
From Concept to Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within weeks of its launch in 1990, however, the space community was shocked to find out that the primary mirror of the telescope was flawed. It was only the skills of scientists and engineers...
Alpha Centauri
Unveiling the Secrets of Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy—from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding...