Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
How to Live on Mars
A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Thinking about moving to mars?
Well, why not? Mars, after all, is the planet that holds the greatest promise for human colonization. But why speculate about the possibilities when you can get the real scientific scoop from someone who’s been happily living and working there for years? Straight...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
Long before Galileo published his discoveries about Jupiter, lunar craters, and the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger in 1610, people were fascinated with the planets and stars around them. That interest continues today, and scientists are making new discoveries at an astounding rate. Ancient lake...
Megacatastrophes!
Nine Strange Ways The World Could End
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Celebrate the year of the Mayan Apocalypse in style with Megacatastrophes!, as Dr. David Darling and Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch delve into the amazing science of the end of the world.Could it be the asteroid hurtling towards us from outer space, or a super-volcano covering the Earth under a cloud of ash;...
Vindication of Cosmic Biology
Tribute to Sir Fred Hoyle (19152001)
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
In the year 2015, 100 years after Fred Hoyle was born, the ideas relating to the cosmic origins of life are slowly gaining credence in scientific circles. Once regarded as outrageous heresy, evidence from a variety of disciplines — astronomy, geology, biology — is converging to support these once...
Falling Sky
The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Did an enormous collision in the Asteroid Belt, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, bombard Earth with meteorites 470 million years ago? Astonishing new research suggests it did, and a revolutionary theory is emerging that this bombardment resulted in the single greatest increase in biological...
by Bill Leatherbarrow
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The moon has always been the most obvious feature in our night sky. It is our nearest celestial neighbour, orbiting the earth at an average distance of 384,400 kilometers, and is large enough to display significant detail even to the unaided eye. Our moon has drawn observers since the dawn of humankind,...
Daystar
A Peep into the Workings of the Sun
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book is an attempt to demystify the activities of a celestial object such as the Sun appealing to basic physics already available to high school students. Building on simple logic, the contents begin with measurements of the gross properties of the Sun like size (volume) and mass from which the...
Near-Earth Objects
Finding Them Before They Find Us
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Of all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow. Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to our solar system's origins, and someday could even serve as stepping-stones for...
by Paolo Aresi
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Fantascienza - romanzo (253 pagine) - Per un'umanità ormai senza ambiziosi e senza speranze l'unica possibilità di riscatto è una sfida che viene dal passato: la conquista del pianeta Marte
Alla fine del secondo Millennio c'era un sogno che sembrava a portata di mano, ma che venne cancellato...
Proofs that Life is Cosmic
Acceptance of a New Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This is a revisit of a radical theory of cometary panspermia and cosmic life that was first proposed by Chandra Wickramasinghe and the late Sir Fred Hoyle in 1982. In its earliest form the theory of cosmic life started off as a speculation in 1974 after the first discovery of complex organic molecules...
The Physics of Star Wars
The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Explore the physics behind the world of Star Wars, with engaging topics and accessible information that shows how we’re closer than ever before to creating technology from the galaxy far, far away—perfect for every Star Wars fan!
Ever wish you could have your very own lightsaber like Luke...
Where Did We Come From?
Life of an Astrobiologist
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The life story of this book spans many stages of the life and scientific career of one of the foremost astrophysicists/astrobiologists of our times. Starting from his boyhood days, the book describes the author's scientific work over the past 50 years, the ground-breaking discoveries he had made,...
Earth and Mars
A Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Nearly five billion years ago, Earth and Mars were born together as planetary siblings orbiting a young, emerging Sun. Yet today, one planet is water rich and life bearing, while the other is seemingly cold, dry, and forbidding.
Earth and Mars is a fusion of art and science, a blend of images...
À bord d'un Vaisseau-Monde
Entretien avec le Dr Cameron Smith
Language: French
Release Date: February 9, 2016
« Vivre et mourir à bord d’un vaisseau monde ». Tel est le point de départ de l’étude de Cameron SmithCameron Smith est anthropologue et professeur à l’université de Portland, USA. Transformations culturelles, évolutions génétiques, bouleversements des moeurs… Pour lui, le voyage interstellaire...