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• Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History

  Whether interpreted as an auspicious omen or a sentinel of doom, eclipses have had a profound effect upon our cultural development. Throughout recorded history, they have evoked consternation, fear, and dread—as well as awe and wonderment. Ancient peoples were clearly disconcerted by them. The Romans marked pivotal battles with the Greeks by references to an [...]

• Beagle: From Darwin’s Epic Voyage to the British Mission to Mars

  Britain is going to Mars. Beagle 2 – a space lander shaped like a clam and no larger than a portable barbecue – is about to make history. Named after HMS Beagle, the ship in which Charles Darwin travelled around the world, Beagle 2 has hitched a ride aboard the European Space Agency Mars Express. [...]

• Historic Storms of New England

  This volume was published in 1891 and tells of its gales,hurricanes, tornadoes, showers with thunder and lightning, great snow storms, rains, freshets, floods, droughts, coldwinters, hot summers, avalanches, earthquakes, dark days,comets, aurora-borealis, phenomena in the heavens, wrecksalong the coast, with incidents and anecdotes, amusing andpathetic.

• Talking about Life: Conversations on Astrobiology

  With over 500 planets now known to exist beyond the Solar System, spacecraft heading for Mars, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, this timely book explores current ideas about the search for life in the Universe. It contains candid interviews with dozens of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers about the origin and range of [...]

• Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape (Contemporary Astrology)

  This book looks at planetary retrogradation – the phenomenon of “wandering” planets. The book discusses and analyses the implications these planets may have on the human experience, dealing with each planet separately. Divided into three parts, it includes a brief history of retrograde, general attitudes towards the phenomenon and an overall discussion of retrogradation. Related [...]