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• Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope

  “An elegant text…. [A]nyone interested in the history of invention or of astronomy will find this book rewarding.” (Science News) The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of the most colorful figures of the scientific world- Galileo, Johann Kepler, Isaac Newton, William Herschel, George Ellery Hale, [...]

• Elements of Spacecraft Design (Aiaa Education Series)

  This new book is drawn from the author?s years of experience in spacecraft design, culminating in his leadership of the Magellan Venus orbiter spacecraft design from concept through launch. The book also benefits from his years of teaching spacecraft design at University of Colorado at Boulder and as a popular home study short course for [...]

• The FIFTH MIRACLE: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life

  ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE? In his latest far-reaching book, The Fifth Miracle, internationally acclaimed physicist and writer Paul Davies confronts one of science’s great outstanding mysteries — the origin of life. Three and a half billion years ago, Mars resembled Earth. It was warm and wet and could have supported primitive organisms. If [...]

• Alien Volcanoes

  At once terrifyingly destructive and awe-inspiringly beautiful, volcanoes have long fascinated humankind. From Vesuvius and Etna to Krakatau and Mount Saint Helen’s, these molten rock- and ash-spewing geysers have destroyed whole cities and countless lives, and altered the course of history. Yet our understanding of volcanoes on Earth — and throughout the celestial world — [...]

• The Stargazer’s Guide: How to Read Our Night Sky

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