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• Christmas with Grandma Elsie

  It was about the middle of November. There had been a long rain storm, ending in sleet and snow, and now the sun was shining brightly on a landscape sheeted with ice: walks and roads were slippery with it, every tree and shrub was encased in it, and glittering and sparkling as if loaded with [...]

• The Future of Spacetime

  Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us. Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by [...]

• Telescopes for Sale for Budding Astronomers

  Tips for Finding the Right Astronomy Telescope for You Children and adults everywhere find the night sky fascinating and love to make wishes on the stars they see. As children get older, they begin to learn about what is in the night sky and many develop an interest in astronomy. Astronomy is a word from [...]

• Moon Hunters: NASA’s Remarkable Expeditions to the Ends of the Solar Systems

  In Moon Hunters, bestselling author Jeffrey Kluger tells the thrilling story of some of the most remarkable heavenly bodies known — the solar system’s sixty-five moons — and the extraordinary people who have explored them all. Chronicling lunar exploration from the first attempts by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to explore our own moon to the [...]

• Discovering the Cosmos

  Based on the very popular liberal arts course Bob Bless has taught at University of Wisconsin for over twenty years, this book provides a rich, historical approach to introductory astronomy. It is ideal for use in an introductory astronomy course for nonmajors. An Instructor’s Manual, test questions and transparencies are also available for adopting professors. [...]