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• The Crowded Universe: The Race to Find Life Beyond Earth

  From one of the leaders of the search for extrasolar planets, this is a riveting account of the next breakthrough: the imminent discovery of planets similar to Earth. The exploration of the universe with telescopes and other scientific instruments has entered a new era. NASA’s Kepler mission, launched in March 2009, is the first space [...]

• Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying

  In the early 1940′s, Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote a series of articles in Air Facts analyzing the various aspects of piloting techniques. Based on these articles, Langewiesche’s classic work on the art of flying was published in 1944. This book explains precisely what pilots do when they fly, just how they do it, and why. These [...]

• Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

  Out of the seven Apollo expeditions to land on the moon, six of the efforts succeeded outstandingly and one failed. Lost Moon is the story of the failure and the incredible heroism of the three astronauts who brought their crippled vehicle back to earth. This account–written by Jim Lovell, commander of the mission, and his [...]

• The Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball

  On 30th June 1908 a mysterious fireball exploded in the Siberian sky and flattened 2000 square kilometres of the remote Tunguska forest. As no crater and no material from outer space were ever found, a meteorite could not have caused this explosion. so what did? This book discusses all theories and then analyses the evidence.

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