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  Imagine what an extra-terrestrial Weather Channel would be like, with a professional space weatherman as your forecaster, and you get rather close to the astounding aspects of nature described in John Freeman’s Storms in Space. Known only to a handful of space scientists, yet capable of disrupting technical systems as extensive as communication satellites and [...]

• Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet

  MARSWALK ONE: First Steps on a New Planet addresses the question of why we should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what the first human crew will do when they place their feet in the red dust of the planet. The book also addresses why we need to carry out these tasks and, more [...]

• The Story of the Solar System

  The bodies of our Solar System have orbited continously around the Sun since their formation, but they have not always been there, and conditions have not always been as they are today. The Story of the Solar System explains how our Solar System came into existence, how it has evolved and how it might end [...]

• Astronomy Fun Facts

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• Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

  From kindergarten to college, boys are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. Dr. Sax reveals a combination of factors creating an environment toxic to boys and presents some practical solutions.