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• Comets: Speculation and Discovery

  Entertaining, irreverent volume, first published in 1981 as the hoopla over the scheduled arrival of Halley’s comet heated up. An exhilarating illustrated journey through centuries of conjecture and discovery, the volume considers the nature of comets: their heads, tails and orbits; fantastic theories associated with the phenomena, the possibility that a comet might have done [...]

• Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark

  The development of the modern world has brought with it rampant light pollution, destroying the ancient mystery of night and exacting a terrible price–wasted energy, damage to human health, and the sometimes fatal interruption of the life patterns of many wildlife species. Artificial light blocks our view of the stars and mirrors a lack of [...]

• The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets

  “[I]nsights to delight both biologists and aircraft designers alike. . . . both informative and fun.” — Mick Hamer, New Scientist From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. The Simple Science of Flight offers a leisurely introduction to the mechanics of flight and, beyond that, [...]

• Secrets of the Stones: New Revelations of Astro-Archaeology and the Mystical Sciences of Antiquity

  From the temples of Egypt to the stone circles of Britain, Michell traces the development of the science of astro-archaeology. Related posts The Egypt Code

• The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist’s Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books

  Former NASA astrophysicist Jeanne Cavelos examines the scientific possibility of the fantastical world of Star Wars. She explains to non-technical readers how the course of science might soon intersect with such fantasies as interstellar travel, robots capable of thought and emotion, habitable alien planets, bizarre intelligent life forms, high-tech weapons and spacecraft, and advanced psychokinetic [...]