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  • Becoming Spacefarers

    Rescuing America's Space Program

    by James A. Vedda ...
    What is a spacefaring society, and how do we get there from here? In addressing these questions, this book examines how partisanship and parochialism have hindered American space dreams in recent years, and demonstrates that the lessons we should have learned from U.S. history can put us on a more productive path. Instead of being stuck in Stage One space development (space as a training ground), ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

    by Janna Levin ...
    The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record the soundtrack of our universe.Black holes are dark. That is their essence. When black holes collide, they will ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Pioneer Detectives

    Did a distant spacecraft prove Einstein and Newton wrong?

    by Konstantin Kakaes ...
    Explore one of the greatest scientific mysteries of our time, the Pioneer Anomaly: in the 1980s, NASA scientists detected an unknown force acting on the spacecraft Pioneer 10, the first man-made object to journey through the asteroid belt and study Jupiter, eventually leaving the solar system. No one seemed able to agree on a cause. (Dark matter? Tensor–vector–scalar gravity? Collisions with ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Cosmic Cocktail

    Three Parts Dark Matter

    by Katherine Freese ...
    Series series Science Essentials
    The inside story of the epic quest to solve the mystery of dark matterThe ordinary atoms that make up the known universe—from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars—constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Mercury 13

    The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight

    by Martha Ackmann ...
    For readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • The Turbulent Birth of the Lick Observatory

    by Rick Novy ...
    With drama equal to any fiction, this article explores the story of how a major research institution came into being at the top of a mountain at the end of the 19th Century. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Five Ages of the Universe

    Inside the Physics of Eternity

    by Fred C. Adams, Greg Laughlin ...
    As the twentieth century closed, Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin captured the attention of the world by identifying the five ages of time. In The Five Ages of the Universe, Adams and Laughlin demonstrate that we can now understand the complete life story of the cosmos from beginning to end.Adams and Laughlin have been hailed as the creators of the definitive long-term projection of the evolution of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Your Ticket to the Universe

    A Guide to Exploring the Cosmos

    by Kimberly K. Arcand, Megan Watzke ...
    An entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops in the cosmos. Accompanied by dramatic visuals, Your Ticket to the Universe is a hybrid coffee-table book and field guide.Beginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe embarks on an entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops known in the cosmos. Learn about objects nearby within our Solar System ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Humans on New Worlds?

    by Robert C. Wall ...
    There are other species out there. How are we going to react with these species, if we meet with them at all? Forget Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Those are children's show, and we need to begin adult, pragmatic thinking and action today to reach the stars and new worlds tomorrow. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Lives On The Moon (Moon Facts) : Second Grade Geography Series

    2nd Grade Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Astronomy & Space Books
    Why does the moon look like cheese? Is is true that there's a man in the moon? Open this educational book to find out the answer. This is a collection of moon facts that your child will enjoy reading and learning. Information is presented with the use of more pictures than text to encourage interaction and easy of absorption. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Mankind Beyond Earth

    The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration

    by Claude Piantadosi ...
    Seeking to reenergize Americans' passion for the space program, the value of further exploration of the Moon, and the importance of human beings on the final frontier, Claude A. Piantadosi presents a rich history of American space exploration and its major achievements. He emphasizes the importance of reclaiming national command of our manned program and continuing our unmanned space missions, and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Continuous Living in a Living Universe

    by David Ash ...
    The premise in Continuous Living in a Living Universe that the Universe is alive with a well-developed immune system that rejects anyone or anything that is anti-life. Many religious and spiritual ideas are considered critically in the light of this idea of a universal immunity to evil. Recommendations are given for those seeking continuous living in the light.Near-death-experiences suggest we are ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus