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Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality

Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality

$27.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation....
Yearbook of Astronomy 2024

Yearbook of Astronomy 2024

$59.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2024 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky...
The Ninth Metal: The Comet Cycle Book 1

The Ninth Metal: The Comet Cycle Book 1

$32.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
'Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing' STEPHEN KING It might have been the end of days. Instead it was the beginning of something shockingly new. They called the comet Cain,...
New Horizon Astron Pa

New Horizon Astron Pa

$12.00 AUD
The author introduces the reader to the growing cult community of amateur stargazers, then presents a wide range of solo and group observation projects that require only simple binoculars, hand-held...
The Seventh Voyage

The Seventh Voyage

$14.99 AUD$12.74 AUD
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Journey into space with Polish scifi master Stanislaw Lem. The whimsical time-loops of Ijon Tichy's cosmic adventure 'The Seventh Voyage' are...
The World Treasury Of Physics, Astronomy, And Mathematics

The World Treasury Of Physics, Astronomy, And Mathematics

$20.00 AUD
Author: Timothy FerrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company., 1989Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive anthology presents a curated collection of...
Starborn: How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Gold Winner of the 2025 Nautilus Book Awards 'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars. Almost every page will make you...
Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about

Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about

$30.35 AUD$12.00 AUD
Everything you ever wanted to know about men (and women) in space-from a highly decorated astronaut who's been there Can people have sex in space? Did the Challenger crew survive...
Countdown!: Or How Nigh Is The End?

Countdown!: Or How Nigh Is The End?

$12.00 AUD
Author: Patrick MooreBinding: PaperbackPublished: Pan Books, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction work by renowned astronomer Patrick Moore presents a compelling examination of various doomsday...
2009 Australian Sky Guide

2009 Australian Sky Guide

$16.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
This popular guide is a must for 2009, which has been designated the International year of Astronomy, when people around the world will be encouraged to discover their place in...
Companion to the Cosmos

Companion to the Cosmos

$35.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
COMPANION TO THE COSMOS is the brilliant science populariser and an award-winning writer, John Gribbin tells us everything we want to know about the universe.
The Alpha And Omega

The Alpha And Omega

$34.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Since A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME scientists have been in the midst of a revolution in cosmology. Gradually, astronomers and physicists are answering questions that have plagued mankind since prehistory-...
Countdown To Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration Of The End Of The

Countdown To Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration Of The End Of The

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Inspired by the end of the millennium, celebrated science writer Paul Halpern tackles the fate of human civilization and our planet in this meditation on the end of the world....
The Big Bang Never Happened

The Big Bang Never Happened

$27.45 AUD$12.00 AUD
The big bang theory of cosmology - the idea that the universe originated in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty billion years ago - has become the foundation...
Afterglow of Creation: Decoding the message from the beginning of time

Afterglow of Creation: Decoding the message from the beginning of time

$27.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
It's the oldest fossil in creation. It accounts for 99.9% of all the light in the Universe Its discoverers mistook it for the 'glow' of pigeon droppings (yet still carried...
Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the

Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the

$35.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Cutting-edge astrophysics that builds on Einstein's theories to find the unseen matter that fills the Universe. Dark energy. Dark matter. These strange and invisible substances don't just sound mysterious: their...
The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten

The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten

$19.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of...
Achilles in the Quantum Universe: Definitive History of Infinity

Achilles in the Quantum Universe: Definitive History of Infinity

$29.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
In this guided tour down the centuries, Rich ard Morris shows how each new encounter with infinity has fu rthered the advancement of physics and mathematics. This is a mathematical...
The Gillett Model of the Real Universe

The Gillett Model of the Real Universe

$12.00 AUD
Come with me and explore the universe from the perspective of time, rather than spatially as we usually live our lives and see the world. Everything you see, everything beyond...
Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy

Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy

$43.95 AUD$30.00 AUD
Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing...
Time: A Traveler's Guide

Time: A Traveler's Guide

$30.95 AUD$20.00 AUD
"Bucky Fuller thought big," Wired magazine recently noted, "Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." In his newest book, Cliff Pickover outdoes even himself, probing a...
Hawking and the Black Holes

Hawking and the Black Holes

$12.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Rejacketed re-issue tephen Hawking is perhaps one of the most well-known scientists of our day. His discoveries on black holes and cosmology have been hailed as opening up a new...
The Science Museum Puzzle Book - Journey into Space: The perfect

The Science Museum Puzzle Book - Journey into Space: The perfect

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Are you ready to become an astronaut? Then prepare for lift off with The Science Museum Puzzle Book, a unique puzzle book to launch your exploration of space. Embark on...
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

$26.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Loyal readers of the monthly "Universe" essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and...
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

$35.00 AUD$10.00 AUD
*As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2* From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space...
Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe

Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe

$63.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
Why is the sky dark at night? The answer to this ancient and celebrated riddle, says Edward Harrison, seems relatively simple: the sun has set and is now shining on...
Yearbook of Astronomy 2025

Yearbook of Astronomy 2025

$59.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2025 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky...
The Sky: A User's Guide

The Sky: A User's Guide

$66.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality

Solar Eclipses 2024-2027: Where and When to Experience Totality

$27.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Seeing a total solar eclipse ('totality' - when the sun is fully obscured by the moon) is a bucket-list event, generating a sense of wonder and even an 'end-of-the-world' sensation....
Shoot for the Moon: How the Moon Landings Taught us the 8 Secrets of Success

Shoot for the Moon: How the Moon Landings Taught us the 8 Secrets of Success

$26.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Second Rebel

The Second Rebel

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
Linden A. Lewis returns with this next installment of The First Sister Trilogy, perfect for fans of Red Rising , The Handmaid's Tale , and The Expanse. Astrid has reclaimed...
The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars

The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves' The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author...
Space Trivia

Space Trivia

$55.00 AUD$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet

The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
The world's leading expert on the human settlement of Mars explains what Martian societies will look like - very soon! Within a few years, humans will be able to voyage...
Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation

Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
* Spacecraft missions to nearby planets * The Library of ancient Alexandria * The human brain * Egyptian hieroglyphics * The origin of life * The death of the sun...
Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission (Incredible True Stories, Book 1)

Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission (Incredible True Stories, Book 1)

$15.99 AUD$13.59 AUD
A thrilling and captivating retelling of one of history's most famous space missions, from Blue Peter Book Award winning author David Long. April 1970: Apollo 13 was launched from the...
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

$22.99 AUD$19.54 AUD
An intimate, powerful account of Stephen Hawking and his universe An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific...
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut

$26.99 AUD
An enthralling memoir from the inspiring astronaut who spent six months in space -- and is going back to the International Space Station just as the paperback is published In...
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality

$14.99 AUD$12.74 AUD
Brian Greene'sThe Fabric of the Cosmosis an astonishing grand tour of the universe and the best layman's guide to current thinking on 'how everything works'. Brian Greene's The Fabric of...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

$35.00 AUD$29.75 AUD
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
Cosmic Bullsh*t

Cosmic Bullsh*t

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
#1 bestselling science writer for kids Chris Ferrie is back with the bullsh*t, examining today's mind/body/spirit fads, including astrology, cosmic energy, aliens, young earth theories, and more! Your hilarious guide...
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

$27.99 AUD$23.79 AUD
The visionary history of the universe and human progress In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole...
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have

$26.99 AUD
The bestselling and hilarious investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter...
On the Origin of Time

On the Origin of Time

$26.99 AUD
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in...