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Explorers: A New History
Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and exchange. Familiar...
The Science of Interstellar
Interstellar , from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar , Kip Thorne, the Nobel prize-winning...
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
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...
Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New,
A fleet of modern rockets among the most powerful in the world. A lunar land rush that has sparked a competition over the strategic high ground. Scientific discoveries that could...
The Second Rebel
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 Art of Illustrated Maps: The Art of the Illustrated Map
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While literally hundreds of books exist on the subject of "cartographic" maps, The Art of Illustrated Maps is the first book EVER to fully explore the world of conceptual, "imaginative"...
This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the
'A dazzling tale, brilliantly told' Peter Frankopan'A wonderful book' Sunday Telegraph, 5*'Triumphant' Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume containing a wealth...
Suzie and the Comet of Chaos (Space Blasters, Book 3)
Save the universe in the awesome and hilarious space-themed adventure series from bestselling authors Katie and Kevin Tsang! Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things - but her inventions don't...
An Australian in China
This volume, first published in 1895, recounts the travels of an Australian in China.
A First Rate Tragedy: A Brief History of Captain Scott's Antarctic
On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside,...
Why Is Uranus Upside Down?: And other questions about the Universe
Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams...
Astroquizzical: A Beginner's Journey Through the Cosmos
In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own 'family tree'. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in...
The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
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This is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".
Outback Astronomer: The extraordinary story of how an amateur
Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to work in the mines. Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague's telescope...
In Search Of Ancient Astronomies
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. This compelling non-fiction work, In Search Of Ancient Astronomies, chronicles humanity's...
Client Earth
Environmentally, our planet lacks the laws to keep it safe and those laws we do have are feebly enforced. Every new year is the hottest in human history, while forest,...
Out of this World and into the Next: Notes from a Physicist on Space
Humanity has always looked up at the night sky and wondered what lies beyond our world. Now, we are on the precipice of stepping out among the stars, not just...
Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New,
A fleet of modern rockets among the most powerful in the world. A lunar land rush that has sparked a competition over the strategic high ground. Scientific discoveries that could...
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
A Seminary Co-op Notable Book A BBC Sky at Night Best Book "An impressively comprehensive bird's-eye view of a research topic that is both many decades established and yet still...
Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
'An expert romp through the science of extraterrestrial life.' Adam Rutherford Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at...
Voices of the Rocks: A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient
Twenty million years ago a meteorite weighing 10 billion tons and moving at least 50,000 mph smashed into the Earth just below the North Pole. It vapourized on impact, releasing...
Dr Matt's Guide to Life in Space: The search for Planet B, why Earth
'This is a great first book for diving into astronomy, and even better for an update on the Big One, "Is there life in the universe?"' Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, University...
The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a
A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it.A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are...
Cosmic Numbers: The Numbers That Define Our Universe
In Cosmic Numbers , mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers that define our world. Some numbers, like the speed of light and...
What Walks This Way: Discovering the Wildlife Around Us Through Their
Did a red fox pass this way? Could that be a bobcat print there in the dirt? Do those tracks belong to a domestic dog or a coyote? Combining lyrical...
For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet
A tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers. Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. For the Love of...
Meteorology Demystified
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The Intimate Universe: Now The Stars Are Closer Than You Think
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work of popular science, The Intimate Universe: Now The Stars Are Closer...
Coming Of Age In The Milky Way
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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work, Coming Of Age In The Milky Way, chronicles humanity's...
Astronomy Demystified
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The Planets
After the huge national and international success of 'Longitude' and 'Gallileo's Daughter', Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system. This groundbreaking new work...
Explorers Wanted!: On Safari
"Explorers Wanted" is an exciting new non-fiction series aimed at children of 10+. Each book in the series presents the reader with an exciting expedition to tackle, and is crammed...
Time For The Stars: Astronomy In The 1990S
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Author: Alan LightmanBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Viking Penguin, 1992Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTime For The Stars: Astronomy In The 1990S...
Why We Disagree about Climate Change: Understanding Controversy,
Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and...
Entering Space: Creating a Space-Faring Civilization
A look at the future of space travel examines the true potential for human expeditions into outer space, the prospects for colonization of the outer planets of the solar system,...
Basher Science: Planet Earth: What planet are you on?
Discover the secrets of the planet we call home, from its fiery insides to the landforms and life forms on its surface; unlock the mysteries of Earth's ever-moving surface with...
Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
The book titled Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe by the author Philip Morrison. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...
Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science
'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein . . . Its combination of erudition, warmth, robustness, and wit is entirely...
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
A vivid philosophical tour de force that initiated ecological thought and writing as we know it today 'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,'...
Walking for Peace, an Inner Journey
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The course of one's life never unfolds quite as we imagine it would. While traveling to gain perspective on her life, Mony, a Lebanese-Canadian woman feels called to walk an...
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...
The Life of the Admiral Christopher Columbus: By His Son Ferdinand
""The cornerstone of the history of the American continent."" --Washington Irving This revised edition (originally published in 1959) of the famous biography of Columbus by his son Ferdinand was published...
Collins Primary Atlas: Ideal for learning at school and at home
The must-have atlas for children aged 7-11 Collins Primary Atlas is a great introduction to mapping of the UK, Europe and all major regions of the world. It supports the...
Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History
The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape...
The Last Winter: The Scientists and Adventurers Trying to Save the World
Author: Porter Fox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of...
Cacophony of Bone
Author: Kerri ni Dochartaigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage...
The Last Winter: The Scientists and Adventurers Trying to Save the
As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack, and high-elevation snowpacks in the western United...