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

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

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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

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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

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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...
Placing Nature: Culture And Landscape Ecology

Placing Nature: Culture And Landscape Ecology

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Landscape ecology is a widely influential approach to looking at ecological function at the scale of landscapes, and accepting that human beings powerfully affect landscape pattern and function. It goes...
Laboratory Earth

Laboratory Earth

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The possibility of global climatic change as a result of increasing numbers of people requiring higher stands of living has spawned an international controversy over the appropriateness of controls on...
Achilles in the Quantum Universe: Definitive History of Infinity

Achilles in the Quantum Universe: Definitive History of Infinity

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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

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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...
Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole

Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole

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In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the...
Women Travel: First Hand Accounts from More Than 60 Countries

Women Travel: First Hand Accounts from More Than 60 Countries

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Featuring more than 80 adventures around the world, this collection tells what it is like to backpack around India with your mother, be crowned Queen Mother of an African village,...
A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space

A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space

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Want to be an astronaut or a rocket scientist? - 50 brilliant stories of women who have blazed the way for space travel. From small steps to giant leaps, A...
Life In Space

Life In Space

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Author: Robert Grant Mason (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Time Life Books, 1983Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight damage to dust jacketThis book presents a comprehensive overview of...
The Eternal Subject

The Eternal Subject

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Author: Brinsley Le Poer TrenchBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, 1973Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Price clipped dj. Otherwise excellent.In "The Eternal Subject," Brinsley Le Poer Trench, the renowned ufologist...
Violent Universe: An Eye-Witness Account Of The Commotion In Astronomy 1968-69

Violent Universe: An Eye-Witness Account Of The Commotion In Astronomy 1968-69

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Author: Nigel CalderBinding: HardbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a firsthand perspective on the significant changes and debates within the field of...
The Cosmic Frontiers Of General Relativity: A Layman's Guide To The New Universe

The Cosmic Frontiers Of General Relativity: A Layman's Guide To The New Universe

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Author: William J KaufmannBinding: SoftbackPublished: Peregrine Book - Penguin , 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents an accessible introduction to the complex principles of general relativity....
Space Traveller's Handbook: Every Man's Comprehensive Manual To Space Flight

Space Traveller's Handbook: Every Man's Comprehensive Manual To Space Flight

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Author: Michael FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: Sovereign Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive guide for individuals interested in space travel. It provides a detailed...
Spaceships Of The Mind

Spaceships Of The Mind

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Author: Nigel CalderBinding: HardbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the potential for human expansion into space. It posits that the vastness of...
The Day The Universe Changed

The Day The Universe Changed

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Author: James BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: BBC Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA compelling narrative unfolds, detailing pivotal moments in human history that reshaped our understanding of the world....
Ten Faces Of The Universe

Ten Faces Of The Universe

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Author: Fred HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann Educational Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cloth in good condition. Dj with shelf wear. Clean text. This book presents a...
100 Billion Suns: The Birth, Life, And Death Of The Stars

100 Billion Suns: The Birth, Life, And Death Of The Stars

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Author: Rudolf Kippenhahn; Translated by Jean SteinbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Basic Books, NY, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cloth in good condition. Worn DJ. Clean text. This book...
Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope And Heritage Of Astronomy

Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope And Heritage Of Astronomy

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Author: Martin HarwitBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Harvester Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded cover. This book presents a comprehensive overview of astronomical phenomena. It covers a...
Food for a Hungry World

Food for a Hungry World

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Food for a Hungry World is a new title in the Science and Our Future series, a collection of accurate, up-to-date and relevant books on a range of scientific topics...
Forests and their Environment

Forests and their Environment

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Forests and their Environment examines the nature of forests and the environment in Australia, the management of the forest, its economic importance and non-economic value. Specific attention is given to...
Atmosphere: Weather, Climate and Pollution

Atmosphere: Weather, Climate and Pollution

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The world has centred its green revolution around the greenhouse effect. However, the working of the atmosphere and the nature of atmospheric change is poorly understood. The media and public...
Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy

Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy

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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

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"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...
Four Colours Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved

Four Colours Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved

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A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. The four-colour theorem states that every map in the world can...
Hawking and the Black Holes

Hawking and the Black Holes

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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...
Antarctica: A Biography-Random House Australia-Random House Australia

Antarctica: A Biography-Random House Australia-Random House Australia

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A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth. For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But...
Plastikir

Plastikir

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A ripping good adventure tale set on the high seas, Plastiki captures the inventing, building, and sailing of the Plastiki boat across the Pacific by explorer, green leader, and eco-TV-host...
Roadside Geology of Alaska

Roadside Geology of Alaska

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"You'll never again consider geology 'boring' once you consult this book." -Anchorage Times
The Great White South: Traveling with Robert F.Scott's Doomed South

The Great White South: Traveling with Robert F.Scott's Doomed South

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175 photos illustrate this account by photographer Ponting of his journey with Capt. Robert Scott to the Antarctic, a voyage from which Scott did not return.
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries

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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...
The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole,

The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole,

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, the South Pole was the most coveted prize in the fiercely nationalistic modern age of exploration. In the brilliant dual biography, the award-winning...
Astroquizzical - The Illustrated Edition: Solving the Cosmic Puzzles

Astroquizzical - The Illustrated Edition: Solving the Cosmic Puzzles

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Looking up at the night sky, it is almost impossible to imagine that we can trace our common ancestry with the distant stars and galaxies back over 13.8 billion years....
Controlling Climate Change

Controlling Climate Change

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An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change,...
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

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From the author of 'Britons', the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh -- an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism,...
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

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*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...
Mars

Mars

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Author: Paul Raeburn, Matt GolombekBinding: HardbackPublished: National Geographic Society, 1998Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume delves into the scientific exploration of Mars, detailing its geological...
Science Past And Present

Science Past And Present

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Author: F. Sherwood TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1947Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a comprehensive overview of scientific development. It traces the evolution of scientific ideas...
The World Treasury Of Physics, Astronomy, And Mathematics

The World Treasury Of Physics, Astronomy, And Mathematics

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Author: Timothy FerrisBinding: SoftbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume compiles significant works across the disciplines of physics, astronomy, and...
Comets: Vagabonds Of Space

Comets: Vagabonds Of Space

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Author: David A. SeargentBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1982Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the nature of comets, detailing their origins and methods for locating...
Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe

Darkness at Night: A Riddle of the Universe

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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...
Sydney

Sydney

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My Attainment of the Pole

My Attainment of the Pole

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Cook, allegedly the first man to reach the North Pole, recounts his adventures at the top of the world, his meetings with eskimos and his hunting of musk ox, plus...
The Moth and the Mountain: Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award

The Moth and the Mountain: Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award

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The untold story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend - Maurice Wilson - and his heroic attempt to climb Everest. Alone. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their...