Astrophysics category: 1588 books

Cover of Margherita Hack. Il sole non è adesso
by Margherita Hack, Marco Alloni
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 9, 2012

«Capendo come sono fatte le stelle, come e perché brillano, come insomma esse nascano, vivano e muoiano esattamente come noi, arriviamo a capire più da vicino anche molti dei processi legati alla nostra vita. E alla fne sapere che anche le stelle nascono e muoiono è certamente molto rassicurante». Margherita...
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Five Equations That Changed the World

The Power and Poetry of Mathematics

by Michael Guillen
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012

A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations. As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor...
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The Universe in a Mirror

The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It

by Robert Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2010

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other...
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Rocket Men

The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

by Robert Kurson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of Shadow Divers. “Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy.”—Andy...
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How Long is Now?

Fascinating answers to 191 Mind-boggling questions

by New Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016

Big or small, there's an answer to every question, and sometimes there are even a few! How long is "now"? The short answer is "somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds." The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power...
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John Glenn

America's Astronaut

by Andrew Chaikin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

In February 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Since then John Herschel Glenn Jr. has stood in the popular imagination as a quintessentially American hero. In John Glenn:  America's Astronaut, a special edition e-book featuring 45 stunning photographs as well as a video, Chaikin...
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Magnificent Desolation

The Long Journey Home from the Moon

by Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions...
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Mars Rover Curiosity

An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

by Rob Manning, William L. Simon
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014

The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob Manning In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to...
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Epic Rivalry

Inside the Soviet and American Space Race

by Von Hardesty, Gene Eisman
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they personified an almost unimaginable feat-the incredibly complex task of sending humans safely to another celestial body. This extraordinary odyssey, which grew from the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during...
Cover of Calculations for Science Fiction Writers/Circular Orbits
by William Haloupek
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013

This is one of a planned series called Calculations for Science Fiction Writers. Other chapters will include space travel with constant acceleration, relativistic and nonrelativistic cases, elliptical orbits, rotational dynamics, and more. For those writers who want to get the details right! Circular...
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In Search of Stardust

Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters

by Jon Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Tiny pieces of space rock called micrometeorites are everywhere on Earth. In Search of Stardust shows you how to find them and keep them safe. The solar system is a dusty place. Every day approximately 100 metric tons of cosmic dust collides with Earth, mainly in the form of micrometeorites....
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Earth: An Alien Enterprise

The Shocking Truth Behind the Greatest Cover-Up in Human History

by Timothy Good
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

A worldwide history of alien contact from one of the most respected authorities on the phenomenon: “A bible for UFO watchers” (The Wall Street Journal). This fascinating new volume tells the story of contact between aliens and humans from all across the globe, dating back to 1932, including...
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UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens

What Science Says

by Donald R. Prothero, Timothy D. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017

A wide-ranging survey offers “entertainment as well as wisdom for everyone who’s ever wondered what’s behind so many conspiracy theories and paranormal phenomena” (Publishers Weekly). UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of...
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Mission to Mars

My Vision for Space Exploration

by Buzz Aldrin, Leonard David
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013

Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America’s future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of...
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