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A traveler’s guide to the stars
A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing...
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Back to the moon
A scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space explorationJust over half a century since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the lunar surface, a new space race to the Moon is well underway and rapidly gaining momentum. Laying out a vision for...
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Cloudy with a chance of starships
An entertaining tour of the seemingly simple formula guiding the search for extraterrestrial intelligenceCloudy with a Chance of Starships takes readers on an irreverent expedition through the marvelous world of astrobiology, using as a guide the most important equation in science since E=mc2. Wi...
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Lunacy
Why we shouldn’t colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation thereIf certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space. This is the much-vaunted New Space Age, and in Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble explains why...
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Nocturnalia
Don’t be afraid of the dark: grab a flashlight and rediscover your sense of adventure!Darkness is something humans strive to keep at bay, but under the glow of twilight a nocturnal universe stirs to life. Nightshade blossoms bloom, javelinas parade down city streets, fox eyes gleam under the cove...
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Stars and planets
The indispensable guide to the night sky—now in a newly updated and expanded editionIn this newly updated and expanded edition of their classic work, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion illuminate the night sky as never before, providing novice stargazers and professional astronomers alike with the most i...
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The california sky watcher
Ride across California on the back of the wind and learn about the dramatic impact that seasonal weather and climate change have on the Golden State."Selby's greatest gift to readers is to reveal the climate as an indomitable equalizer." —Los Angeles TimesOften stereotyped as the land of unflaggi...
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When galaxies were born
One of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present ...
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