Astrophysics & Space Science Books


Extraterrestrial Civilizations Best Price: $12.44 Asimov's book provides a methodical step-by-step historical and scientific overview of past...	How to Build Your Own Spaceship: The Science of Personal Space Travel Best Price: $0.01 For years, space exploration has suffered under year-to-year meddling of politicians and...	The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets Best Price: $0.01 In 1600 Giodorno Bruno was burned at the stake for saying that the stars of the night sky were...	Advances in Satellite Meteorology volume 2	Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics (Dover Books on Physics) Best Price: $16.04 I fully expect this volume to end up just as ragged and used as my copy of Zel'dovich and...



Before This Decade Is Out: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program (Dover Books on Astronomy) Best Price: $14.56 These oral histories by major participants in the Apollo program relive the events that...	An Introduction to Radio Astronomy Best Price: $77.71 An Introduction to Radio Astronomy (1997) targets astronomy graduate students and others...	The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter: IAU Colloquium 156 (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series) Best Price: $76.78 The spectacular collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in July 1994 was a unique event...	The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory: Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland May 5-8, ... Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series) Best Price: $5.92 The Local Group of galaxies consists of the Milky Way and all of its neighbors. The proximity...	Beamed Energy Propulsion: First International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, Hunstville, Alabama, 5-7 November 2002 (AIP Conference Proceedings / Symposia on Beamed Energy Propulsion) Papers presented at the First International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, as the first...



Hadronic Physics: Joint Meeting Heidelberg-Liège-Paris-Rostock; HLPR 2004 (AIP Conference Proceedings / High Energy Physics) Best Price: $136.00 These proceedings (of the eighth meeting in a series) focus on current theoretical problems at...	Stellar Astrophysics with the World's largest Telescopes: First International Workshop on Stellar Astrophysics with the World's Largest Telescopes ... Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $103.09 The book reviews the most timely and interesting problems of stellar astrophysics, particularly...	Space Technology and Applications International Forum - STAIF 2003: Conference on Thermophysics in Microgravity; Conference on Commercial/Civil Next ... Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $79.01 The proceedings document the most recent publications in a number of key areas of space...	Beamed Energy Propulsion: Fourth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion (AIP Conference Proceedings) Best Price: $185.12 This book comprises the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Beamed Energy...	Solar and Galactic Composition: A Joint SOHO/ACE Workshop, Bern, Switzerland, 6-9 March, 2001 (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $133.52 Measurements of the composition of various bodies and particles in the solar system and the...

The First Glast Symposium (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $121.86 This symposium was the first in a series of meetings devoted to the science of the Gamma-ray...	Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements (MEDEX '07) (AIP Conference Proceedings) Best Price: $52.76 The determination of the properties of the neutrino is one of the most pursued goals of physics....	Atomic Processes in Plasmas: The 15th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas (AIP Conference Proceedings / Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics) Best Price: $89.94 All papers have been peer-reviewed. This volume reports the latest work of 37 leading...	Relativistic Astrophysics: 5th Sino-Italian Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $91.63 All papers have been peer-reviewed. This is conference for physicists, in particular from China...	A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $137.51 In X-ray binaries, neutron stars (the very dense stellar remnants of heavy stars) accrete matter...

Bulk Nuclear Properties: Proceedings of the Fifth ANL/MSU/JINA/INT FRIB Workshop (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $101.14 This workshop series was established to explore the theoretical motivations for the Facility of...	First Stars III (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $234.94 This conference explored the formation, life, and death of the earliest stars (also known as...	The Evolution of Galaxies Through the Neutral Hydrogen Window (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $145.81 This conference brought together observers and theorists to discuss what we are learning from...	Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics: 9th International Symposium (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $119.96 The 9th International Symposium ?Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics?, held in...	5th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics) Best Price: $49.80 Researchers and academics in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology discussed the...

Beamed Energy Propulsion: Fifth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion (AIP Conference Proceedings / Materials Physics and Applications) Best Price: $217.55 This book contains the nearly complete collection of papers, presented at the Fifth...	The Runaway Universe : The Race to Discover the Future of the Cosmos (Helix Books) Best Price: $5.89 "The Runaway Universe" is the latest news on the cosmological constant,...	Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond Best Price: $14.46 I wish I hadn't been so profligate with handing out five stars in the past, because by...	Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (On the Shoulders of Giants) Best Price: $0.01 One of the foundational works of modern science, the text speaks for itself in its lucidity and...	Micro Mems and Nanotechnologies for Defense and Security (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $120.00

Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications III (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $70.00	Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications 3 (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $70.00	Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics: 1991 Best Price: $53.00	Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections (Special Collections Series) Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections serves as a narrative survey of important sources and...	Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $166.25

Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $38.00	Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas: Fields (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $165.45	Spaceflight Mechanics 2007 (Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Volume 127) Best Price: $215.00 Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting held January 28 to February 1, 2007,...	Case for Mars IV: Mission Strategy and Architectures : The International Exploration of Mars : Proceedings of the Fourth Case for Mars Cpmference Held June 4-8, 1990, a (Science and Technology Series) Best Price: $27.50	Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments Best Price: $73.99 When I've read "The aim of this book is to become THE reference text for...

Astrobiology of Earth: The Emergence, Evolution and Future of Life on a Planet in Turmoil (Oxford Biology) Best Price: $72.98 The study of life in our universe has been given the name 'astrobiology'. It is a...	The Home Planet Best Price: $1.75 Political boundaries are dissolved by a moon's-eye view of Earth...	Solar Neutrinos: The First Thirty Years (Frontiers in Physics) Best Price: $37.38 The papers reprinted in this book depict a research field that is poised to answer some of the...	Gravity's Shadow: The Search for Gravitational Waves Best Price: $25.95 This book covers two related stories, each fascinating in its own right. It is first of all the...	From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar Best Price: $35.99 From White Dwarfs to Black Holes chronicles the extraordinarily productive scientific career of...

Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others Best Price: $7.41 Charles Cockell, head of the Earth and Space Foundation, presents a idea that I was skeptical at...	In Search Of Planet Vulcan Best Price: $26.29 Another gem of a book by William Sheehan, joined in this venture by astronomer Richard Baum. In...	Trends in Atomic and Molecular Physics Best Price: $233.88 This volume presents and reviews trends and developments in the following active areas of...	Origin of Elements in the Solar System:: Implications of Post-1957 Observations Best Price: $254.97 Although pricy, this proceedings volume is an essential text for serious students of the...	Micro Mems and Nanotechnologies for Defense and Security (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $120.00

Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications III (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $70.00	Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications 3 (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $70.00	Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics: 1991 Best Price: $53.00	Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections (Special Collections Series) Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections serves as a narrative survey of important sources and...	Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $166.25

Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $38.00	Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas: Fields (Geophysical Monograph) Best Price: $165.45	Spaceflight Mechanics 2007 (Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Volume 127) Best Price: $215.00 Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting held January 28 to February 1, 2007,...	Case for Mars IV: Mission Strategy and Architectures : The International Exploration of Mars : Proceedings of the Fourth Case for Mars Cpmference Held June 4-8, 1990, a (Science and Technology Series) Best Price: $27.50	Wrinkles in Time In April 1992 astrophysicist George Smoot announced how he and his team of scientists had found...

Scientific American: Inventions from Outer Space: Everyday Uses for NASA Technology Best Price: $6.28 What is fascinating about this book is the surprisingly unglamourous uses to which NASA...	Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds (Astronomers' Universe) Best Price: $29.00 I enjoyed this scientific book very much. It is full of futuristic, yet useful, terraforming...	The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist Best Price: $0.01 Longuski's latest book is easy to read and at the same time informative. The book is...	Canonical Perturbation Theories: Degenerate Systems and Resonance	Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts: Literature 1993, Part 1, Volume 57 A and B

A General Catalog of HI Observations of Galaxies: The Reference Catalog Best Price: $88.00 This reference catalogue compiles observations of external galaxies, including more than 18 700...	Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Physics and Astrophysics Best Price: $45.00 Science, mathematics, and engineering majors typically have little time for the more advanced,...	Cosmic Rays at Earth Best Price: $314.61 Okay, this book is also expensive, but the audience for it will be purchasing it with grant...	Cosmologie Et Structure a Grande Echelle = Cosmology and Large Scale Structure: Cosmology and Large Scale Structure : Les Houches, Session Lx, 1-28 ... Theoretique Les Houches//Proceedings) In recent years, galaxy counts in two and three dimensions and numerous velocity field surveys...	From Space to Earth: The Laboratory and Marketplace Best Price: $10.82 Fifty years have changed our view of space. The spin-off technologies from the world's space...

Evolution of Massive Stars:: Confrontation between Theory and Observation Best Price: $459.00 This book presents a complete overview of what we know -- and would like to know -- about the...	Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry (International Astronomical Union Symposia) Best Price: $79.95 Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry contains a...	New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) Best Price: $329.00 What is the nature and composition of the dust grains responsible for the visual extinction...	Gravitation and Cosmology (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) Best Price: $85.00 The subjects of general relativity and cosmology have grown significantly in different...	Barons of the Sky: From Early Flight to Strategic Warfare: The Story of the American Aerospace Industry Best Price: $15.00 This comprehensive, non-heroworshipping history of the American aviation/weapons business...

Sunquakes: Probing the Interior of the Sun Best Price: $6.98 "Sunquakes" is a very well-written and interesting book, that I, as a lay-person with...	Cosmological Enigmas: Pulsars, Quasars, and Other Deep-Space Questions Best Price: $27.02 Kidger has written an estimable sequel to his "Astronomical Enigmas." He addresses a...	The Book of the Moon Best Price: $4.94 everything you have always wanted to know about the Moon and THEN SOME. Best summary of manned...	Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications II (Proceedings of Spie) Best Price: $80.00	Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Best Price: $110.44 This self-contained astrophysics textbook for advanced undergraduates explores how stars form,...

Canonical Gravity and Applications: Cosmology, Black Holes, and Quantum Gravity Best Price: $56.08 Canonical methods are a powerful mathematical tool within the field of gravitational research,...	Modern Technology and its Influence on Astronomy Best Price: $137.00 The application of modern technology and instrumentation to astronomy is of central importance...	Destiny or Chance: Our Solar System and its Place in the Cosmos Best Price: $3.90 Having just finished the book, and enjoying it immensely, I was curious what the general...	Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors Best Price: $0.87 Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors pairs magnificent photographs showing how stars,...	Traité d'astronomie pour les gens du monde, avec des notes complémentaires: Pour les candidats au baccalauréat, aux Écoles spéciales et à la licence ès sciences mathématiques. Tome 2 (French Edition) Best Price: $15.99 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1866 edition by Gauthier-Villars, Paris.

Voyage to Mars: Nasa's Search for Life Beyond Earth Throughout the ages, no planet has been the focus of more passionate dreaming than Mars. Perhaps...	Dark Side of the Moon	The Shadows of Creation: Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe Best Price: $7.45 More than 90 percent of the Universe is unseen, unknown. Ordinary telescopes cannot detect it -...	Astrophysical Sources for Ground-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 30 October - 1 November 2000 (AIP Conference Proceedings) Best Price: $128.94 As the 21st century begins, gravitational wave astronomy is poised for unprecedented expansion...	Quantum Gravity, Generalized Theory of Gravitation and Superstring Theory-Based Unification Best Price: $203.19 My article appears in this book as well as articles by some of the top people in quantum...

Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System (Compass series)	Reducing the Costs of Space Science Research Missions: Proceedings of a Workshop	Storms from the Sun: The Emerging Science of Space Weather	Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future Best Price: $46.75 The U.S. air transportation system is very important for our economic well-being and national...	Severe Space Weather Events--Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report Best Price: $35.00 Many people scoff that 2012 is nothing special ... that it just happens to coincide with a Mayan...

United States Civil Space Policy: Summary of a Workshop Best Price: $15.00 In 2004, the NRC released a workshop report about the future direction of the U.S. civil space...	Advancing Aeronautical Safety: A Review of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Research Programs Best Price: $3.36	UFOs: Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities Best Price: $13.99 The Long I would hazard a guess that no one has made as extensive an effort to find a center...	The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps Best Price: $276.11 You don't need any grounding in science to see the gaping holes in Savage's nonetheless...

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