Astrophysics & Space Science Books


The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies Best Price: $124.78 An important part of modern astronomy is the understanding of galaxies. And with so many...	Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe Once reading the book Flatland, I thought the world of Flatland could not get much better. Then...	Eclipsing Binary Stars: Modeling and Analysis (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) Best Price: $119.22 This book focuses on the formulation of mathematical models for the light curves of eclipsing...	The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything Best Price: $2.18 This book has had wonderful and horrible reviews. I will take a middle ground. My main criticism...	Introduction to the Variational Calculus Best Price: $42.50 Introduction to the Variational Calculus is an introduction to the various mathematical methods...



Accretion Power in Astrophysics (Cambridge Astrophysics) Best Price: $50.00 This newly expanded and thoroughly updated third edition examines accretion as a source of...	Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space Best Price: $2.36 As others have stated, this book ends at the Apollo moon landings, which is unfortunate. I feel...	The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas: An Introduction for Astrophysicists Best Price: $52.00 A clear exposition of all areas of astrophysical fluid dynamics (along with some plasma...	Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 1, Astrophysical Processes (Theoretical Astrophysics) Best Price: $22.87 Graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology need a solid grasp of a wide...	Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership Best Price: $20.35 I use this book in my "Issues in U.S. Space Policy" course at the Illinois Institute...



Protostars and Planets V (University of Arizona Space Science Series) Best Price: $72.00 With nearly a thousand pages of information, nearly seventy black and white photos, and hundreds...	Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) Provides the only text I have seen on quaternion math and its relation to more traditional...	Roswell Ufo Crash Update: Exposing the Military Cover-Up of the Century Best Price: $12.95 THE MOST DISTURBING EVIDENCE * Death threats to witnesses. * Removal of alien bodies. *...	Project Gemini Pocket Space Guide (Pocket Space Guides) Best Price: $5.90 I recommend this book to any Space Fan or Who follows NASA's Space Missions.Very interesting...	Getting Off the Planet: Training Astronauts (Apogee Books Space Series) Best Price: $11.75 Ever since I was a littel kid I have had the picture of Dr. Randall Chambers wearing the Mercury...

Universe: A Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos Best Price: $10.68 This is the ultimate "picture" book.I originally bought this book from a pile of...	Astronomy Methods: A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations (Cambridge Planetary Science) Best Price: $57.44 I was using this book for an undergraduate course in observational astronomy, and I found it...	Sputnik: The Shock of the Century Best Price: $4.85 In Sputnik, Paul Dickson takes a single historic event and uses it as a spot from which to take...	Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition Best Price: $78.37 This book was given as a gift, it looks like an outline with hand written pictures.	Statistical Orbit Determination Best Price: $77.56 This book presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from weighted least squares approaches...

Sputnik: The Shock of the Century Best Price: $4.85 In Sputnik, Paul Dickson takes a single historic event and uses it as a spot from which to take...	Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition Best Price: $78.37 This book was given as a gift, it looks like an outline with hand written pictures.	Statistical Orbit Determination Best Price: $77.56 This book presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from weighted least squares approaches...	A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime ("Scientific American" Library) Best Price: $49.29 This is a beautiful, poetic, and generous book. I found that after reading and mulling over each...	Observational Astrophysics Best Price: $34.97 This book is the perfect first text for astronomy students that are just getting beyond...

Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics Best Price: $68.86 This book deals with neutrino physics and astrophysics- a field in which some of the most...	Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments (Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering) Best Price: $98.09 This book is ideal for anyone studying chemical rocket propulsion systems or, indeed, anyone...	Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy Best Price: $22.50 Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy recounts the amazing history...	Astrophysical Formulae: Volume I & Volume II: Radiation, Gas Processes and High Energy Astrophysics / Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) Best Price: $126.45 Kenneth Lang's classic work Astrophysical Formulae. (Vol. I and II) is now available as soft...	Textbook on Spherical Astronomy Best Price: $42.50 Very nice. Takes you back to the "Romper Room" or Kindergarten of astronomy. Book...

From Quarks to the Cosmos: Tools of Discovery (Scientific American Library Series, Vol. 28) Best Price: $22.98 As the name of this reference implies, it provides a good review from particle physics to...	Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words Best Price: $2.42 This synthesis gives an excellent overview of the US efforts to explore the Moon in the 60's. A...	The Restless Universe: Understanding X-Ray Astronomy in the Age of Chandra and Newton Best Price: $4.98 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The author did not shy away from trying to explain the physics...	The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins Best Price: $36.25 5 stars! An enlightening, well written, accessible and personal lesson in the current paradigms...	The Satellite Communication Ground Segment and Earth Station Handbook Best Price: $116.80 Having been in the satellite industry for over 20 years, I have been searching for a...

Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments Volume 1: Theory and Experiments Best Price: $70.56 This text fills a void and will be a standard reference. I am quite happy to see so much great...	Paranormal Claims: A Critical Analysis Best Price: $11.98	Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime (Apogee Books Space Series) Best Price: $13.57 The chapters about his direct involvement in Apollo as EECOM were fascinating. He accomplished...	The Physics of the Interstellar Medium, Second Edition (PBK) (The Graduate Series in Astronomy) Best Price: $45.00 A concise and clear introduction to the interstellar medium. Chapters 5 to 7 on radiatively...	Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity (International Series of Monographs on Physics) Best Price: $84.01 This book introduces the modern field of 3+1 numerical relativity. The book has been written in...

Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy) Best Price: $19.44 Celestial mechanics studies the motion of bodies (stars, planets, satellites, etc.) under...	Alien Volcanoes Best Price: $18.25 At once terrifyingly destructive and awe-inspiringly beautiful, volcanoes have long fascinated...	Canada's Fifty Years in Space: The COSPAR Anniversary (Apogee Books Space Series) Best Price: $16.37 Detailing the last 50 years of the Canadian space science program, this extensive history...	The Privatization of Space Exploration: Business, Technology, Law and Policy Best Price: $28.76 Where NASA has been unsuccessful, entrepreneurs are beginning to pick up the slack--looking for...	The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) Best Price: $59.95 The book focuses on the design, testing and manufacture of the F-1 engine, but also covers its...

Apollo 14: The NASA Mission Reports: Apogee Books Space Series 14 (Apogee Books Space Series) Best Price: $12.89 Another great volume in the Apogee series on the Apollo Program. Apollo 14 followed the...	Introduction to High-Energy Astrophysics Best Price: $50.57 High-energy astrophysics covers cosmic phenomena that occur under the most extreme physical...	The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun: An Anthology (Apogee Books Space Series) Best Price: $12.39 This collection of speeches by Dr. Wernher von Braun—a passionate crusader for worthy...	Columbia: Final Voyage Best Price: $0.99 I read "Comm Check" before I read Chien's book and thought "Comm Check" was...	Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects Best Price: $121.41 I am not going to talk about the subject of the book. If it has been around for those many years...

TIME Great Discoveries : An Amazing Journey Through Space and Time Best Price: $0.90 In the span of a single lifetime, we have moved from the Model T to supersonic jets, from AM...	Project Apollo: Exploring The Moon, Volume 2 (Pocket Space Guides) Best Price: $5.30 The pocket series from Apogee gets better and better. Project Apollo: Exploring the Moon, Vol. 2...	La Guerra de los Dioses y los Hombres (Cronicas de la Tierra) Best Price: $12.68 Bas?ndose en un minucioso estudio de las fuentes antiguas (tablillas de arcilla, mitolog?a...	Einstein's Universe Best Price: $3.94 The book "EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE" by NIGEL CALDER is a very good choice as a primer, not...	Galaxy Formation (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) Best Price: $67.46 The book is very detailed and covers a wide range in galaxy formation. It explains astrophysical...

Fundamentals of Space Systems (The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Series in Science and Engineering) Best Price: $65.99 This book is on the design of spacecraft. In order to have the most up to date information...	Investigating Astronomy: Model Building and Critical Thinking Best Price: $44.06 Investigating Astronomy: Model Building and Critical Thinking is an active learning supplement...	Dragonfly: NASA And The Crisis Aboard Mir Best Price: $4.25 In the 1990s, the pride of Russia's space program was its aging space station, Mir. So much had...	The Harmonic Conquest of Space (Lost Science (Adventures Unlimited Press)) Best Price: $10.47 Those who love space and its study are in for a treat with "The Harmonic Conquest of...

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