Astrophysics & Space Science Books


Catalogue (Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics)Catalogue (Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Volume 1, Part 1: Advances in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Provides the reader with a...
The Origin of Culture and Civilization: The Cosmological Philosophy of the Ancient Worldview Regarding Myth, Astrology, Science, and ReligionThe Origin of Culture and Civilization: The Cosmological Philosophy of the Ancient Worldview Regarding Myth, Astrology, Science, and Religion
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The Origin of Culture is an intriguing exploration into how symbols and other cultural...
Astrophysics of the SunAstrophysics of the Sun
Whether you are a beginner or experienced astronomer, amateur or pro, for shure this book...
Astronomy: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition (PBK)Astronomy: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition (PBK)
Best Price: $42.77
Despite remarkable advances in astronomy, space research, and related technology since the first...
Cost Effective Space Mission Operations (Sapce Technology)Cost Effective Space Mission Operations (Sapce Technology)
Best Price: $39.39
Anyone who has worked in space mission operations knows that the unexpected is routine. Still,...


Illustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics And AstronomyIllustrated on the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics And Astronomy
Just got the book today. I don't understand why 3 books all coming from the Amazon warehouse had...
Reflections from Earth Orbit (Apogee Books Space Series)Reflections from Earth Orbit (Apogee Books Space Series)
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Okay- I have almost all the astronauts biographies and so called auto- biographies. It is hard...
Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics)Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics)
Best Price: $88.91
Series of articles considering the role of comets in the evolution of Earth's biosphere. For...
Solar System DynamicsSolar System Dynamics
Best Price: $66.88
We all know that the solar system is a system centered on the sun (we know that now, needless to...
Einstein's Universe: The Layperson's GuideEinstein's Universe: The Layperson's Guide
Best Price: $7.97
Nigel Calder's illuminating account of relativity in plain language is amazing. The summary...


The Solar SystemThe Solar System
Best Price: $19.93
Photochemistry of Planetary AtmospheresPhotochemistry of Planetary Atmospheres
Best Price: $129.99
A spinoff from successful decades of planetary exploration. The missions to the inner planets...
Space Satellite Handbook, Third EditionSpace Satellite Handbook, Third Edition
Best Price: $35.96
The third edition of this unique encyclopedia lists all satellites ever in orbit. It describes...
Space Toys of the 60's: Major Matt Mason, Mighy Zeroid Robots & Colorforms Outer Space MenSpace Toys of the 60's: Major Matt Mason, Mighy Zeroid Robots & Colorforms Outer Space Men
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Before I encountered this wonderful book on the discount table of a bookstore one Friday...
Chandrasekhar: The Man Behind the Legend - Chandra RememberedChandrasekhar: The Man Behind the Legend - Chandra Remembered
Best Price: $28.00
I found this book to be really inspirational. People in the scientific world must read a book of...

Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
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In Europe's Space Programme - to Ariane and Beyond , author Brian Harvey begins with the...
An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)An Introduction to Plasma Astrophysics and Magnetohydrodynamics (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)
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Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in the plasma state. Plasmas are of major...
Space Trivia (Apogee Books Space Series)Space Trivia (Apogee Books Space Series)
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If you had the opportunity to meet and spend time with an astronaut, what questions would you...
Illustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the UniverseIllustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
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True, the book does not represent Hawking's latest views, but for those wishing to wade into the...
Star-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space AllianceStar-Crossed Orbits: Inside the U.S.-Russian Space Alliance
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James Oberg is a big critic of the Russian space program - has been following it for decades -...

Exercises in Practical Astronomy Using PhotographsExercises in Practical Astronomy Using Photographs
Best Price: $27.77
I have been using this book in my classes since 2004. The use of real data makes it stimulating...
Cosmic PerspectiveCosmic Perspective
Best Price: $101.00
There could not be a more well written book covering every aspect of basic astronomy. No detail...
Control of Robot Manipulators in Joint Space (Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing)Control of Robot Manipulators in Joint Space (Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing)
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Robot control is the backbone of robotics, an essential discipline in the maintenance of high...
Astronautics: Book 2: To the Moon and Towards the Future (Apogee Books Space Series)Astronautics: Book 2: To the Moon and Towards the Future (Apogee Books Space Series)
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The obscure title hardly does justice to the lucid story of man's exploration of the heavens...
Spacefaring: The Human DimensionSpacefaring: The Human Dimension
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Like many of you, I'm a total advocate for human space exploration. Sure, robots are great, with...

Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds (Astronomers' Universe)Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds (Astronomers' Universe)
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This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as...
Classical and Celestial Mechanics: The Recife LecturesClassical and Celestial Mechanics: The Recife Lectures
Best Price: $45.00
This book brings together a number of lectures given between 1993 and 1999 as part of a special...
An Introduction to Radio AstronomyAn Introduction to Radio Astronomy
Best Price: $63.89
In a graduate course that I was taking on Radio Astronomy, this book was often criticized by the...
Jets From Young Stars III: Numerical MHD and Instabilities (Lecture Notes in Physics)Jets From Young Stars III: Numerical MHD and Instabilities (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Best Price: $72.05
This volume contains the lecture notes of the Third JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars...
Space Exploration 2008 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)Space Exploration 2008 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
Best Price: $19.60
The aim of the Space Exploration annuals is to provide a yearly update on recent space launches,...

Relativistic Astrophysics: 5th Sino-Italian Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics)Relativistic Astrophysics: 5th Sino-Italian Workshop on Relativistic Astrophysics (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Best Price: $125.00
All papers have been peer-reviewed. This is conference for physicists, in particular from China...
Rocket Science: Rocket Science in the Second Millennium: Apogee Books Space Series 45 (Apogee Books Space Series)Rocket Science: Rocket Science in the Second Millennium: Apogee Books Space Series 45 (Apogee Books Space Series)
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I've never seen such a work in print as this. I've been able to identify factual errors on...
How to Use Gravity's Force for Interstellar FlightHow to Use Gravity's Force for Interstellar Flight
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A Guide to deep space exploration called: HOW TO USE GRAVITY'S FORCE FOR INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT. TO...
Extreme StarsExtreme Stars
Best Price: $29.99
This is the third book by James Kaler I've read--the other two being "Stars and Their...
Fundamentals of Space Life Sciences (Orbit Series Book)Fundamentals of Space Life Sciences (Orbit Series Book)
Best Price: $115.00
This teaching text is designed primarily to support coursework at the advanced undergraduate and...

Columbia: Final VoyageColumbia: Final Voyage
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I read "Comm Check" before I read Chien's book and thought "Comm Check" was...
Quantitative Aspects of Magnetospheric Physics (Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs)Quantitative Aspects of Magnetospheric Physics (Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs)
Best Price: $221.30
Black Holes and Relativistic Stars (National Bureau of Economic Research Long-Term Factors in Economic Development)Black Holes and Relativistic Stars (National Bureau of Economic Research Long-Term Factors in Economic Development)
Best Price: $19.87
A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and...
Ellipsoidal Figures of EquilibriumEllipsoidal Figures of EquilibriumTitan: Exploring an Earthlike World (Series on Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics)Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World (Series on Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics)
Best Price: $48.95
Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World presents the most comprehensive description in book form of...

Global Mobile Satellite Communications: For Maritime, Land and Aeronautical ApplicationsGlobal Mobile Satellite Communications: For Maritime, Land and Aeronautical Applications
Best Price: $190.28
Global mobile satellite communications (GMSC) are specific satellite communication systems for...
Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race: Apogee Books Space Series 19 (Apogee Books Space Series)Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race: Apogee Books Space Series 19 (Apogee Books Space Series)
Best Price: $7.80
Apollo may have landed men on the Moon, but the real story is the shear audacity of a nation to...
Quantum Analogues: From Phase Transitions to Black Holes and Cosmology (Lecture Notes in Physics)Quantum Analogues: From Phase Transitions to Black Holes and Cosmology (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Best Price: $63.90
Recently, analogies between laboratory physics (e.g. quantum optics and condensed matter) and...
RR Lyrae Stars (Cambridge Astrophysics)RR Lyrae Stars (Cambridge Astrophysics)
Best Price: $41.02
I'm new into this field and I found this book too thin without enough general knowledge...
Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields: With Applications to Stellar X-rays (International Series on Astronomy and Astrophysics, No 1)Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields: With Applications to Stellar X-rays (International Series on Astronomy and Astrophysics, No 1)
Best Price: $35.00
Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N....

Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity (Cambridge Astrophysics)Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity (Cambridge Astrophysics)
Best Price: $38.27
Magnetic activity in the sun and similar stars results in a wealth of phenomena--including...
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2008 (Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics)Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2008 (Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Best Price: $205.00
A Pan-Chromatic View of Clusters of Galaxies and the Large-Scale Structure (Lecture Notes in Physics)A Pan-Chromatic View of Clusters of Galaxies and the Large-Scale Structure (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Best Price: $72.80
The study of clusters of galaxies has advanced tremendously in the recent years due to the...
Deep Space Pocket Space Guide (Pocket Space Guides)Deep Space Pocket Space Guide (Pocket Space Guides)
Best Price: $4.94
This should be on all school's book lists. This is the second book that my children have read...
Cosmic Rays and Particle PhysicsCosmic Rays and Particle Physics
Best Price: $15.42
I looked at equation (3.22) for other purpose (than counting cosmic ray particle collisions)...

Challenging Modern Physics: Questioning Einstein's Relativity TheoriesChallenging Modern Physics: Questioning Einstein's Relativity Theories
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I've read the core of this work. I am convinced that Dr. Kelly did not have anything close to...
Foundations of Radiation HydrodynamicsFoundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics
Best Price: $18.76
This work is by far the most outstanding text in the field. It's completeness and attention to...
RealSpace: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age, On and Off PlanetRealSpace: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age, On and Off Planet
Best Price: $25.35
I am sorry to say that with all the reading I do, this is the first time I have come across Paul...
Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping StonesSpinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones
Best Price: $29.75
Spinning Flight is for the reader who is curious about spinning and flying things. Some may...
A Traveler's Guide To SpacetimeA Traveler's Guide To Spacetime
Best Price: $45.00
This book is incredibly comprehensible and interesting. It was vaguely assigned as supplemental...

An Invitation to Astrophysics (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysic) (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysic)An Invitation to Astrophysics (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysic) (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysic)
Best Price: $37.97
I have been trying to find a book like this for years because I want a deeper understanding of...
Advanced Stellar AstrophysicsAdvanced Stellar Astrophysics
Best Price: $78.39
"Advanced Stellar Astrophysics" is an exact title for this book. It is an advanced...
Introduction to High-Energy AstrophysicsIntroduction to High-Energy Astrophysics
Best Price: $48.99
High-energy astrophysics covers cosmic phenomena that occur under the most extreme physical...
Cosmic Enigmas (Masters of Modern Physics)Cosmic Enigmas (Masters of Modern Physics)
Best Price: $5.24
The book is a collection of essays written by Joseph Silk through the years, and some of them...
 
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