Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cosmos Cosmos Carl Sagan This book is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up together. It is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to … OL15829966W
Journey of the universe Journey of the universe Swimme,Brian "Today we know what no previous generation knew: the history of the universe and of the unfolding of life on Earth. Through the astonishing combined achievements of natural scientists worldwide, we n… OL15999370W
Stargazing secrets Stargazing secrets Anton Vamplew An accessible and informative guide to everything you can see in the night sky with binoculars and a telescope. OL18770181W
Astronomy Astronomy Dinah L. Moché "Discover the wonders of the night sky with this bestselling astronomy guide For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night… OL1942842W
Stars and planets Stars and planets Robert Dinwiddie From observing the night sky to looking to the stars and beyond, Nature Guide Stars and Planets contains a guide to all 88 constellations of the night sky, as wells as features the best tools and tec… OL19978059W
The intimate universe The intimate universe Marek Kukula POPULAR ASTRONOMY & SPACE. The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales to long that it's easy to dismiss them as being completely divorced from our everyday life. B… OL20853772W
Voyage through space Voyage through space Peter Grego Do you know how the International Space Station was built? Or what a command module is? Or what it would be like to step onto the Moon? Take a guided tour into space and discover everything - from so… OL21447827W
Astronomy in Minutes Astronomy in Minutes Giles Sparrow pages cm OL21560460W
Origins of the Universe Origins of the Universe Albert Hinkelbein 128 p. : 26 cm OL32362643W
Until the sun dies Until the sun dies Robert Jastrow Life began on Earth about 4 billion years ago. Humans have 6 billion more ... until the sun dies to learn how and why the came to be - and how they can escape the inevitable end. Jastrow, internation… OL4170003W
Turn left at Orion Turn left at Orion Guy Consolmagno A guidebook for beginning amateur astronomers, Turn Left at Orion provides all the information you need to observe the Moon, the planets and a whole host of celestial objects. Large format diagrams s… OL545678W