GALAXIES OF THE LOCAL GROUP by Sidney van den Bergh
$74.95 AUD
Category: Space | Series: Cambridge Astrophysics Ser.
The Local Group is a small cluster of galaxies of which thirty-five members are currently known, including the Milky Way. With characteristic clarity of expression, Sidney van den Bergh provides a complete overview of all that is known about the galaxies of the Local Group and their evolution. He also p ...Show more
INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS THE STARS by Jean Dufay; Owen Gingerich (Translator)
$18.99 AUD
Category: Space | Series: Dover Books on Physics Ser.
A bridge between introductory and advanced technical treatments, this readable and authoritative translation from the French provides an excellent guide to observational astrophysics. Physics students and professionals will appreciate the text's mid-level approach, in which methods of research and obser ...Show more
ACCELERATING UNIVERSE by Livio Mario
$22.95 AUD
Category: Space
Advance Praise for The Accelerating Universe""""The Accelerating Universe"" is not only an informative book about modern cosmology. It is rich storytelling and, above all, a celebration of the human mind in its quest for beauty in all things.""--Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams""This is a wond ...Show more
STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES by Steve Phillipps
$87.95 AUD
Category: Space
The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies is a concise introduction to this fascinating subject providing the reader with the fundamentals in a clear and accessible style. This user-friendly text assumes some prerequisite knowledge of astronomy, with the necessary mathematics kept to a minimum. Beginning ...Show more
INTRODUCTION TO COSMOLOGY by Matts Roos
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Category: Space
The Third Edition of the hugely successful Introduction toCosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmologyat an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles andthe history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student onto curved spacetimes, general relativity, black holes ...Show more
QUINTESSENCE by Lawrence M. Krauss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Space
Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion and begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists forever? The answer depends on the amount and properties of matter in the universe, and that has given rise to one of the great paradoxes of modern cosmo ...Show more
FIRST THREE MINUTES by Steven Weinberg
$39.99 AUD
Category: Space
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know, in this popular science classic.Our universe has been growing for nearly 14 billion years. But almost everything about it, from the elements that forged stars, planets, and lifeforms, to the fu ...Show more
PETERSON FIRST GUIDE ASTRONOMY by Jay M. Pasachoff; Robin Brickman (Illustrator); Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)
$8.95 AUD
Category: Space | Series: Peterson First Guide Ser.
The Peterson First Guide to Astronomy provides an introduction to astronomy for beginners, featuring photographs taken from the MESSENGER spacecraft and predictions for meteor showers, comets, and eclipses. The book encourages readers to go out into the field, using the maps that show the positions of t ...Show more
VIEWING THE CONSTELLATIONS WITH BINOCULARS by Bojan Kambic
$93.95 AUD
Category: Space | Series: The\Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Ser.
Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars is a complete guide to practical astronomy, written for beginners, intermediate-level astronomers, and even people who have not yet turned their gaze to the night sky. The required observing equipment to get the full value from this book is no more than a pair ...Show more
OBSERVERS SKY ATLAS 3ED WITH 50 STAR CHARTS by E. Karkoschka
$62.95 AUD
Category: Space
Can you remember being impressed by a clear starry sky? Look at the Milky Way through binoculars and it will reveal its many hundreds of thousands of stars, double stars, stellar clusters, and nebulae. If you are a new observer, it is not that easy to ?nd your way in this swarm of stars, but this atlas ...Show more
IN SEARCH OF DARK MATTER by Ken Freeman; Geoff McNamara
$72.95 AUD
Category: Space | Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration Ser.
The dark matter problem is one of the most fundamental and profoundly difficult problems in the history of science. Not knowing what makes up most of the mass in the Universe goes to the heart of our understanding of the Universe and our place in it. In Search of Dark Matter is the story of the emergenc ...Show more
METEORS AND HOW TO OBSERVE THEM by W. Stegmueller; Robert Lunsford
$79.95 AUD
Category: Space | Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides
In this era of high-tech instruments, meteor observing is the one facet of astr- omy that needs nothing more than your naked eye. Meteors can be easily seen without the aid of cameras, binoculars, or telescopes. Just ? nd a comfortable chair and lie back and watch for the surprises that await high above ...Show more