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Price: $101.00
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Sale: $83.15
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Manufacturer: Elsevier Science
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Dewey Decimal Number: 620
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Publication Date: 2006-02-06
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Reading Level: 756
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Description: Volume 1 provides a broad overview of the chemistry of the solar system. It includes chapters on the origin of the elements and solar system abundances, the solar nebula and planet formation, meteorite classification, the major types of meteorites, important processes in early solar system history, geochemistry of the terrestrial planets, the giant planets and their satellite, comets, and the formation and early differentiation of the Earth. This volume is intended to be the first reference work one would consult to learn about the chemistry of the solar system.
Reprinted individual volume from the acclaimed Treatise on Geochemistry (10 Volume Set, ISBN 0-08-043751-6, published in 2003)
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $3.71
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Neil Bone
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523
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Publication Date: 1998-12-11
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Reading Level: 198
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Description: Transient phenomena are short-lived astronomical events, unusual in a science in which time is more often measured in millennia than milliseconds. There is a fascination with transient phenomena, predictable or otherwise, that astronomers of all abilities share. In Meteors, Comets, Supernovae, Neil Bone gives guidelines for observers, including the best possible periods (months or years) to see seasonal but unpredictable phenomena like meteors and sunspots. Recording such outbursts involves visual observing techniques, photography, and even the relatively new field of the video recording of meteors, which are also examined in detail. The book also includes material about phenomena that occur in the lower atmosphere (such as "ozone eaters", nacreous clouds, solar and lunar haloes), which although not strictly astronomical in their nature attract the attention of dedicated sky-watchers.
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Sale: $19.35
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Manufacturer: Treehouse Mountain
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Author: Martha Lang-Wescott
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Publisher: Treehouse Mountain
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Edition: Revised
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Publication Date: 1991
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Reading Level: 244
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Price: $80.00
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Sale: $64.00
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mikhail Ya. Marov::David H. Grinspoon
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.42
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Publication Date: 1998-10-11
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Reading Level: 464
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Description: Shrouded by the thick clouds of a hot, dense atmosphere, the planet Venus - Earth's close neighbor in space - remained mysterious until recent decades. Today, with new data from sophisticated contemporary observatories and from Russian and American spacecraft, Venus has moved into sharper focus. This comprehensive book provides the most up-to-date and detailed analysis available of the nature of Venus. The authors, distinguished experts in planetary science from Russia and the United States, examine all the principal aspects of Venus, with particular attention paid to the planet's formation, the development of a runaway greenhouse effect, and Venus' evolution into a planet completely different from the others in our solar system.
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Price: $90.00
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Sale: $72.01
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Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.88
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Publication Date: 2007-04-05
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Reading Level: 1024
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Description: Increasing discoveries of new planets beyond our solar system are invigorating the quest for new knowledge and understanding of the birth of stars and planets. This new volume in the Space Science Series, with 249 contributing authors, builds on the latest results from recent advances in ground and space-based astronomy and in numerical computing techniques to offer the most detailed and up-to-date picture of star and planet formation, including the formation of our own solar system. This book emphasizes the cross-disciplinary aspects of the field, with a particular focus on the early evolution of our solar system. Protostars and Planets V is the new foundation for further advancement in the fields of stellar and planetary formation, making it an indispensable resource for researchers and students in astronomy, planetary science, and the study of meteorites.
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $23.07
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Lunsford
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 520
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Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: The focus of this book is to introduce the novice to the art of meteor observing. It explains in straightforward language how best to view meteor activity under a variety of conditions, regardless of the observer’s location. Instead of focusing on just one region in the world, the book includes observing conditions for four different regions; high northern latitudes, low northern latitudes, equatorial regions, and low southern latitudes. The observing conditions for each meteor shower are vastly different from these regions and this book would be valuable to any potential observer from Australia to Alaska. This will be a valuable tool for all observers, regardless of their experience level – and even those located in the southern hemisphere and the tropical areas of the world. The calendar chapters list activity as it occurs throughout the year. The list is limited to showers that the amateur observer can actually see (some sources list radiants that are impossible to observe without photographic or video methods). Not only are the annual showers discussed, but the random sporadic meteor activity is also included for each region. This is important, as there are many more nights throughout the year when the sporadic background will provide more activity than that provided by the annual showers! Meteors, and How to Observe them contains many pictures of actual meteors against the stellar background, instead of (often-confusing) star charts. It presents meteor shower activity throughout the year in an appealing calendar-like format. Since fireballs are often the first experience many have with meteors (or even astronomy), this topic is discussed in detail, and includes fireball activity as it occurs throughout the year. While much of this activity is unpredictable, there are certain periods when the observer has a much better chance of seeing one of these spectacular events. Finally, the ultimate goal of this book is to kindle (or re-kindle) an interest in viewing meteor activity up to a level where the observer can effectively contribute to our knowledge of the subject by holding systematic observing sessions that accurately list the meteor activity observed in a particular night.
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Price: $86.00
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Sale: $53.00
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Peter Cattermole::Patrick Moore
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.42
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Publication Date: 1997-05-28
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Reading Level: 159
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Description: Amateur astronomers will enjoy Atlas of Venus, the most up-to-date book available on the geography and geology of Earth's non-identical twin planet. This colorful compendium of maps and pictures draws heavily from the Magellan spacecraft's radar imaging, some of it published here for the first time. As the authors point out, we have learned more about Venus in the last few decades--perhaps even in the last few years--than throughout the whole of human history. It's hardly the tropical paradise of 1950s science fiction, but a harsh world that may never witness human exploration due to the severity of its environment. In a way, its truly alien qualities make Venus all the more enticing.
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Price: $6.95
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Sale: $117.85
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Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael Pauls::Dana Facaros
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Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.43
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Publication Date: 1997-10
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Reading Level: 96
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $5.18
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Shapiro
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Publisher: Wiley
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523
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Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Are we alone, literally freaks of nature, just one planet of living, breathing things amidst a seemingly infinite, lifeless desert? This is one of the big questions posed by human nature, one that we have traditionally looked to religion to answer, but that is now coming within the grasp of science. Despite--or perhaps because--of this, we find increasing opposition to allocating resources to space exploration. Biochemist Robert Shapiro is an unabashed supporter of this research, and his book Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth is both a compelling response to the stay-at-homes and a pleasantly readable overview of what we know and don't know about the origin of life here and elsewhere. Contrasting those who believe in special creation or a cosmic fluke that produced life only once with adherents to a life principle that favors its development wherever conditions suffice, Shapiro suggests that the best way to resolve the issue is simple: let's go looking. He feels that the importance of this question to most people has been underrated by those who (nobly) want to meet our basic needs here on earth before we take off for new worlds, and that we can accommodate everyone by shifting burdens of research funding and reinspiring the public with a new emphasis on this work as a search for meaning. Whether or not his ideas will move us forward, the lively, thoughtful Planetary Dreams is one of the best starting points for learning about the search for the origins of life here and, maybe, out there. --Rob Lightner
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $7.90
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ignatius Donnelly
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Publisher: Dover Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 398.42
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Publication Date: 2004-01-15
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Reading Level: 464
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Description: Supported by convincing geological, archeological and astronomical arguments, this remarkable study advanced a strikingly original idea for its time — that a celestial object's devastating collision with the Earth's surface thousands of years ago resulted in massive gravel layers, the destruction of an advanced civilization (Atlantis), and years of cloud cover and extreme cold.
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