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Aczel, Amir D.
Probability 1
U.S.A.
Mariner Books
2000
0156010801 / 9780156010801
Soft Cover
Very Good
Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean solid copy. From the publisher:"For thousands of years, it was the visionaries and writers who argued that we cannot be alone-that there is intellegent life in the universe. Now, with the discoveries of the Hubble Telescope, data emerging from Mars, and knowledge about life at the extremes, scientists are taking up where they left off. Amir Aczel, author of Fermat's Last Theorem, pulls together everyting science has discovered, and mixes in proabability theory, to argure the case for the existence of intelligent life beyond this planet. Probability 1 is an extraordinary tour de force in which the author draws on cosmology, math, and biology to tell the rollicking good story of scientists tackling important scientific questions that help answer this fundamental question. What is the probability of intelligent life in the universe? Read this book, and you'll be convinced, by the power of the argument and the excitement of the science. "
095988
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Baggott, Jim
a Beginner's Guide to Reality
London
Penguin
2005
0141019301 / 9780141019307
Soft Cover
Very Good
Minor edgewear otherwise a fine clean solid copy. From the publisher:"an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual and physical. (Do money, colour, or photons exist?) The book systematically investigates these levels, peeling away the assumptions we make about those parts of reality that we take for granted."
095754
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Bortolotti, Dan
Exploring Saturn
U.S.A.
Firefly Books
2003
155297765X / 9781552977651
Soft Cover
Very Good
Some edgewear and light creasing of back cover, interior fine - a clean solid copy. From the publisher:"tells the remarkable story of discovering Saturn and its moons. Ancient astronomers estimated with surprising accuracy the distance, weight, and composition of Saturn using little more than observation and elementary physics. The book includes the latest findings from NASA as well as stunning color images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager and Pioneer probes. Included are practical website resources and a six-year schedule and location guide for backyard observations of the planet. The informative text is lively and conversational-easily accessible by students and amateur astronomers. "
095736
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Bylinsky, Gene; McLoughlin, Wayne
Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos
U.S.A.
Doubleday
1981
0385170491 / 9780385170499
Soft Cover
Very Good
A clean solid copy with only very minor edgewear. From the publisher:"The unique premise of LIFE IN DARWIN'S UNIVERSE is that just as the laws of physics and chemistry apply throughout the cosmos, so must Darwin's principles of evolution. Bylinsky's journey through time and space gives us a scientific view of what life might be like on uninhabited planets of the galaxies -- how the evolutionary push of life might respond to different physical requirements. Bylinsky even speculates on what creatures might have dominated Earth had conditions here been somewhat different. "
095772
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Carl Sagan
Contact
USA
Simon Schuster Trade
1985
0671434004 / 9780671434007
First Edition
Hard Cover
Very Good
Very Good
Hardcover 1st edition - a clean solid copy with only a touch of shelf and edgewear, and a hint of age toning of pages. contains a gift inscription, all else fine
097837
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Carole Stott
Images of the Universe
U.S.A.
Cambridge University Press
1991
0521424194 / 9780521424196
Soft Cover
Very Good
A clean solid copy with only minor edgewear. From the publisher:"Images of the Universe is a special collection of essays written to celebrate astronomy and the inauguration of the British Astronomical Association. Colin Ronan opens the book with a fascinating account of developments over the past hundred years. Next, the solar system is explored by Richard Baum, John Rogers, Richard McKim, and Patrick Moore. Comets and meteors are explained by David Hughes. The stars, birthplace of the elements, are examined by Jacqueline Mitton and John Isles. Paul Murdin gives an account of the brightest supernova to be seen from Earth since 1604. Iain Nicolson explores G2, the single dwarf called the Sun. Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest look at the Milky Way, the hazy band of light that is the edge on view of our galaxy. Malcolm Longair looks beyond our own galaxy into the deep sky. Paul Davies gives an account of the first one second of the existence of our expanding Universe. How did it all happen? Martin Rees, the cosmologist, speculates on the origin of the Universe. The ensuing narrative by many famous astronomers and science writers is written at a general level and will be accessible to anyone with a passing interest in the astronomical wonders of our universe"
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Drake, Frank
Is Anyone Out There?
U.S.A.
Delacorte Press
1992
038530532X / 9780385305327
Soft Cover
Very Good
Some edgewear and creasing of covers and spine, interior fine. A pioneer in the study of extraterrestrial intelligence chronicles his thirty-year search for intelligent life in the universe culminated in the NASA-backed SETI Microwave Observing Project.
095766
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Etter, Roberta B
Halley's Comet: Memories of 1910
U.S.A.
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
1985
0896595889 / 9780896595880
First Edition
Hard Cover
Very Good
Hardcover 1st edition - in great shape, clean and solid with only minor edgewear. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs
094880
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Fernie, Donald
Whisper and the Vision: Voyages of the Astronomers
Canada
Clarke,Irwin & Co ,Canada
1977
0772010900 / 9780772010902
First Edition
Hard Cover
Very Good
Good
Hardcover 1st edition. Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean solid copy. Dust jacket is a little rubbed and presents a small closed tear, otherwise it too is fine. Nicely illustrated. 189 pages
097834
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