A Black Hole Is Not A Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
$16.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Get ready to S-T-R-E-T-C-H your mind!What is a black hole? Where do they come from? How were they discovered? Can we visit one? Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano takes readers on a ride through the galaxies (ours, and others), answering these questions and many more about the phenomenon known as a black hole. ...Show more
A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves by Walter Alvarez
$22.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
One in a million doesn't even come close. Not when we're talking about the odds that you would happen to be alive today, on this particular planet, hurtling through space. Almost fourteen billion years of cosmic history, over four billion years of Earth history, a couple million years of human history, ...Show more
A New Map of Wonders - A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels by Caspar Henderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
A beautifully illustrated, mesmerising investigation of wonder and its importance to our future.
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon (HB) by Jeffrey Kluger
$39.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the ...Show more
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson; Gregory Mone
$19.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson has become one of the most recognizable and respected figures in science, beloved to curious kids. In this adaptation of his #1 New York Times bestseller Astrophysics for People ...Show more
Backyard Astronomer's Guide by TERENCE DICKINSON
$59.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
The touchstone for contemporary stargazers. This classic, groundbreaking guide has been the go-to field guide for both beginning and experienced amateur astronomers for nearly 30 years. The fourth edition brings Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer's invaluable manual completely up-to-date. Setting a new sta ...Show more
Black Hole Blues & Other Songs/Outer Spa by Janna Levin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history. Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong gravitational wave will briefly change that distance by less than the thickness of a human hair. We have perhaps less than a f ...Show more
Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved by Marcia Bartusiak
$32.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes not even light seemed to confound all logic. This engrossing book tells the story of the fierc ...Show more
CLOCKS IN THE SKY THE STORY OF PULSARS by Geoff McNamara
$56.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy Ser.
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions. Pulsar rotation rates can reach incredible speeds, up to hundreds of times per second. The story of how an object 'spins up' to a significant fraction of the speed of lig ...Show more
Calculating the Cosmos by Ian Stewart
$24.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He c ...Show more
Conjuring the Universe - The Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins
$29.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And ...Show more
Cosmic Chronicles - A user's guide to the Universe by Fred Watson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Users Guide to the Universe - Australian | Reading Level: near fine
Are we alone in the universe? Where didthe moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there reallybe a future in asteroid mining? In CosmicChronicles, Fred Watson - Australia'sAstronomer-at-Large and bestselling author - explores the hottest topics inspace science and astronomy. Watso ...Show more