The Moon by Royal Observatory Greenwich Staff
$44.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Written by the Royal Observatory's leading astronomers and moon experts, this landmark work explores man's fascination with our only natural satellite. Learn how we started to observe the Moon, how we used it to mark time and navigate, how lunar lore developed across the world, how the Chinese developed ...Show more
The Moon - A Past and Future History by Oliver Morton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Every generation has looked up from the Earth and wondered at the beauty of the Moon. 50 years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse-with the whole world watching through their eyes.In this short but wide-ranging book, Oliver Morton explores the history and future of humankind's relati ...Show more
The Radio Sky and How to Observe It by Jeff Lashley
$79.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides
The Radio Sun.- Jupiter.- Meteors and Meteor Streams.- Beyond the Solar System.- Antennae.- Setting Up a Radio Astronomy Station.- Radio Hardware Theory.- to RF Electronics.- Building a Very Low Frequency Solar Flare Monitor.- Microwave Radio Telescope Projects.- Building a Jupiter Radio Telescope.- Bui ...Show more
The Secret Life of Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone by Lisa Harvey-Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
The Secret Life of Stars takes us on a cosmic journey to meet some of the weirdest, most extreme and enigmatic stars in the universe.‘Astrophysics made fun!’Pam Melroy, former astronaut and space shuttle commander‘The most enjoyable stroll through the cosmos’Gerry Griffin, former flight director, Apollo ...Show more
The Solar System - A visual exploration of the planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies that orbit our sun by Marcus Chown
$39.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Reading Level: very good
In this title, bestselling author Marcus Chown leads us on a grand tour through the incredible diversity of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft that surround the Sun in our cosmic backyard. Illuminating his insightful and surprising text are a wealth of beautiful images and diagrams, print ...Show more
The Southern Sky Guide (3rd ed) by David Ellyard
$31.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Beginners and advanced sky-watchers alike will get great value from this skilfully written book, whether they are using the naked eye, binoculars or a small telescope.
The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars by Jacob Berkowitz
$42.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This is the remarkable story of how a fledgling field of science holds the promise of radically expanding our view of life and the universe as we know it. In 1957, as the world obsessed over the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, another, less noticed space age was taking off. That year, astrophysi ...Show more
The Story of Astronomy by Peter Aughton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking's research into black holes, The Story of Astronomy charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars. Peter Aughton's trademark narr ...Show more
The Sun by Steele Hill
$19.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
After all these years, we think we know the Sun. It is familiar and ever-present, central to human culture. It's so familiar that most of us hardly look at it and so brilliant that we cannot. All of us know what the Sun looks like...or do we? The Sun rules the weather, feeds the plants, warms the Earth. ...Show more
The Sun's Heartbeat: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet by Bob Berman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Did you know that scientists are beginning to think that the sun is safer than sunscreen? That whenever we see the sun on the horizon, it's actually a phantom image because the sun has already set? That career pilots have a one percent higher incidence of cancer because of their time in the sky? Or that ...Show more
The Universal Book of Astronomy - From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance by David Darling
$47.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
The ultimate guide to the final frontierThis alphabetical tour of the universe provides all the history, science, and up-to-the-minute facts needed to explore the skies with authority. Packed with more than 3,000 entries that cover everything from major observatories and space telescopes to biographies ...Show more
The Universe: A Travel Guide - created in collaboration with NASA JPL by Lonely Planet
$39.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
The world's first and only guide to the Universe The follow-up to the best-selling The World has been developed with NASA and is the world's first and only guide to the Universe. It explores in detail the planets within our solar system and informs readers of their distance from Earth, temperature and a ...Show more