Near-Earth Object Impact Books

• Astronomy
  Stars
  Extrasolar Planets
  Astrophysics
  Solar System
  Sun
   
  

  Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Educational Innovation)

  KEY MESSAGE: Funded by the National Science Foundation,Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy is designed to help make large lecture-format courses more interactive with easy-to-implement ...  > read more
• Moon
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
  Space Probes
   
  

  The First Men on the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

  On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. One month later, President John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out. ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Early Climate
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Oceanography
   
  

  The Seashell on the Mountaintop

  Seventeenth-century scientists were baffled: How did the fossils of seashells find their way to the tops of mountains? Nicolaus Steno, hailed by Stephen Jay Gould as “the founder of ...  > read more
• Workplace Health
  Today's Healthcare
  Construction
  Health Policy
  Foodborne Illness
  Teen Health
   
  

  Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers (6th Edition) (Occupational Safety & Health for Technologists, Engineers, &)

  Known for its comprehensive coverage, this book covers all aspects of occupational safety and health in today’s global workplace. The book follows a logical sequence that provides a ...  > read more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Extinction
  Dinosaurs
  Earth Science
  Biology
   
  

  Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Comets, Craters, Controversy, and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs

  What killed the dinosaurs? For more than a century, this question has been one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in science. But, in 1980, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez and his son, ...  > read more
• Space Exploration
  NASA
  Solar System
  Space Probes
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
   
  

  Centauri Dreams: Imagining and Planning Interstellar Exploration

  Why, today, would anyone undertake a plan to launch a spacecraft some 30 years in the future, and on a journey that would take some 40 years to complete? Paul Gilster investigates the science, and ...  > read more
• Sustainability
  Earthquakes
  Earth Science
  Nature
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Introduction to Environmental Geology (4th Edition)

  As the human population increases, many decisions concerning our use of natural resources will determine our standard of living and the quality of our environment. This reader-friendly book helps ...  > read more
• Conflict
  Information Technology
  Ethics
   
  

  An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion

  This book describes a serious look at defending the planet in the event of an extra-terrestrial invasion. Travis Taylor, et al, have written the definitive book on the defense of earth against a ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Astronomy
   
  

  The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space: Apogee Books Space Series 12 (Apogee Books Space Series)

  Rocket man, I think it's going to be a long, long time. When Princeton physicist Gerard K. O'Neill published the first edition of High Frontier back in the mid 1970s (just four years after "Rocket ...  > read more
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Space Probes
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  Cassini at Saturn: Huygens Results (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

  Cassini At Saturn – Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn ...  > read more

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