Ancient Civilization Books

• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Solar System
  Galaxies
   
  

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Astronomy Place website, Skygazer Planetarium Software, eBook CDROM and Astronomy media workbook (3rd Edition)

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Nebulae
  Communications
   
  

  Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe

  In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Resource Shortage
  Climate
   
  

  The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru (Revised Edition)

  In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads. ...  > read more
• Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Solar Flare
  Earth Science
  Astronomy
  Geology
   
  

  The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began

  In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world, telegraph ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Lost Treasures
  Fish
  Anthropology
  Oceanography
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

  What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found—until now. ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Air Quality
  Early Humans
  Urbanization
   
  

  The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

  Cool, classy, articulate, and brilliant--rarely do all of those adjectives apply at once to an astrophysicist. But Neil de Grasse Tyson is no ordinary scientist; as the director of New York City's ...  > read more
• Educational Policy
  Astrophysics
  Educational Psychology
  Astronomy
  Children's Health
  Teen Health
   
  

  Foundations of Astronomy (with AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card)

  With this newly revised 9th edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, Mike Seeds' goal is to help students use astronomy to understand science and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and ...  > read more
• Kuiper Belt
  Internet
  Engineering
  Top Technology
  Bioethics
  Information Technology
   
  

  New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2003, Introductory, CourseCard Edition (New Perspectives (Paperback Course Technology))

  Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology for meaningful learning of Microsoft Access ...  > read more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Cultures
  Evolution
   
  

  The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins

  Described as "by far the best book of its kind" (Henry McHenry, Evolution) and "the best introduction to the problems and data of modern palaeoanthropology yet published" (R. A. Foley, Antiquity), ...  > read more
• Land Management
  Urbanization
  Energy Policy
  Government Regulation
  Environmental Policy
  Sustainability
   
  

  Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy

  Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy examines the history, current practice, and unmet needs of land use planning and regulation in the United States. Rutherford H. Platt, a ...  > read more

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