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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
In this companion volume to the two-part NOVA television special by the same title, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and astronomy writer Donald Goldsmith attempt to cram 14 billion years of ... > read more -
Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Cosmos
Once we thought the universe was filled with shining stars, dust, planets, and galaxies. We now know that more than 98 percent of all matter in the universe is dark. It emits absolutely nothing yet ... > read more -
Microsoft Flight Simulator as a Training Aid: A Guide for Pilots, Instructors, and Virtual Aviators
PC-based simulations, though touted by many in the aviation community as excellent flight training aids, are not being used to their full potential. This guide and the accompanying CD illustrate how ... > read more -
Pompeii: Public and Private Life (Revealing Antiquity)
Pompeii's tragedy is our windfall: an ancient city fully preserved, its urban design and domestic styles speaking across the ages. This richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured ... > read more -
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze ... > read more -
Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory (by way of Alicein Wonderland, Einstein, and The Twilight Zone)
An exploration of mankind's fascination with worlds beyond our own—by the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss —an international leader in physics and ... > read more -
Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
From the best-selling author of Kitchen Confidential comes this true, thrilling tale of pursuit through the kitchens of New York City at the turn of the century.By the late nineteenth century, it ... > read more -
The NexStar User's Guide
Celestron’s NexStar telescopes were introduced in 1999, beginning with their first computer controlled “go to” model, a 5-inch. More models appeared in quick succession, and ... > read more -
Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective (with InfoTrac®)
Ashford, LeCroy, and Lortie's ground-breaking book offers students a balanced, integrated introduction to human behavior in the social environment. Lively and comprehensive, this book succeeds by ... > read more -
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
In this landmark work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeffrey Meldrum gives us the first book on Sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic ... > read more
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