Asteroid, Comet, Meteor Books

• 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
• Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Solar System
  Cosmology
  Batteries
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Life in the Universe (2nd Edition)

  Key Message: Life in the Universe takes readers on a journey through the solar system and beyond, using a rigorous yet accessible introduction to astronomy, biology, chemistry, and geology to explain ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geochemistry
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth Lab: Exploring the Earth Sciences

  Filled with simple experiments, EARTH LAB: EXPLORING THE EARTH SCIENCES covers a variety of topics in physical geology, environmental geology, and earth science course. Hands-on activities help you ...  > 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
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Educational Psychology
  Oceanography
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
   
  

  Essentials of Geology, Second Edition

  The first edition of Essentials of Geology—an abridged version of Earth: Portrait of a Planet for courses that require a shorter book—quickly became the bestseller in its market on the ...  > read more
• Moon
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
  Space Station
   
  

  On the Moon: The Apollo Journals (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

  This book explains how the Apollo crews learned to work on the lunar surface. Its lively and informative text draws heavily on transcripts and photographs to illustrate points. It puts the reader on ...  > read more
• Fossils
  Early Humans
  Origin of Life
  Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
   
  

  The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors

  In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind?Following four ...  > read more
• Black Holes
  Albert Einstein
  Quantum Physics
  Physics
  Statistics
  Earth Science
   
  

  Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity

  The goal of this unique book is to provide the tools for readers to become active participants in carrying out their own investigations about curved spacetime near Earth and black holes. To that end, ...  > read more
• Nature
  Origin of Life
  Charles Darwin
  Evolutionary Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Cosmology
   
  

  History of Life

  The living world today contains all kinds of creatures that do unexpected things-- we have come to expect that there were complex and unusual ways of life in the past, and that evolution took some ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Global Warming
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Fossils
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions

  This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological standards) when life nearly died out on Earth. The most famous is the mass ...  > read more

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