Asteroid, Comet, Meteor Books

• Nature
  Origin of Life
  Early Climate
  Early Mammals
  Fossils
  Global Warming
   
  

  After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past)

  Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for ...  > read more
• Archaeology
  Earth Science
  Lost Treasures
  World Development
  Communications
  Internet
   
  

  Historical Archaeology (2nd Edition)

  Significantly revised and expanded, the second edition of this popular book provides a short, readable introduction to historical archaeology. Stressing a global perspective, it shows that this ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Origin of Life
  Nature
   
  

  Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago

  Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95% of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 65 ...  > read more
• Space Probes
  Aviation
  Space Station
  Space Exploration
  Vehicles
  Virtual Reality
   
  

  Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

  ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION screamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a ...  > read more
• Extrasolar Planets
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Optics
  Cosmic Rays
  Astrophysics
   
  

  Astronomy Today Vol 1: The Solar System (6th Edition) (Astronomy Today)

  This straightforward volume presents a broad view of astronomy spanning known facts, evolving ideas, and frontier discoveries. The authors combine qualitative reasoning and analogies with familiar ...  > read more
• Origin of Life
  Nature
  Healthy Aging
  Anthropology
  Early Climate
  Batteries
   
  

  Life of the Past (4th Edition)

  This comprehensive introduction to the history of life on Earth explores the basic principles and processes, the rich history of past life forms -- marine and terrestrial -- and the major events that ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Nature
  Environmental Policies
  Evolution
  Environmental Issues
  Early Climate
   
  

  Future Evolution

  Everyone wonders what tomorrow holds, but what will the real future look like? Not decades or even hundreds of years from now, but thousands or millions of years into the future. Will our species ...  > read more
• Fossils
  Evolution
  Paleontology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Origin of Life
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils

  What if U.S. history began in 1963, and everything that happened before that year was shrouded in mystery? There would be plenty of events to study, but we wouldn't have a complete picture of the ...  > read more
• Weather
  Computer Modeling
  Climate
  Early Climate
  Mathematics
  Multiple Sclerosis
   
  

  Understanding Weather and Climate (4th Edition)

  The fourth edition of Understanding Weather and Climate has been thoroughly updated throughout. Every part of the text has been examined and updated to ensure currency and clarity.Integrating the ...  > read more
• Fish
  Sea Life
  Marine Biology
  Dinosaurs
  Ocean Policy
  Oceanography
   
  

  Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep

  Sharks and dinosaurs, dinosaurs and sharks, we find them both alien and awe-inspiring, at once utterly inhuman and somehow irresistibly compelling. But forget Jaws and Jurassic Park—nothing can ...  > read more

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