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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Origin of Life
  Genes
  Cultures
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Computational Biology
   
  

  Deep Ancestry: Inside The Genographic Project

  Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National ...  > 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
• Big Bang
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Mathematical Modeling
   
  

  Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space

  A wide-ranging exploration of our universe -- from "what makes the wind blow?" to "how was the moon formed?" -- in questions-and-answer format, written in vintage Asimov style. "A fine introduction ...  > 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
• Solar System
  Extrasolar Planets
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Solar Energy
   
  

  Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond (with ThomsonNOW, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card)

  ASTRONOMY: THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND and its accompanying learning tools ThomsonNOW and Virtual Astronomy Labs shows you your place in the universe, not just your location, but also your role as a ...  > read more
• Moon
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Pluto
  Space Missions
  Astronomy
   
  

  Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space

  The Moon is not just a "local" destination, argues former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt. As a destination, the Moon presents us with a goal that tests our resourcefulness and determination. How ...  > read more
• Space Policy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  Space Missions
  Solar System
   
  

  Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization

  Humans are not native to the Earth. So posits astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin in the opening of Entering Space. We're native to just a small sliver of it, the spot where our species originated in ...  > read more

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