Space Telescope Books

• Extinction
  Sun
  Dinosaurs
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Fossils
  Astronomy
   
  

  The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science

  Nemesis is the name given by scientists to a (theoretical) small companion star to our sun. Every 26 million years, Nemesis's orbit brings it close enough to the sun to bombard our solar system with ...  > read more
• Fossils
  Paleontology
  Geography
  Archaeology
  Desert
  Evolution
   
  

  Field Adventures in Paleontology

  Have you ever wondered what it's really like to dig for dinosaur bones on Alaska's North Slope? To excavate cave fossils high in the mountains of Colorado? To hunt for trilobites in the Utah ...  > read more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race

  How Apollo commander Stafford defused the Cold War in space by leading the way to Soviet/US cooperation. What an amazing career—Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test ...  > read more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Marine Biology
  Origin of Life
  Nature
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life

  For centuries, biological scientists have been using the Linnean system of classification, organizing hierarchies of life forms by their perceived similarities and differences. In the late 20th ...  > read more
• Statistics
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Cosmic Rays
  Engineering
  Computational Biology
   
  

  Astronomy Methods: A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations (Cambridge Planetary Science)

  This introduction to basic practical tools, methods and phenomena in quantitative astronomy covers topics across a wide range of areas, from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths. Clear presentations of the ...  > read more

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