Planet Eris (Xena) Books

• Astrophysics
  Aviation
  Nebulae
  Vehicles
  Earth Science
  Early Birds
   
  

  The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel (Wiley Science Editions)

  The Starflight Handbook A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel "The Starflight Handbook is an indispensable compendium of the many and varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Educational Psychology
  Astrophysics
  Physics
  Educational Policy
   
  

  Horizons: Exploring the Universe

  With his best-selling astronomy textbook, HORIZONS, author Mike Seeds helps you understand your place in the universe-not just your location in space, but your role in the unfolding history of the ...  > read more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Apes
   
  

  T. Rex and the Crater of Doom

  One of the great mysteries is what happened to the dinosaurs, and it has taken great detective work to give us an answer. In T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, some brilliant, not to mention determined, ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Media and Entertainment
  Galaxies
   
  

  Cosmic Perspective Media Update with MasteringAstronomy(TM) and Voyager SkyGazer Planetarium Software, The (4th Edition) (MasteringAstronomy Series)

  KEY MESSAGE: Building on a long tradition of strong pedagogy and streamlined presentation,The Cosmic Perspective, Fourth Edition Media Update now includes an enhanced media package that features the ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Nature
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th Edition)

  To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges–and to evaluate solutions to related problems–the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the ...  > read more
• Menopause
  Sustainability
  Gender Difference
  Trees
  Environmental Policy
  Forest
   
  

  The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience

  Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. In 1960, she won a Kennedy scholarship to study in America and earned a master's degree in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and became ...  > read more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Origin of Life
  Healthy Aging
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Zoology
   
  

  Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

  "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Media and Entertainment
  Solar System
   
  

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Astronomy Place website, Skygazer Planetarium Software, eBook CDROM and Astronomy media workbook (3rd Edition)

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter ...  > 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
• 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

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