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  • Herschel at the Cape

    Diaries and Correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838

    Sir John Herschel, one of the founders of Southern Hemisphere astronomy, was a man of extraordinarily wide interests. He made contributions to botany, geology, and ornithology, as well as to astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics. Throughout his scientific career he kept a diary, recording his public and private life. The diaries from 1834 to 1838, years he spent making astronomical observations at ... Leer más

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  • An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

    Travel to space and back with astronaut Chris Hadfield's enthralling bestseller as your eye-opening guide."Hadfield proves himself to be not only a fierce explorer of the universe, but also a deeply thoughtful explorer of the human condition." —Maria Popova, Brain PickingsColonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time ... Leer más

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  • "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

    Further Adventures of a Curious Character

    The best-selling sequel to "Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"—funny, poignant, instructive.One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is Feynman’s last literary legacy, which he prepared as he struggled with cancer. ... Leer más

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  • Endurance

    My Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

    de Scott Kelly ...
    **NATIONAL BEST SELLERA stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.**The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he ... Leer más

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  • Deke!

    " Deke! gives essential insight into both Deke Slayton and the US space program, in Deke's own quiet and matter-of-fact voice." —Greg Bear, New York Times –bestselling authorDeke Slayton was one of the first seven Mercury astronauts—and he might have been the first American in space. Instead, he became the first chief of American Astronaut Corps. It was Deke Slayton who selected... ... Leer más

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  • Galileo

    Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope - of the craters of the moon, and the satellites of Jupiter, observations that forced changes to perceptions of the perfection of the heavens and the ... Leer más

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  • The Three Battles of Wanat

    And Other True Stories

    de Mark Bowden ...
    From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: "a first-rate collection" of long-form journalism on war, sports, politics, and more ( Booklist).Mark Bowden has established himself as one of America's leading journalists and nonfiction writers. The Three Battles of Wanat collects the best of his long-form articles, including pieces from the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, ... Leer más

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  • Heavenly Intrigue

    Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries

    Heavenly Intrigue is the fascinating, true account of the seventeenth-century collaboration between Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe that revolutionized our understanding of the universe–and ended in murder.One of history’s greatest geniuses, Kepler laid the foundations of modern physics with his revolutionary laws of planetary motion. But his beautiful mind was beset by demons. Born into poverty ... Leer más

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  • Great Astronomers

    It has been my object in these pages to present the life of each astronomer in such detail as to enable the reader to realise in some degree the man's character and surroundings; and I have endeavoured to indicate as clearly as circumstances would permit the main features of the discoveries by which he has become known. ... Leer más

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  • Confessions of an Alien Hunter

    A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    de Seth Shostak ...
    Aliens are big in America. Whether they've arrived via rocket, flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they've been invading, infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades, and they've fascinated moviegoers and television watchers for more than fifty years. About half of us believe that aliens really exist, and millions are convinced they've visited Earth. For twenty-five years, SETI has been ... Leer más

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  • Starlight Detectives

    How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe

    Julia Ward Howe Award FinalistNBC News Top Science and Tech Books of the Year” selectionScientific American/FSG Favorite Science Books of the Year” selectionNature.com Top Reads of the Year” selectionKirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year” selectionDiscover magazine Top 5 Summer Read”A masterful balance of science, ... ... Leer más

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  • Galileo

    A Very Short Introduction

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    In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it ... Leer más

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