The Universe : An Illustrated History of Astronomy by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Astronomers today believe that the Universe may have begun 13.7 billion years ago, when its entire energy, mass, space, and even time, expanded out from a single point. New, empty space was lit by innumerable baby stars and infant galaxies, their light finally reaching Earth many billions of years later ...Show more
The Unknown Universe: What We Don't Know About Time and Space in Ten Chapters by Stuart Clark
$19.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: we will never see the early Universe in more detail. On the one hand, such a view is ...Show more
Totality Eclipses of the Sun: Eclipses of the Sun by Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, Ken Willcox
$66.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality: Eclipses of the Sun takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see - and feel - why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in th ...Show more
Transit of Venus: 1631 to the Present by Nick Lomb
$49.95 AUD
Category: Astronomy
In his new book, Transit of Venus, 1631 to the Present, Dr Nick Lomb - an astronomer at the Sydney Observatpry and the author of the Australian Sky Guide - has produced what may be his most timely publication to date...Dr Lomb has cooked up both a titillating textual treat and a full-bodied visual feast ...Show more
We Have No Idea A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Jorge Cham; Daniel Whiteson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange and mysterious universe.Humanity's understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps you can safely ignore --there are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham a ...Show more
We are All Stardust - Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk About Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know by Stefan Klein
$27.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy | Reading Level: very good
World-leading natural and social scientists shed light on their discoveries and lives in conversation with an award-winning science writer.When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize - winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, 'First and foremost, curiosit ...Show more
When Galaxies Collide by Lisa Harvey-Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Astronomy
Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?* How much hotter are blue stars than red ones?**Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ancestors. Away from city lights, we can s ...Show more