Ready for Launch: An Astronaut's Lessons for Success on Earth
Crown Books for Young Readers, April 2022. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Astronomy
Letters from an Astrophysicist
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2019. Hardcover. A new copy. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by revealing.....
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Ballantine Books, June 1998. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). *A "New York Times Bestseller" In this book, his last, Carl Sagan again demonstrates his extraordinary ability to interpret the mysteries of life and the majesty of the universe to the lay reader. He provides clarity and understanding for.....
Murmurs of Earth - The Voyager Interstellar Record
Ballantine Books, October 1979. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2014. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, ?Origins? explains the soul-stirring leaps in our.....
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2017. Hardcover. Just like the title implies, Neil deGrasse Tyson condenses the essentials of the universe in this compact, quick to read book. Perfect for those of us that want to know, but simply do not have the time. A new copy. What is.....
The Kingdom of the Sun
Abelard-Schuman, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 156 pages. A history of human comprehension of space. First edition (first printing). Yellow cloth with red lettering and design. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with British price clipped (American price intact) and some toning to the spine and edges; small stains.....
Visions of the Universe
Cosmos Store, 1981. Hardcover. 46 pages. 14-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. Illustrated from color paintings. Second printing. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets
Basic Books, September 2016. Hardcover. With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer.....
Venus Revealed: A New Look Below the Clouds of Our Mysteriious Twin Planet
Helix Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 355 pages. Illustrated. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with a tiny tear to one corner else fine. "Grinspoon clearly loves the subject of this exemplary work, the unfolding of our knowledge of 'Earth's Twin.'...His book is full of.....
Life in the Universe: Scientific American : A Special Issue
W. H. Freeman & Company, 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 122 pages. Participants include Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Sagan, Steven Weinberg, Marvin Minsky, and others speculating about the origin and evolution of the universe. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). Scientific American celebrates.....
Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 364 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A preeminent writer and researcher in archaeoastronomy, Krupp has visited and photographed over 1,300 ancient and prehistoric sites all over the globe. He presents a......
Planets For Man
Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. 242 pages. Based on teh RAND Corporation Research Study, Habitable Planets for Man by Stephen H. Dole.
The Collapsing Universe: The Story of the Black Holes
Walker & Company, March 1977. Hardcover.
Jupiter, the largest planet
Lothrup, Lee & Shepard Co, January 1976. Hardcover.
Blind Watchers Of The Sky: The People And Ideas That Shaped Our View Of The Universe (Helix Books)
Basic Books, March 1996. Hardcover. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Comet
Random House, 1985. Hardcover. 398 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. Extensively illustrated. A follow-up to the bestselling Cosmos, published to coincide with the return of Halley's comet in 1986.
Mars, the Red Planet
Lothrop Lee & Shepard, October 1977. Hardcover.
Planets for Man
Random House, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Based on the RAND Corporation Research Study, Habitable Planets for Man, by Stephen H. Dole. Asimov spiffs up an academic study for a general audience, outlining the criteria habitable planets were likely to meet. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a......
The Collapsing Universe
Hutchinson, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 204 pages. First British edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again : Letters to Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1915
Museum of Jurassic Technology, 1993. Trade Paperback.
The Delineation of the Day-Signs in the Aztec Manuscripts
University of California Press, 1916. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp 297-398, 1916. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
The Story of Variable Stars
Blakiston Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 226 pages. Campbell was an American astronomer noted for his study of variable stars at the Harvard College Observatory. The lunar crater 'Campbell' is named after him. He was named the Pickering Memorial Astronomer, ca. 1931. A Harvard Book on Astronomy. First edition (first.....
Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes
W. W. Norton & Company, November 2018. Hardcover. Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, and yet they are ubiquitous. Every massive star leaves behind a black hole when it dies, and every galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its center. Frighteningly enigmatic, these dark giants.....
Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets
Basic Books, September 2016. Hardcover. With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer.....