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	Spaceflight: A Smithsonian Guide Seven thematic sections detail landmark events, technological advances, and the drama of the men, women, and machines that took us into space. Here are rocket launch vehicles and space stations, moon explorations and military satellites, the pioneering... Only $19.46 - Click here to buy now!
	Voyage to the Milky Way: Space Travel for the New Millennium As a new generation of adventurers prepares to cast its lot into space, challenging previously accepted models of space exploration, Voyage to the Milky Way explores the future of space travel from both the scientific and cultural points of view. It discusses... Only $21.45 - Click here to buy now!
	Storms from the Sun: The Emerging Science of Space Weather Space weather is all around us. And although there are no nightly news reports on the latest front moving through the heavens, we're rapidly developing the tools necessary to measure and observe trends in cosmic meteorology. But why does space weather... Only $17.50 - Click here to buy now!
	Origin of the Earth and Moon A state-of-the-art overview of the most recent investigations in the field. Only $58.50 - Click here to buy now!
	Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Praise for Previous Volumes 'This volume maintains the authoritative standards of the series...The editors and publishers are to be congratulated' - M.S. CHILD in PHYSICS BULLETIN 'Maintains the high standards of earlier volumes in the series...All the... Only $204.75 - Click here to buy now!
	Encyclopedia of the Solar System Provides an overview of solar system science, covering topics such as the Sun, the solar wind, the planets, asteroids, meteorites, the study of planets and extrasolar objects, and the planetary exploration missions. Only $112.13 - Click here to buy now!
	Stellar Structure and Stellar Atmospheres This book is a collections of scientific papers by S. Chandraekhar. Only $112.13 - Click here to buy now!
	The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes and of Colliding Plane Waves S. Chandrasekhar on black holes and gravitational waves: What a story! Forty years after his pioneer investigations, Chandra returned to the study of the dead stars. He had told us back in 1931 that massive stars could not die as ordinary objects, consisting... Only $117.00 - Click here to buy now!
	Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres First came the discovery of the radio pulsars. These objects are now almost universally believed to be rotating magnetized neutron stars. Next came the discovery of pulsating X-ray sources, even more energetic objects radiating in an entirely different... Only $58.50 - Click here to buy now!
	Black Holes and Relativistic Stars Although S. Chandrasekhar convincingly demonstrated the inevitability of gravitational collapse for stellar bodies of sufficient mass more than sixty-five years ago, black holes and neutron stars played a minor role in serious analyses or physical or... Only $58.50 - Click here to buy now!
	Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program Walsh (literature and communications, Pace U., New York) offers a brief history of the technical triumphs of the space program and its effects on the scientific, social, and cultural history of the last half of the 20th century. Includes a dozen b&w historical... Only $40.90 - Click here to buy now!
	Particulate Gravity Currents, Volume 31 Particulate Gravity Currents stands as a testament to the broad range of research carried out on this topic. The book reflects an integrativ e aim, with papers grouped by research approach. The first section of the book contains six papers on theoretical... Only $165.75 - Click here to buy now!
	Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology, 2 Volume Set, A comprehensive resource on the past, present, and future of space technology Researchers in optics, materials processing, and telecommunications require a reference that can provide a quick study of a number of basic topics in space science. The two-volume... Only $745.88 - Click here to buy now!
	Wide-Field Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the Working Group of Iau Commission 9 on 'Wide-Field Imaging' Held in Athens, Greece, May 20-25, 1 Collected information from major observatories throughout the world on all new techniques of wide-field, multi-object spectroscopy. Also several key projects of astrophysical importance are presented by experts in their respective fields. Only $220.35 - Click here to buy now!
	Textbook on Spherical Astronomy This well-established textbook gives a general but comprehensive introduction to positional astronomy. Originally based on the author's lecture courses at Cambridge University, it is intended primarily for undergraduates, but, due to its comprehensive... Only $73.13 - Click here to buy now!