Books | Astronomy & Cosmology

Guide to the Night Sky: A Guided Tour of the Stars and Constellations (Philip's Astronomy)

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Review: I would definitely recommend this book to a novice astronomer. It explains in simple terms what you're looking at in the sky, and how to find the most infamous star constellations. I discovered a lot of things that I had no idea existed. It even gives advice on wha....

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Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope - and How to Find Them

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Review: I bought a telescope, and after a couple of weeks, it went into a cupboard to gather dust. For the uninitiated, there's an awfull lot of dull stuff in the sky. Then I was given this for my birthday. Suddenly, it turns out there are a profusion of binary stars th....

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Philip's Planisphere: Northern 51.5 Degrees - British Isles, Northern Europe Northern USA and Canada (Philip's Astronomy)

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Review: The Planisphere is the perfect tool for any amateur astronomer. It comes with full instructions on its use, so you can have a quick look at it and be out inspecting the night sky in only a few minutes. It also explains how to find the major planets (Venus, Mars, J....

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Yearbook of Astronomy 2009

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Bang! The Complete History of the Universe

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Review: As soon as I saw this book and read the reviews I had to buy it, On receiving the book you can tell immediately a lot of hard work and thought has gone into it, the book itself is beautifully put together the front cover has a striking hologram on the front, it's a....

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I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and Other Questions About Space (I Wonder Why)

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Review: What a great book! Just enough information for an inquisitive 5 year old and his mum who it seems doesn't always have the answers...until now! Great illustrations to help understanding and simply put text...my little boy is dipping into this all the time. We look ....

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Description: To write a book to explain in simple, non-mathematical terms what superstring theory is is not a simple task. In The Elegant Universe Brian Greene, a physicist who works in the area, does a very good job. Superstrings are a theory of particle physics that lays clai....

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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality (Penguin Press Science)

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Description: Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos with its questions about the limits of space and time and the texture of reality certainly looks a bit daunting to the uninitiated. Cosmic ripples, 11 dimensions to the universe and string theory that is somehow connected to ....

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A Brief History of Time

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Description: Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help non-scientists understand fundamental questions of physics and our existence: where did the universe come from? How and why did ....

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Universe: A Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos

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Review: Mind blowing. I chanced upon this gem in a bookstore & couldn't believe it was just £9.99. I've toyed with the idea of various other expensive pictorial guides but it's always a bit of a risk to buy without seeing. One flick through this one however and I was con....

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