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Astronomy
Daily Telegraph Night Sky
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Paperback
Published 18-Jun-2012
| Our price: | £9.95 |
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Holographic Universe
By Michael Talbot
Paperback
Published 07-Oct-1996
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £7.19 |
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'There is evidence to suggest that our world and everything in it - from snowflakes to maple trees to falling stars and spinning electrons - are only ghostly images, projections from a level of reality literally beyond both space and time.'
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Galileo
By John L Heilbron
Paperback
Published 26-Jul-2012
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Galileo is aptly known as 'the father of modern science'. But there is much more to him than his well-known discoveries in physics and astronomy, and his infamous clash with the Catholic church. John Heilbron's wonderfully rounded new biography presents a multi-talented but difficult man - writer, philosopher, scientist, musician, and artist.
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Edge of the Universe
By Paul Halpern
Hardback
Published 28-Sep-2012
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An accessible look at the mysteries that lurk at the edge of the known universe and beyond The observable universe, the part we can see with telescopes, is incredibly vast. Yet recent theories suggest that there is far more to the universe than what our instruments record--in fact, it could be infinite.
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First Life
By David Deamer
Paperback
Published 01-Sep-2012
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Build Your Own Time Machine
By Brian Clegg
Paperback
Published 28-Mar-2013
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Who's to say it can't be done?
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Spacesuit
By Brett Gooden
Hardback
Published 15-Nov-2012
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Complemented by detailed illustrations, this book unlocks the seemingly impenetrable secrets of how the spacesuit was made into a practical and essential device. It also shows how simple everyday items such as the car tyre, the caterpillar and the concertina provided critical clues that eventually brought the spacesuit to reality.
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Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos
By Mark Thompson
Hardback
Published 17-Jan-2013
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From the origins of our Universe to the ever evolving techniques used to explore deep space, this title traces the journey of galactic discovery that has obsessed mankind for thousands of years.
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Heart of Darkness
By Jeremiah Ostriker
Hardback
Published 15-Feb-2013
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Describes the saga of humankind's quest to unravel the secrets of the universe. This title explains the physics and the history of how the advanced model of our universe arose and has passed every test hurled at it by the skeptics. It also explains the growth of all cosmic structure, and holds the key to the universe's fate.
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Lost Art of Finding Our Way
By J Edward Huth
Hardback
Published 03-May-2013
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Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What else is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view.
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