"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?"
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Hardcover. For more than a century, the National Geographic Society's illustrators have taken readers to places beyond the reach of the camera's lens, on extraordinary journeys of the imagination, to destinations that ... more
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Hardcover. Stop for a moment to admire the nighttime stars that glitter and wheel overhead. To look at them is thrilling, but what do we really know about the pinpoints of light ... more
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Paperback. In October 2003, Yang Liwei made history as the first Chinese citizen in space, orbiting the globe 14 times in the Shenzhou 5. The Chinese space program has sometimes been called ... more
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| | by William J. Burroughs, Bob Crowder, Ted Robertson, Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, Richard Whitaker
Hardcover. WHAT IS NORMAL WEATHER? Is there any such thing? For thousands of years, humans have tried to comprehend, predict, and even control the weather. A significant factor in the welfare of ... more
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Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Paperback. Even harder than doing great science is explaining it. That's what The Science Matters Series does.
"The great attraction of this series is the distinguished list of colleagues, the range of topics ... more
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"Provocative...A portrait of a magnetic personality who was more seer than scientist" —Los Angeles Times
Paperback. In this compelling life of Carl Sagan, award-winning science writer William Poundstone details the transformation of a bookish young astronomer obsessed with life on other worlds into science's first authentic media ... more
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An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth...and Beyond
Hardcover. Through the arc of a single oxygen atom's voyage through eternity, the story of life and the universe is told by world-renowned scientist and acclaimed author Lawrence Krauss.
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