This textbook provides advanced undergraduates and graduates with up-to-date coverage of space physics from the Sun to the interstellar medium.
The #1 international bestseller: An astronaut's tour of our planet from the heavens, featuring 150 mesmerizing photographs (with commentary) from the International Space Station During his six-month mission to the International Space Station, astronaut Tim Peake became the first…
Ending space 1.0 -- A dark and forbidding place -- Why space? -- The first space age -- Destinations -- The human factor -- Space entrepreneurs -- A new space race -- The moon is blue -- Investing in space -- The space between nations -- The Russian juggernaut -- The China wildc…
Along with the National Space Society, a foremost space historian and author offers an inside look at the next 20 years in space flight.
Along with the National Space Society, a foremost space historian and author offers an inside look at the next 20 years in space flight. The privatization of space exploration and the future of spaceflight is examined by an expert in the field who discusses how current research…
"The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity and danger. The Greatest Adventure t…
"The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity and danger. The Greatest Adventure t…
The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.
Space!
by Farndon, John, Stott, Carole, Sparrow, Giles, Dinwiddie, Robert, Ridpath, Ian, Jones, Geraint
A spacetastic new edition beaming with incredible pictures and the latest facts about the Universe. From the origin of the Universe to the future of space rockets, this book about space for kids has it all. Did you know that the moon was once a piece of the Earth, and that a day…
"A spacetastic new edition beaming with incredible pictures and the latest facts about the Universe. From the origin of the Universe to the future of space rockets, this book about space for kids has it all. Did you know that the moon was once a piece of the Earth, and that a da…
"A spacetastic new edition beaming with incredible pictures and the latest facts about the Universe. From the origin of the Universe to the future of space rockets, this book about space for kids has it all. Did you know that the moon was once a piece of the Earth, and that a da…
If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to mak…
Record breakers!
Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2ºC/-128.6ºF); see how plane pio…
Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2°C/-128.6°F); see how plane pio…
Record breakers!
Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2°C/-128.6°F); see how plane pio…
Featuring gorgeous photographs that illustrate and educate, this visual encyclopedia is jam-packed with thousands and thousands of images that bring more than one million things to light.