A comprehensive family reference guide to all the amazing phenomena of our night skies, with helpful charts and detailed photography

Fascinating guide for beginning amateur astronomers using small telescopes in the northern and southern hemisphere.

Takes readers on an imaginative trip through every corner of the Solar System. Drawing on discoveries made by Voyager I and II, Magellan, Galileo, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Global Surveyor Mission and other space initiatives, this work combines art and science. It has paintings that give an unprecedented view of astronomical phenomena.

Fully revised and updated, third edition.

Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton.

'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended' the Independent '(Greene) send(s) the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride.

Offering learning package for introductory astronomy, this fifth edition in two volumes, aims to focus on the process of discovery and convey how science is done. It concisely presents scientific terms to the non-science student. Volume 1 includes: Chapters 1-16, plus chapter 28, and Volume 2 includes: Chapters 1-5 plus 16-28.

Using clear and logical routines, this book shows how a variety of problems and exercises in modern astronomy can be readily solved with a scientific calculator. This edition includes new sections on mutations, aberration and selenographic co-ordinates and related material.

A guide for the amateur astronomer that provides monthly maps, almanacs and information on telescopes needed to observe the galaxy and its entities.

The Astronomer Royal shows how the behaviour and origins of the universe can be explained by just six numbers

The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Using the Maltese Cross star map design, widely acknowledged as superior to the conventional circular maps for locating constellations, this book provides everything amateur astronomers need. 12 maps trace the month-by-month progression of the constellations, viewed from every direction.

Dealing with the ultimate questions of life's origins, this study examines the pride, passion, and courage of the cosmological scientists who explore the origins, structure, and fate of the universe.

Using the papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton, this title explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world.

The author, one of the pioneers of string theory, has produced an accessible guide for the general reader to some of the most formidable modern concepts of mathematics and physics. These include string theory itself, hyperspace, non-Euclidean geometry, Kaluza-Klein theory and supergravity.

A tour of the cosmos, beginning on Earth and ending at the edge of the Universe and the dawn of time. This book leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 130 billion trillion kilometres in every direction, and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the astronomical views. It includes descriptions of the planets, stars, nebulae and others.

The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the centre, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the centre.

Patrick Moore's painstakingly researched, beautifully illustrated guide to astronomical observation for casual and serious observers.

Do you relish viewing and identifying celestial objects? Whether you're a first timer or an advanced hobbyist, this hacks makes a cosmic companion. Turn computers and handheld devices into tools for an out-of-this-world experience. It brings space dreams to life making the book essential for anyone who wants memorable celestial adventures.

A factual, up-to-date guide to the universe, written by a bestselling astronomy author.