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Search for Life
by Monica M. Grady (Natural History Museum, 2001)
An illustrated introduction to the search for life beyond Earth.
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Meteorites by Sara Russell and Monica
Grady (Natural History Museum, 2002)
The origin, nature and significance of meteorites, illustrated
with images of some of the most rare and precious meteorites
from the national collection, housed at the Natural History
Museum in London, where the two authors are the leading meteorite
research specialists.
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About Time: Einstein's unfinished revolution
by Paul Davies (Penguin Science, 1996)
Tackles the changing ideas and notions of time over the past
century and the possibilities of time travel becoming a reality.
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Beagle: From Darwin's epic voyage to the British
expedition to Mars by C. T. Pillinger (Faber & Faber,
November 2003)
Professor Pillinger, the driving force behind Beagle 2 Mars
Lander, tells the inside story of the project.
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Before the Beginning: Our universe and others
by Martin Rees (Simon & Schuster, 2002)
The Astronomer Royal describes some of the most difficult and
controversial problems of present day astronomy in a clear and
fresh way.
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A Brief History of Time from the Big Bang
to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (Bantam Books, 1998)
In the decade since the book's publication in 1988, there have
been dramatic developments in string theory, most notably the
advances in understanding black holes. In this 10th anniversary
edition, Hawking updates us on the progress made in this area
and tells us how many of his own predictions turned out to be
right.
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Cosmic Company: The search for life in the
universe by Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett (Cambridge
University Press, October 2003)
The authors ponder the possibility of alien life and the consequences
of receiving a signal from the cosmos. They explain why scientists
think sentient life might exist on other worlds, how we could
discover it, and what it might be like. Entertaining, informative
and lavishly illustrated.
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The Curvature of Spacetime: Newton, Einstein,
and gravitation by Harald Fritzsch and Karin Heusch (Columbia
University Press, 2002)
Offers the opportunity to take part in an imaginary meeting
between Newton, Einstein and a modern physicist, discussing
the general theory of relativity and other mysteries of modern
physics. Newton serves as the sceptic and asks questions a modern
reader might ask; Einstein himself does the explaining while
the particle physicist explains the new developments that have
occurred since the general theory was proposed.
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DK Eyewitness Guides: Space exploration
by Carole Stott (Penguin Books, 2002)
Discover everything to do with space, from our solar system,
astronauts and meteors to distant galaxies and find out about
the landing craft used to probe and explore planets.
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How to Build a Time Machine by Paul Davies
(Penguin Books, 2002)
Elaborates on Einstein's theory of relativity. It's a fun read
that explores the practicalities of creating a time machine.
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Magic Universe: The Oxford guide to modern
science by Nigel Calder (Oxford University Press, September
2003)
The author draws on his vast experience to offer readers a lively
look at modern science in all its glory. From quarks to linguistics,
climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, he presents
self-contained stories, drawing on interviews with more than
200 researchers, from graduate students to Nobel Prize-winners.
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The New Solar System edited by J. Kelly
Beatty, Carolyn Collins Peterson and Andrew Chaikin (Cambridge
University Press, 1999)
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated systematic tour
of the Solar System. Though aimed at students and professional
planetary scientists, this is also an excellent reference work
for more general readers.
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Newton to Einstein: The trail of light, an
excursion to the wave-particle duality and the Special Theory
of Relativity by Ralph Baierlein (Cambridge University
Press, 2001)
Takes the reader along the trail of light from Newton's particles
to Einstein's relativity, presenting clues and encouraging the
reader to draw conclusions before answers are revealed.
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Rare Earth: Why complex life is uncommon in
the universe by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee (Springer-Verlag,
2003)
A convincing case is made to establish the unique position of
Earth with respect to complex life on other planets within the
solar system and beyond.
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Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on extraterrestrial
life by Seth Shostak (Berkeley Hills Books, 1998)
Where are the extraterrestrials likely to be hanging out? What
will they look like and be like? What is their interest in us,
and how can we find them? The author examines recent scientific
discoveries that suggest there may be other life forms in the
universe.
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Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The physical
possibilities of travel through time by Richard Gott (Phoenix
Mass Market, 2002)
Discusses the possibility of time travel in the real world;
also explores the scientific, social and moral implications
of time travel, and looks at recent remarkable experiments in
which fundamental particles were actually sent into the future.
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Turn Left at Orion, A hundred night
sky objects to see in a small telescope – and how to find
them by Guy Joseph Consolmagno and Daniel Michael Davis
(Cambridge University Press, 2000)
Excellent reference book for the amateur astronomer, with easy
to follow instructions of how to find planets and stars. Contains
maps, drawings and photographs.
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