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Alien Neigours?

By Angela Royston

An Introduction to the Solar System

By Neil McBride (The Open University, Milton Keynes), Iain Gilmour (The Open University

Gamma-ray Bursts: Observations, Analyses and Theories

By Cheng Ho (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Richard I. Epstein (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Edward E. Fenimore (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Wandering Stars - About Planets And Exo-planets: An Introductory Notebook

By George H A Cole (Univ Of Hull, UK)

Spherical Astronomy

By Robin M. Green

The Physics of a Lifetime: Reflections on the Problems and Personalities of 20th Century Physics

By Vitaly L. Ginzburg, M.S. Aksent'eva

The Geometry of Kerr Black Holes

By Barrett O'Neill

Exploring the Planets: A Memoir

By Fred Taylor (Halley Professor of Physics (Emeritus), Halley Professor of Physics (Emeritus), Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK)

Totality: Eclipses of the Sun

By Mark Littmann (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee), Fred Espenak (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland), Ken Willcox (The late Ken Willcox was at Phillips Petroleum Company and Adjunct Professor of Physics & A...

The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes

By S. Chandrasekhar (late Professor Emeritus, Late Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA)

The Molecular Astrophysics of Stars and Galaxies

By Thomas W. Hartquist (, Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany), David A. Williams (Perren Professor of Astronomy, Perren Professor of Astronomy, university college, London)

Waves, Particles, and Storms in Geospace: A Complex Interplay

By Georgios Balasis (Senior Researcher, Senior Researcher, National Observatory of Athens, Greece), Ioannis A. Daglis (Professor, Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Ian R. Mann (Professor, University of Alberta, Canada)

Nature's Third Cycle: A Story of Sunspots

By Arnab Rai Choudhuri (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts

By Henrike Lange (Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture, Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture, University of California at Berkeley), Tom McLeish (Professor Emeritus of Natural Philosophy, Professor of...

Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer of Planetary Atmospheres

By Kelly Chance (Senior Physicist, Senior Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), Randall V. Martin (Professor, Professor, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Department of Chemistry, ...

Convection and Substorms: Paradigms of Magnetospheric Phenomenology

By Charles F. Kennel (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles)

Kinetic Theory and Transport Phenomena

By Rodrigo Soto (Professor, Professor, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile)

Kinetic Theory and Transport Phenomena

By Rodrigo Soto (Professor, Professor, University of Chile, Santiago de Chile)

The Women of the Moon: Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage

By Daniel R. Altschuler (Full Professor, Physics Department, Full Professor, University of Puerto Rico, RIo Piedras Campus), Fernando J. Ballesteros (Head of instrumentation, Head of instrumentation, Astronomical Observatory of the Uni...

Particle Detectors: Fundamentals and Applications

By Hermann Kolanoski (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin and Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron (DESY)), Norbert Wermes (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of Bonn)

Polarisation: Applications in Remote Sensing

By Shane Cloude (Director, Director, AEL Consultants, Cupar, UK)

Universal Life: An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth

By Alan Boss (Research Staff Member, Research Staff Member, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution)

Planetary Atmospheres

By F.W. Taylor (Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Sciences, University of Oxford)

Totality: The Great North American Eclipse of 2024

By Mark Littmann (School of Journalism & Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, School of Journalism & Electronic Media, Chancellor's Professor and Professor, Hill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing), Fred Espenak (NASA/Go...

Relativity Made Relatively Easy: Volume 1

By Andrew M. Steane (University Lecturer and Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford)

Statistical Data Analysis

By Glen Cowan (, Royal Holloway College, University of London)

Quantum Fields: From the Hubble to the Planck Scale

By Michael Kachelriess (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)

Little Friends: Student Book

By Susan Iannuzzi

Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth

By Adam Frank (University of Rochester)

Earth

By Chris Oxlade