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Firefly Astronomy Dictionary: An Illustrated A-Z Guide to the Universe

By John Woodruff

Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)

By Michael Wall

Introducing Astronomy

By J.B. Sidgwick, R.C. Gamble

Hollywood Wants to Kill You: The Peculiar Science of Death in the Movies

By Michael Brooks, Rick Edwards

Earth in Space

By Colin Reid

Space

Hollyweird Science: From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse

By Kevin R. Grazier, Stephen Cass

Sun, Earth and Sky

By Kenneth R. Lang

The New Solar System

By J. Kelly Beatty, Andrew Chaikin, Carl Sagan

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

By Stuart Atkinson

Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science

By John D. Barrow (Cambridge University)

How Do Scientists Explore Space?

By Robert Snedden

Space

By Joanna Brundle, Drue Rintoul

The Planets

By Holly Duhig, Danielle Rippengill

Earth and the Inner Planets

By Giles Sparrow

Mercury, Mars and Other Inner Planets

By Chris Oxlade

The Universe

By John Farndon, Ian McMullen

The Outer Planets

By Giles Sparrow

Earth and Its Moon

By Chris Oxlade

Solar System

By Kathryn Whyman, Ian McMullen

Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon

By Nelson, Craig

The Greatest Intergalactic Guide to Space Ever... By the Brainwaves

By DK, Lisa Swerling, Ralph Lazar

Wild Signs and Star Paths: 'A beautifully written almanac of tricks and tips that we've lost along the way' Observer

By Tristan Gooley

Atom of Delight

By Neil Gunn

The Marshall Children's Guide to Astronomy

By Jacqueline Mitton, Simon Mitton

View from Planet Earth: Man Looks at the Cosmos

By Vincent Cronin

Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

By David Christian

Understanding Nanotechnology

By Scientifi Scientific American

The Cosmic Blueprint

By P. C. W. Davies

Mapping Time: The Calendar and its History

By E. G. Richards (formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biophysics, formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biophysics, King's College London (retired))