 | Magnificent Universe by Ken Croswell
Buy new: $42.00 / Used from: $11.77 The universe in living color--from the planets, to the stars, to the galaxies, to the entire universe!
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 | In Search Of Planet Vulcan by Richard Baum
Buy used from: $1.73 Intriguing search for a nonexistent planet inside Mercury's orbit
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 | A Man on The Moon: 3 Volume Illustrated Commemorative Boxed Set by Andrew Chaikin
Buy used from: $68.60 The voyages of the Apollo astronauts.
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 | Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System by Alan Stern
Buy new: $56.75 / Used from: $0.95 Clear, up-to-date account of what we know about this far-off planet.
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 | Beyond Pluto by John Davies
Buy new: $38.50 / Used from: $5.97 Excellent description of the newly discovered worlds in the outermost solar system
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 | Comet of the Century: From Halley to Halle-Bopp by Fred Schaaf
Buy used from: $4.50 All about comets.
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 | Stars (Scientific American Library) by James B. Kaler
Buy used from: $4.89 All about stars.
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 | Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) by Kip S. Thorne
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $1.94 The best book on black holes ever written--comprehensive and substantial, yet readable and entertaining.
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 | Vital Dust: The Origin And Evolution Of Life On Earth by Christian De Duve
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $0.25 How life may have arisen, here and elsewhere.
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 | The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science by Steven J. Dick
Buy new: $42.10 / Used from: $19.57 The best book on extraterrestrial life ever written.
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 | The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way by Ken Croswell
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $0.47 The remarkable story of the Milky Way Galaxy, based on interviews with the astronomers who made the key discoveries.
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 | The Red Limit: The Search for the Edge of the Universe by Timothy Ferris
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $0.18 Beautiful account of cosmology, up through the 1970s.
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 | The Universe at Midnight: Observations Illuminating the Cosmos by Ken Croswell
Buy used from: $0.44 The very latest on cosmology--a gripping story that takes you from Olbers' paradox to the accelerating universe.
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 | Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists by Alan Lightman
Buy used from: $2.49 Interviews with leading cosmologists, including Allan Sandage, Alan Guth, and Fred Hoyle.
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 | Cosmology: The Science of the Universe by Edward Harrison
Buy new: $68.00 / Used from: $34.96 And if that weren't enough, how about a cosmology textbook?
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 | The Inflationary Universe by Alan Guth
Buy new: $12.58 / Used from: $3.70 The inflationary universe, written by the theory's originator.
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 | See the Stars: Your First Guide to the Night Sky by Ken Croswell
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $0.39 And now we switch to stargazing: this is probably the simplest book ever written on finding the constellations, suitable for kids and beginning adults.
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 | NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
Buy used from: $4.28 For those of you who already know where Orion and Taurus are, this is a classic book on observing the night sky.
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 | Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume 1, Rev. Edition by Robert Burnham
Buy used from: $0.20 For the hardcore observer--this is the heavyweight champ, volume 1.
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 | Burnhams Celestial Handbook V.2 an Obser by Robert Burnham Jr.
Buy used from: $9.99 And volume 2.
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 | Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Vol. 3 by Robert Burnham Jr.
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $0.81 And while you're at it, why not volume 3?
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