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	AUGHTON, PETER / REF. JEREMIAH HORROCKS Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, the Brief, Brilliant Life of - Transit of Venus London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9 x 1 " 029784721X 2004 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... 232 pages with Index ... illustrated with 8 pages of glossy color photos ... Jeremiah Horrocks ... There is a section in the history of astrononmy ... that lies between the work of Galileo and Newton, and that era belongs to a brilliant young Englishman ... Only the Englsih Civil War has robbed him of a more prominent place in history - for a whole generation scientific progress was impeded by the turmoil of the times, and much work was lost or forgotten ... But in the period berfore the war, Horrocks was the greatest astronomer in the Kingdom... He knew the positions and notions of the planets more accurately than any person of his time ... He was the first to appreciate the true scale of the solar system and to formulate a valid theory for the wanderings of the moon ... Yet he was a young man living in provincial obscurity, making independent observations which decades later would astonish the newly-formed Royal Society ...Of these, his most memorable was of a rare celestial event called the transist of Venus ... In June 2004 the image of Venus was again visdible on the face of the sun - for only the fifth time since Horrocks first observed the transit with a primitive telescope from his window in 1639 ... Although Horrocks achievements are marked by a memorial in Westminster Abbey, very few people today know the sad but romantic story of his life ... Peter Aughton's scientific and narrative skills bring alive the story of his early discoveries in astronomy and ably illustrate Horrocks' great scientific legacy ... " Transit of Venus, The : The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy " ... by Peter Aughton ... published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality ...*. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5562 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	FERRIS, TIMOTHY Seeing in the Dark - How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Tables & Drawings. 6-1/2 x 9 -1/2 x 1-1/2 " 0684865793 2002 Hardcover in DJ , Later Printing ...Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... small feltpen dot bottom edge ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 400 pages with appendix, glossary, notes & index ... illustrated with tables & B&W drawings ... Seeing in the Dark is a poetic love letter to the skies and stirring report on the revolution now sweeping amateur astroinomy, in which backyard stargazers linked globally by the internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals ... Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers, recounting his lifelong experiences as an enthralled stargazer, and capturing the exquisite experience when ancient starlight strikes the eye and the mind ... " Seeing in the Dark : How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril " ... by Timothy Ferris... published by Simon & Schuster, New York ... 2002 Hardcover in Dustjacket ...*. New/New . USD 9.95** [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 6465 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	FLAMMARION, CAMILLE / ROBERT SILVERBERG Omega - the Last Days of the World Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 1999 Printing. Soft Cover. Jean Paul Laurens, et al. 5-1/2 x 8 " 080326898X 1999 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 287 pages with index ... With illustrations by Jean Paul Laurens, Saunier, Meaulle, Vogel, Rochegrosse, Geradin, Chovin, Toussaint, Guillonnet, Schwabe, and others ... Omega, written by astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), is no less than an epic history of our future - a startling and unforgettable vision of the end of the world ... Reasoned scientific speculation combined with probing philosophical inquiry lend crediblity and magnitude to this tale of how humankind will physically and culturally evolve over the next several million years ... " Omega : The Last Days of the World " ... by Camille Flammarion with an introduction by Robert Silverberg ... published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln ... 1999 Printing softcover *. New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 6433 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	GODWIN , ROBERT ED. / NASA Space Shuttle Sts Flights 1 - 5 Book with Cd - Including Aproach & Landing Tests - the Nasa Mission Reports Toronto: Apogee - Collectors Guide Pub, 2001. First. Soft Cover Book w / CD. 7 x 10 x 1 " 1896522696 2001 Softcover Book with CD ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... two green feltpen marks bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... This is a big handsome book, 464 pages, in glossy color cover, illustrated throughout with B&W photos, and including original CD in unopened clear envelope attached to back inside cover ... The Space Shuttle is one of the great triumphs of modern technology ... 122 feet long ... capable of carrying 65,000 pounds of cargo, and weighing 90 tons ... Rockwell's Orbiter stands alone as the world's only aircraft capable of flying into space and returning at speeds exeeding 18,000 miles per hour ... Once thought the stuff of science fiction, the space shuttles became science fact ... In 1961 a Russion misssile had propelled only 10,000 pounds into spce, using 1.1 million pounds of thrust ... The cosmonaut flew 25,000 miles in 108 minutes, which astonished the world at that time ... Flash forward 20 years later, on the same day, April 12th, 1981, and 2 astronauts climbed about the fully fueled and integrated STS - Space Transportation System ... On that day, 180,000 pounds rode atop 7.7 million pounds of thrust ... and that crew would be landing on a runway instead of being dropped into a desert or sea ... They travelled over a million miles ... in little more than 54 hours ! ... This fascinating book explores the Space Shuttle through the very first test flight stage, on to its first operational flight into space ... Comprising rare NASA documents , never before released to the public, the book takes the reader and armchair adventurer inside this remarkable machine , in the very words of some of the men who flew it ... The bonus CD ROM includes Rarely seen documentary footage of the first 5 Space Shuttle flights ... hours of video ... " Space Shuttle STS Flights 1 - 5 Book with CD rom - including Aproach & Landing Tests - The NASA Mission Reports " ... edited by Robert Godwin , with footage and data from NASA ... published by Apogee - Collector's Guide Publishing, Toronto ... in English only ... 2001 softcover book with CD ... *. New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6253 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	GRIBBIN, JOHN Watching the Universe - a Series of Collected Essays By Award Winning Science Writer John Gribbin . . . Dinosaurs , White Holes , Black Holes, Supernova , the Sun , Dark Matter . . . & More Topics in Astronomy & Cosmology London: Constable Pub, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9 x 1 " 009478230X 1998 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 234 pages ... How would the dinosaurs have evolved if they hadn't been wiped out by a giant meteorite 65 million years ago ? ... Is most of the universe in the form of mysterious ' dark matter ' that we cannot see ? ... How does the sun shine ? ... Can mass be spewed into the universe from white holes - like black holes in reverse ? ... What do supernovae mean to us ? ... In a series of essays collected together for the first time ... award-winning science writer John Gribbin look s at these and other questions ... that over the past 20 years have helped to shape our ideas about the universe in which we live ... Many of the concepts presented here were regarded as off the wall when first put forward ... Some ... white holes included ... remain science fiction rather than science fact ... but most have become an established part of present-day earth sciences ... astronomy ... and cosmology ... This is a thoroughly engaging and authoritative look at the most intriguing facets of modern astronomy ... " Watching The Universe " ... by John Gribbin .. published by Constable , London 1998 .. First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 1364 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LOZINSKAYA, TATIANA A. / MARC DAMASHEK Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium - By Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ( Supernova - Translated Into the English Language By Marc Damashek ) - Illustrated New York: American Institute of Physics, 1992. First. Hard Cover. Tables, Graphs & Diagrams. 6 x 9 x 1 " 0883186594 Glossy Hardcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 467 pages, weighing in at nearly 2 pounds ... all in English only ... illustrated with tables, graphs and B&W diagrams ... The term supernova was coined by Baade and Zwicky to distinguish from the more ordinary novae ... A leading stellar astronomer ... Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ... summarizes our understanding of supernovae and their interaction with interstellar gas, including the ambient interstellar medium, the gas ejected in the explosion itself, and the gas emitted as stellar wind .... She examines the evolution of supernova remnants as they interact with the gas ... and considers the role of supernovae and stellar wind in the physical state of the interstellar medium ... Essential reading for specialists in supernovae and stellar evolution ... Contains : Preface; Supernovae classification - statistics, light curves, spectra & radio emission ... Supernova 1987A in the large Magellanic cloud ... The remnants of Type I supernovae : Tycho ( A.D. 1572 ), Kepler ( A.D. 1604) , and SN 1006 ... The remnants of Type II supernovae : the Crab Nebula ( A.D. 1054 ) and 3C 58 ( A.D. 1181 ) ... Cassiopeia A and the oxygen-rich supernova remnants ... Progenitors & compact stellar remnants ... Optical Nebulae : old supernova remnants ... Thermal x-ray, optical, and infrared radiation from supernova remnants; shock waves in the inhomogeneous interstellar medium ... The evolution of supernova remnants ... Synchrotron emission from supernova remnants ... The galactic supernova rate; large-scale radio loops ... Stellar Wind ... Interaction of stellar wind with instellar gas ... Ring nebulae around Wolf-Rayet stars ... Ring nebulae : stellar wind or stellar ejecta ? ... Nebulae associated with Of stars; the interstellar medium around supernova precursors ... " Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium " ... by Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ... translated into the English language from the original Russian, by Mark Damashek ... published by American Institute of Physics, New York 1992 Hardcover ... *. New . USD 49.95** [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 4147 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MIZON, BOB / PATRICK MOORE Light Pollution - Responses and Remedies ( Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series ) London: Springer Pub, 2002. 2002. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1852334975 2002 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... 216 pages with appendices, bibliography & index ... illustrated with photos, charts, and graphs ... Gradually, the stars are going out. Light pollution is a major threat to astronomy across the entire developed world. The night sky that most of us can see bears little relationship to the spectacular vistas that our ancestors have gazed at for tens of thousands of years. It is ironic that as our understanding of the universe has improved, our ability to see it has been dramatically reduced by the skyglow of of our civilization. What can we do? In this book , Bob Mizon advocates a dual strategy. Our initial response, whether or not we use special filters and equipment, should be to use our observing skills to find the many fascinationg objects still visible, even in light-polluted skies. This book shows some of what is possible. We must also look at remedies. More and more local authorities and lighting companies are thinking about the environmental effects of light pollution (and all that wasted light costs money ! ) and there is information here that will enable every astronomer to become - even in a small way - an anti-light-pollution activist. The light from distant galaxies has taken millions of years to reach us - what a tragedy to lose it in the last millisecond of its journey! ' Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies ( Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series ) ' ... 2002 Softcover ... Published by Springer, London ... *. NEW . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5974 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MOORE, SIR PATRICK Venus - Investigates How This Beautiful , But Hostile Planet Evolved , and Our Past & Present Knowledge of It . . . Edited By Sir Patrick Moore . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Diagrams Throughout London: Cassell, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photographs Throughout. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 3/4 " 0304362816 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 191 glossy pages ... illustrated with B&W and color photos and diagrams throughout ... Sir Patrick Moore explains how Venus ... this beautiful ... but hostile ... planet evolved ... and investigates our past and present knowledge of the planet Venus ... Venus - b y Sir Patrick Moore ... published by Cassell , London .... NEW/New . USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 4487 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	REEVES, HUBERT / VICTOR F. WEISSKOPF / RUTH A. LEWIS / JOHN S. LEWIS Atoms of Silence - By Hubert Reeves - in English Only - Translated from the French Toronto: Stoddart Pub, 1993. 1993 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9 " 0773727361 1993 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... small feltpen dot bottom edge ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 242 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photographs ... Black cloth over boards with Gold gilt titles impressed on spine, in Glossy black background jacket ... All text in English Only, Translated from the French ... In 'Atoms of Silence,' astrophysicist Hubert Reeves conducts a tour of the geography and history of the universe ... He charts the life cycle of life and what may have caused the sudden disappearance of dinoaurs, traces biological evolution, and ponders events five billion years from now when it is predicted the sun will flare into a red giant ...This scientific tour de force is Hubert Reeves at his poetic and informal best ... " Atoms of Silence ( Translated from the French by Ruth A. Lewis & John S. Lewis )" by Hubert Reeves ... with introduction by Victor F. Weisskopf ... published by Stoddart, Toronto ... 1993 Hardcover in Dustjacket English language edition *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6211 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	RIBERA, ANTONIO Ufo Contact from Planet Ummo - Volume Ii the Incredible Truth ( Limited First Edition ) Arizona: Arizona Industries, 1985. 1985 First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9" 0960855890 Hardcover in DJ ... 1985 Limited First Edition # 912 of 1,000 ...Brand new from publisher ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned, never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... Gold-embossed lettering on spine & cover over glossy red boards ... 382 pages ... illustrated with B&W drawings & illustrations ... With contributions from Richard W. Heiden, Ted Blocher & Wendelle C. Stevens ... Edited by Cece Stevens ... All in English only ... The main text and appendices were originally published in Spanish under the title, 'UMMO: La Increible Verdad' ... " UFO Contact From Planet Ummo : Volume II The Incredible Truth ( Limited First Edition )" ... by Antonio Ribera ... published by Arizona Industries ... 1995 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 149.95** [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13234] Book number: 5588 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.

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	AUGHTON, PETER / REF. JEREMIAH HORROCKS Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy, the Brief, Brilliant Life of - Transit of Venus London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. First. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9 x 1 " 029784721X 2004 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... 232 pages with Index ... illustrated with 8 pages of glossy color photos ... Jeremiah Horrocks ... There is a section in the history of astrononmy ... that lies between the work of Galileo and Newton, and that era belongs to a brilliant young Englishman ... Only the Englsih Civil War has robbed him of a more prominent place in history - for a whole generation scientific progress was impeded by the turmoil of the times, and much work was lost or forgotten ... But in the period berfore the war, Horrocks was the greatest astronomer in the Kingdom... He knew the positions and notions of the planets more accurately than any person of his time ... He was the first to appreciate the true scale of the solar system and to formulate a valid theory for the wanderings of the moon ... Yet he was a young man living in provincial obscurity, making independent observations which decades later would astonish the newly-formed Royal Society ...Of these, his most memorable was of a rare celestial event called the transist of Venus ... In June 2004 the image of Venus was again visdible on the face of the sun - for only the fifth time since Horrocks first observed the transit with a primitive telescope from his window in 1639 ... Although Horrocks achievements are marked by a memorial in Westminster Abbey, very few people today know the sad but romantic story of his life ... Peter Aughton's scientific and narrative skills bring alive the story of his early discoveries in astronomy and ably illustrate Horrocks' great scientific legacy ... " Transit of Venus, The : The Brief, Brilliant Life of Jeremiah Horrocks, Father of British Astronomy " ... by Peter Aughton ... published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London ... Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality ...*. New/New . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5562 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	FERRIS, TIMOTHY Seeing in the Dark - How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Later Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Tables & Drawings. 6-1/2 x 9 -1/2 x 1-1/2 " 0684865793 2002 Hardcover in DJ , Later Printing ...Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... small feltpen dot bottom edge ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 400 pages with appendix, glossary, notes & index ... illustrated with tables & B&W drawings ... Seeing in the Dark is a poetic love letter to the skies and stirring report on the revolution now sweeping amateur astroinomy, in which backyard stargazers linked globally by the internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals ... Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers, recounting his lifelong experiences as an enthralled stargazer, and capturing the exquisite experience when ancient starlight strikes the eye and the mind ... " Seeing in the Dark : How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril " ... by Timothy Ferris... published by Simon & Schuster, New York ... 2002 Hardcover in Dustjacket ...*. New/New . USD 9.95** [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 6465 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	FLAMMARION, CAMILLE / ROBERT SILVERBERG Omega - the Last Days of the World Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 1999 Printing. Soft Cover. Jean Paul Laurens, et al. 5-1/2 x 8 " 080326898X 1999 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 287 pages with index ... With illustrations by Jean Paul Laurens, Saunier, Meaulle, Vogel, Rochegrosse, Geradin, Chovin, Toussaint, Guillonnet, Schwabe, and others ... Omega, written by astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), is no less than an epic history of our future - a startling and unforgettable vision of the end of the world ... Reasoned scientific speculation combined with probing philosophical inquiry lend crediblity and magnitude to this tale of how humankind will physically and culturally evolve over the next several million years ... " Omega : The Last Days of the World " ... by Camille Flammarion with an introduction by Robert Silverberg ... published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln ... 1999 Printing softcover *. New . USD 14.95** [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 6433 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	GODWIN , ROBERT ED. / NASA Space Shuttle Sts Flights 1 - 5 Book with Cd - Including Aproach & Landing Tests - the Nasa Mission Reports Toronto: Apogee - Collectors Guide Pub, 2001. First. Soft Cover Book w / CD. 7 x 10 x 1 " 1896522696 2001 Softcover Book with CD ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... two green feltpen marks bottom edge ... Gift Giving quality ... This is a big handsome book, 464 pages, in glossy color cover, illustrated throughout with B&W photos, and including original CD in unopened clear envelope attached to back inside cover ... The Space Shuttle is one of the great triumphs of modern technology ... 122 feet long ... capable of carrying 65,000 pounds of cargo, and weighing 90 tons ... Rockwell's Orbiter stands alone as the world's only aircraft capable of flying into space and returning at speeds exeeding 18,000 miles per hour ... Once thought the stuff of science fiction, the space shuttles became science fact ... In 1961 a Russion misssile had propelled only 10,000 pounds into spce, using 1.1 million pounds of thrust ... The cosmonaut flew 25,000 miles in 108 minutes, which astonished the world at that time ... Flash forward 20 years later, on the same day, April 12th, 1981, and 2 astronauts climbed about the fully fueled and integrated STS - Space Transportation System ... On that day, 180,000 pounds rode atop 7.7 million pounds of thrust ... and that crew would be landing on a runway instead of being dropped into a desert or sea ... They travelled over a million miles ... in little more than 54 hours ! ... This fascinating book explores the Space Shuttle through the very first test flight stage, on to its first operational flight into space ... Comprising rare NASA documents , never before released to the public, the book takes the reader and armchair adventurer inside this remarkable machine , in the very words of some of the men who flew it ... The bonus CD ROM includes Rarely seen documentary footage of the first 5 Space Shuttle flights ... hours of video ... " Space Shuttle STS Flights 1 - 5 Book with CD rom - including Aproach & Landing Tests - The NASA Mission Reports " ... edited by Robert Godwin , with footage and data from NASA ... published by Apogee - Collector's Guide Publishing, Toronto ... in English only ... 2001 softcover book with CD ... *. New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6253 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	GRIBBIN, JOHN Watching the Universe - a Series of Collected Essays By Award Winning Science Writer John Gribbin . . . Dinosaurs , White Holes , Black Holes, Supernova , the Sun , Dark Matter . . . & More Topics in Astronomy & Cosmology London: Constable Pub, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9 x 1 " 009478230X 1998 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New , non-stick clear Mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 234 pages ... How would the dinosaurs have evolved if they hadn't been wiped out by a giant meteorite 65 million years ago ? ... Is most of the universe in the form of mysterious ' dark matter ' that we cannot see ? ... How does the sun shine ? ... Can mass be spewed into the universe from white holes - like black holes in reverse ? ... What do supernovae mean to us ? ... In a series of essays collected together for the first time ... award-winning science writer John Gribbin look s at these and other questions ... that over the past 20 years have helped to shape our ideas about the universe in which we live ... Many of the concepts presented here were regarded as off the wall when first put forward ... Some ... white holes included ... remain science fiction rather than science fact ... but most have become an established part of present-day earth sciences ... astronomy ... and cosmology ... This is a thoroughly engaging and authoritative look at the most intriguing facets of modern astronomy ... " Watching The Universe " ... by John Gribbin .. published by Constable , London 1998 .. First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 1364 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	LOZINSKAYA, TATIANA A. / MARC DAMASHEK Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium - By Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ( Supernova - Translated Into the English Language By Marc Damashek ) - Illustrated New York: American Institute of Physics, 1992. First. Hard Cover. Tables, Graphs & Diagrams. 6 x 9 x 1 " 0883186594 Glossy Hardcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 467 pages, weighing in at nearly 2 pounds ... all in English only ... illustrated with tables, graphs and B&W diagrams ... The term supernova was coined by Baade and Zwicky to distinguish from the more ordinary novae ... A leading stellar astronomer ... Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ... summarizes our understanding of supernovae and their interaction with interstellar gas, including the ambient interstellar medium, the gas ejected in the explosion itself, and the gas emitted as stellar wind .... She examines the evolution of supernova remnants as they interact with the gas ... and considers the role of supernovae and stellar wind in the physical state of the interstellar medium ... Essential reading for specialists in supernovae and stellar evolution ... Contains : Preface; Supernovae classification - statistics, light curves, spectra & radio emission ... Supernova 1987A in the large Magellanic cloud ... The remnants of Type I supernovae : Tycho ( A.D. 1572 ), Kepler ( A.D. 1604) , and SN 1006 ... The remnants of Type II supernovae : the Crab Nebula ( A.D. 1054 ) and 3C 58 ( A.D. 1181 ) ... Cassiopeia A and the oxygen-rich supernova remnants ... Progenitors & compact stellar remnants ... Optical Nebulae : old supernova remnants ... Thermal x-ray, optical, and infrared radiation from supernova remnants; shock waves in the inhomogeneous interstellar medium ... The evolution of supernova remnants ... Synchrotron emission from supernova remnants ... The galactic supernova rate; large-scale radio loops ... Stellar Wind ... Interaction of stellar wind with instellar gas ... Ring nebulae around Wolf-Rayet stars ... Ring nebulae : stellar wind or stellar ejecta ? ... Nebulae associated with Of stars; the interstellar medium around supernova precursors ... " Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium " ... by Tatiana A. Lozinskaya ... translated into the English language from the original Russian, by Mark Damashek ... published by American Institute of Physics, New York 1992 Hardcover ... *. New . USD 49.95** [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 4147 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MIZON, BOB / PATRICK MOORE Light Pollution - Responses and Remedies ( Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series ) London: Springer Pub, 2002. 2002. Soft Cover. Photos. 6 x 9" 1852334975 2002 Softcover ... Brand new from publisher ... Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... 216 pages with appendices, bibliography & index ... illustrated with photos, charts, and graphs ... Gradually, the stars are going out. Light pollution is a major threat to astronomy across the entire developed world. The night sky that most of us can see bears little relationship to the spectacular vistas that our ancestors have gazed at for tens of thousands of years. It is ironic that as our understanding of the universe has improved, our ability to see it has been dramatically reduced by the skyglow of of our civilization. What can we do? In this book , Bob Mizon advocates a dual strategy. Our initial response, whether or not we use special filters and equipment, should be to use our observing skills to find the many fascinationg objects still visible, even in light-polluted skies. This book shows some of what is possible. We must also look at remedies. More and more local authorities and lighting companies are thinking about the environmental effects of light pollution (and all that wasted light costs money ! ) and there is information here that will enable every astronomer to become - even in a small way - an anti-light-pollution activist. The light from distant galaxies has taken millions of years to reach us - what a tragedy to lose it in the last millisecond of its journey! ' Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies ( Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series ) ' ... 2002 Softcover ... Published by Springer, London ... *. NEW . USD 29.95** [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2643] Book number: 5974 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	MOORE, SIR PATRICK Venus - Investigates How This Beautiful , But Hostile Planet Evolved , and Our Past & Present Knowledge of It . . . Edited By Sir Patrick Moore . . . Illustrated with Photographs & Diagrams Throughout London: Cassell, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photographs Throughout. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 3/4 " 0304362816 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear non-stick mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 191 glossy pages ... illustrated with B&W and color photos and diagrams throughout ... Sir Patrick Moore explains how Venus ... this beautiful ... but hostile ... planet evolved ... and investigates our past and present knowledge of the planet Venus ... Venus - b y Sir Patrick Moore ... published by Cassell , London .... NEW/New . USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 4487 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	REEVES, HUBERT / VICTOR F. WEISSKOPF / RUTH A. LEWIS / JOHN S. LEWIS Atoms of Silence - By Hubert Reeves - in English Only - Translated from the French Toronto: Stoddart Pub, 1993. 1993 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6 x 9 " 0773727361 1993 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned ... small feltpen dot bottom edge ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... Gift Giving quality ... 242 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photographs ... Black cloth over boards with Gold gilt titles impressed on spine, in Glossy black background jacket ... All text in English Only, Translated from the French ... In 'Atoms of Silence,' astrophysicist Hubert Reeves conducts a tour of the geography and history of the universe ... He charts the life cycle of life and what may have caused the sudden disappearance of dinoaurs, traces biological evolution, and ponders events five billion years from now when it is predicted the sun will flare into a red giant ...This scientific tour de force is Hubert Reeves at his poetic and informal best ... " Atoms of Silence ( Translated from the French by Ruth A. Lewis & John S. Lewis )" by Hubert Reeves ... with introduction by Victor F. Weisskopf ... published by Stoddart, Toronto ... 1993 Hardcover in Dustjacket English language edition *. New/New . USD 19.95** [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 6211 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.
	RIBERA, ANTONIO Ufo Contact from Planet Ummo - Volume Ii the Incredible Truth ( Limited First Edition ) Arizona: Arizona Industries, 1985. 1985 First Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 9" 0960855890 Hardcover in DJ ... 1985 Limited First Edition # 912 of 1,000 ...Brand new from publisher ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Never opened, Never owned, never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... Gold-embossed lettering on spine & cover over glossy red boards ... 382 pages ... illustrated with B&W drawings & illustrations ... With contributions from Richard W. Heiden, Ted Blocher & Wendelle C. Stevens ... Edited by Cece Stevens ... All in English only ... The main text and appendices were originally published in Spanish under the title, 'UMMO: La Increible Verdad' ... " UFO Contact From Planet Ummo : Volume II The Incredible Truth ( Limited First Edition )" ... by Antonio Ribera ... published by Arizona Industries ... 1995 Hardcover in Dustjacket *. New/New . USD 149.95** [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13234] Book number: 5588 Click here to order or inquire at Cavendish International Books & Music.