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1	An Audience for Einstein more books like this by Mark Wakely add to wishlist Professor Percival Marlowe is a brilliant, elderly astrophysicist who's dying, his greatest achievement still unfinished and now beyond his diminished means. Doctor Carl Dorning, a neurosurgeon, finally discovers a secret method of transplanting memories from one person to another, thanks to Marlowe's millions. Miguel Sanchez, a homeless boy, ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Jupiter more books like this by Dr. Ben Bova add to wishlist In the 21st century, a young astronomer's life is uprooted when he is sent to an orbital research station near Jupiter. Sent there by highly suspicious government officials to keep tabs on the resident scientists, he is forced to question his own obedience to the letter of the law and his faith in science. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes more books like this by Arthur I Miller add to wishlist This science history chronicles the terrible professional and personal toll suffered by astrophysicist Subrahmanyan "Chandra" Chandrasekhar, who, when he first theorized the existence of black holes in 1935, was so soundly ridiculed by his erstwhile mentor, the eminent Sir Arthur Eddington, that general acceptance of the idea did not occur until ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions
4	Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar more books like this by Kameshwar C Wali add to wishlist Chandra is an intimate portrait of a highly private and brilliant man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics who has been a major contributor to the theories of white dwarfs and black holes. "Wali has given us a magnificent portrait of Chandra, full of life and color, with a deep understanding of the three cultures--Indian, ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $29.00! \| first editions
5	The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist more books like this by Professor Neil DeGrasse Tyson add to wishlist In this memoir, an African-American scientist recounts the social challenges and intellectual inspirations on his way to becoming a world-renowned astrophysicist, and guides readers through the wonders of the cosmos as he discovered them. see all copies from $3.62! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astro-Physicists more books like this by I S Glass add to wishlist Galileo, Newton, Herschel, Huggins, Hale, Eddington, Shapley and Hubble: these astronomers applied ideas drawn from physics to astronomy and made dramatic changes to the world-pictures that they inherited. They showed that celestial objects are composed of the same materials as the earth and that they behave in the same way. They displaced ... see all copies from $19.56! new only from $29.44! \| first editions
7	James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles more books like this by Abigail Foerstner add to wishlist Astrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006), for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions, including Explorer 1 in 1958, the first successful U.S. satellite; Mariner 2's 1962 flyby of Venus, the first successful mission to another planet; and the ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $18.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Adventures in Order and Chaos: A Scientific Autobiography more books like this by Professor George Contopoulos add to wishlist The field of Order and Chaos had a remarkable expansion in the last 50 years. The main reason was the use of computers, and the development of new theoretical methods that we call now 'the theory of chaos'. The author describes this fascinating period in a relaxed and sometimes humorous autobiographical way. He relates his interactions with many ... see all copies from $20.60! new only from $20.60! \| first editions
9	Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics more books like this by Dr. Donald E Osterbrock add to wishlist Although less well known outside the field than Edwin Hubble, Walter Baade was arguably the most influential observational astronomer of the twentieth century. Written by a fellow astronomer deeply familiar with Baade and his work, this is the first biography of this major figure in American astronomy. In it, Donald Osterbrock suggests that Baade ... see all copies from $25.07! new only from $34.48! \| first editions
10	Base Ten more books like this by Maryann Lesert add to wishlist Compelling and fiercely honest, "Base Ten" exposes the daily battles of women scientists fighting to preserve a family life and succeed in a discipline that functions on the archaic belief that every scientist has a 'wife' at home. Based on the real lives of the distinguished scientists Sandra Moore Faber and Vera Rubin, this striking novel ... see all copies from $5.39! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Symposium on the Orion Nebula to Honor Henry Draper more books like this by Henry Draper, A. E. Glassgold, P. J. Huggins, E. L. Schucking, New York University. Dept. of Physics add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $232.82! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	James E. Keeler, Pioneer American Astrophysicist, and the Early Development of American Astrophysics more books like this by Dr. Donald E Osterbrock add to wishlist This is the biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), a distinguished pioneer of astrophysics, the application of the methods of physics to understanding the nature of the stars, nebulae, planets, comets, and other objects that populate the universe. Keeler was an outstanding scientist, and his fellow astronomers and physicists at the end of the ... see all copies from $55.62! new only from $55.62! \| SVS
13 view cover	Cosmic Dust more books like this by Richard White add to wishlist To his fans, Robert Smith is a superhuman brain of never ending knowledge whose life is dedicated to the betterment of mankind. To his psychiatrist, Robert Smith is the biggest loony this side of the galaxy. To the world at large he is a strange, withdrawn penny-pinching miser. see all copies from $8.70! new only from $11.70! \| SVS
14 view cover	Genius Talk: Conversations with Nobel Scientists and Other Luminaries more books like this by Denis Brian add to wishlist This unique work draws on the greatest minds of our time - Linus Pauling, Richard Feynman, Hans Bethe, George Wald, Paul Dirac, Arno Penzias, Ashley Montagu, Theodor Reik, Hans Selye, and Roger Sperry, among many others - in the pursuit of discovering their distinct views on life, the mind, and the cosmos. Denis Brian, the celebrated biographer of ... see all copies from $4.03! new only from $77.00! \| first editions
15	Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics more books like this by Charles A Barnes (Editor), Donald D Clayton (Editor), David N Schramm (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $10.80! first editions
16 view cover	Pathways to the Planets: Memoirs of an Astrophysicist more books like this by John R Strand add to wishlist When my generation grew up, we were never limited by the sky or the stars. Man had already begun to probe its mysteries. Our mothers and fathers before us had created methods, maps, and ships that would forever change their planet and the way their children would view the world. So, when our small new-media company was offered the opportunity to ... see all copies from $12.42! new only from $12.42! \| SVS
17	Eddington: The Most Distinguished Astrophysicist of His Time more books like this by S Chandrasekhar add to wishlist This book is based on two lectures given in Cambridge by Professor Chandrasckhar to mark the centenary of the birth of Arthur Stanley Eddington. see all copies from $25.85! new only from $25.85!
18	Explorer of the universe; a biography of George Ellery Hale. more books like this by Helen Wright add to wishlist see all copies from $21.10! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	I Choose to Live: A Journey Through Life with ALS more books like this by William Sinton add to wishlist William Sinton has written a book of inspiration and courage. Travel his journey with him as he takes you from the early stages of his life to his current status in dealing with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease. His can see all copies from $7.25! new only from $49.40!
20	Galaxies, axisymmetric systems and relativity essays presented to W.B. Bonnor on his 65th birthday more books like this by MacCallum, Bonnor add to wishlist This book consists of essays reviewing progress or reporting original results in areas of the applications of gravity theory to which Professor Bonnor has contributed. In particular, the influence of his work in two important fields of current interest to astonomers, physicists and mathematicians, galaxy formation and the study of axisymmetric ... see all copies from $7.38!
21 view cover	S Chandrasekhar: The Man Behind the Lege more books like this by K C Wali add to wishlist Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, known simply as Chandra throughout the scientific world, has become a legendary figure for his prolific contributions to physics, astrophysics and applied mathematics. Chandra died in August, 1995. He had forbidden a memorial of the conventional sort, celebrating his life. This book, which contains some 30 articles by ... see all copies from $71.56! new only from $94.31!
22 view cover	The Eddington Enigma: A Personal Memoir more books like this by David S Evans add to wishlist see all copies from $31.99!
23	The quasar controversy resolved more books like this by Sir Fred Hoyle add to wishlist see all copies from $55.70!
24 view cover	Astronomy on Ice more books like this by Martin Pomerantz add to wishlist The story begins in 1930 with a Tenderfoot Boy Scout's first contact within hailing distance of Commander Richard Byrd and Eagle Scout Paul Siple, both seated in the back of an open limousine, in a ticker-tape parade through Brooklyn honoring their return from their first trip to Antarctica. The story ends with the author's final observing ... see all copies from $19.69!
25 view cover	Home is where the wind blows : chapters from a cosmologist's life more books like this by Fred Hoyle add to wishlist Mathematician, physicist, astronomer and cosmologist, Sir Fred Hoyle is perhaps best known, in scientific circles, for his explanation of the origin of the elements from hydrogen nuclei in stars (a process known as nucleosynthesis) and for developing (with Sir Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold) the controversial steady-state theory of the Universe ... see all copies from $4.05! new only from $37.19! \| first editions \| SVS

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