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A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll
Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going.
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ISBN: 9780062853912
Publication Date: 2021
As the World Turns: the History Of Proving The Earth Rotates by Peter Kosso
We know the Earth rotates, but how do we know? When and how did it become reasonable to believe that the Earth rotates?This book offers a historical account, from ancient Greek science to the theory of relativity and ultimately to videos taken from outer space, of how this widely known truth came to be.
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ISBN: 9781786348173
Publication Date: 2020
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson
In this beautifully observed, deeply personal book, Georgetown scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own.
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ISBN: 9781101904817
Publication Date: 2020
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter by Govert Schilling; Avi Loeb (Foreword by)
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter-and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit. When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae, stars, and planets. But if you add all that together, it constitutes only 15 percent of the matter in the universe. Despite decades of research, the nature of the remaining 85 percent is unknown. We call it dark matter.
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ISBN: 9780674248991
Publication Date: 2022
Age-Dating Stars: From the Sun to Distant Galaxies by Maurizio Salaris
The determination of stellar ages has been - and still is - crucial for the development of our understanding of the universe, and to constrain theoretical models for the formation of galaxies and the evolution of planetary systems. Stellar ages provide scientists with timescales, and these timescales allow us to identify the relevant physical processes responsible for the development of cosmic structures. This book describes in a simple, yet rigorous, manner the vast array of techniques that have been developed and are currently being used to determine the ages of stars.
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ISBN: 9780367441241
Publication Date: 2021
Supernova by Or Graur
A concise illustrated introduction to the history and physics of supernovae, the brilliant explosions of stars; with striking color illustrations.
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ISBN: 9780262543149
Publication Date: 2022
Exoplanets: Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life by Donald Goldsmith
Astronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. With his characteristic wit and style, Donald Goldsmith presents the science of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life in a way that Earthlings with little background in astronomy or astrophysics can understand and enjoy.
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ISBN: 9780674976900
Publication Date: 2018
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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. by
Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780358278146Publication Date: 2021
