Astronomy Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Astronomy category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/54.html Comments: leather bound 1901 edition presented to a pupil by the coborn school for girls- their crest on front cover and incription within. slight spinal damage . Format: Unknown Binding. Pages: 551. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B0000EAE79.htmlEdward Arnold 1939: first edition blue cloth hardcover: gilt lettering to spine : approximately 6 x 9 inches tall: 324 pages including index. Synopsis: An easy to read scientific study of time, the seasons, the sun, the moon, eclipses, planets, comets, the calender, precession, constellations, navigation, geography, astrology, and cosmology. Condition edges of spine rubbed : corners slightly bumped: ownership inscription: overall clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00123532987.html Publishers Weekly: Kakus adventurous, tantalizing book should not be penalized for promising more than present technology can test. His intellectual perceptions will thrill lay readers, SF fans and the physics-literate. : : Book Description: Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. : : In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku, author of the widely acclaimed Beyond Einstein and a leading theoretical physicist, offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics, work which includes research on the tenth dimension, time warps, black holes, and multiple universes. : : The theory of hyperspace (or higher dimensional space) and its newest wrinkle, superstring theory, stand at the centre of this revolution, with adherents in every major research laboratory in the world, including several Nobel laureates. Beginning where Hawkings Brief History of Time left off, Kaku paints a vivid portrayal of the breakthroughs now rocking the physics establishment. Why all the excitement? As the author points out, for over half a century, scientists have puzzled: over why the basic forces of the cosmos, gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces, require markedly different mathematical descriptions. But if we see these forces as variations in a higher dimensional space, their field equations suddenly fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, thus becoming our leading candidate for the Theory of Everything. If so, it would be the crowning achievement of 2,000 years of scientific investigation into matter and: its forces. Already, the: theory has inspired several thousand research papers, and has been the focus of over 200 international conferences. : : Michio Kaku is one of the leading pioneers in superstring theory and has been at the forefront of this revolution in modern physics. With Hyperspace, he has produced a book for general readers which conveys the vitality of the field and excitement as scientists grapple with the meaning of space and time. It is an exhilarating look at physics today and an eye-opening glimpse into the ultimate nature of the universe.Comments: pristine condition. Format: Hardcover. Pages: 375. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/195085140.html Cambridge University Press 1931: blue cloth hardcover: approx 5" x 7.5" tall: 188 pages: 46 good quality b/w photographic illustrations: 2 fold in maps of the Northern and Southern Sky. Condition: spine slightly shelf -lightened; overall very clean , firm and good; http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00213123.html Based on the Royal Institution Lectures, Christmas, 1933; Chapters include The Earth, The Air, The Moon, The Planets, The Sun, The Stars, and The Nebulae; plus Preface, 53 Illustrations, and Index; 224pp Comments: dust cover worn ; book very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B0000CM0VT.html Comments:no dust jacket: ownership inscription -otherwise as new - immediate dispatch -book club 1981 . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 365. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/034530005X.html Comments: 1977 BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES EDITION . TOP EDGES OF DUST COVER SLIGHTLY STRESSED OTHERWISE AS NEW . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 160. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0562000070.html Wykeham Pubns. first edition: 1975:hard cover; no dust jacket; 213 pages; b/w photographs and diagrams. Contents: Pre- telescope astronomy; Development of the telescope:Some Basic Optics; Ray paths and light loss; Telescope engineering; Drive and control; Ancillary equipment; Observatory sites and buildings; Some large telescopes; Extra terrestrial telescopes; New developments; Appendix1; Apendix 2, glossary: references; index. Condition: Ex-library with numbers, : added reviews; used but still very acceptable http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0851094600.html 274 pages Edges of dust cover stressed otherwise clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00563.html Comments: DUST COVER STRESSED BOOK CLEAN AND GOOD . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 274. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0571049931.htmlCorner cut from dust cover, which is slightly stressed on spine. ink numbers to first page 263 pages http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0713707291.html 362 page investigation of Ancient Egypt's knowledge of astromnomy http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0434003026.html160 pages, illustrated overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/cn%203850.html 212 pages . The story of the universe. Its birth, life and possible future. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0385401051.html